Staff Software Engineer, Space Systems & Ground Ops

Vast

Long Beach (CA)

On-site

USD 189,000 - 268,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Equity
Medical insurance
Onsite meals
401(k)

Job summary

Vast, headquartered in Long Beach, California, is building next-generation space stations and infrastructure. A Staff Software Engineer, reporting to the Senior Software Manager, will support software for design, test, command, and monitoring of Vast spacecraft.

This full-time role is based in Long Beach, CA, and involves developing and optimizing software, mentoring engineers, owning the software lifecycle, and enabling automated testing and deployment for ground systems communicating with

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or STEM, or 9+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Experience writing and securing REST APIs.
  • Experience with database design, implementation, and security.

Responsibilities

  • Develop new and optimize existing software codebases used to test, command, and monitor spacecraft systems.
  • Mentor junior ground software engineers to build a strong team.
  • Own the lifecycle of software from deployment to operations and end-user support.
  • Configure and optimize automated testing and deployment systems.
  • Maintain and upgrade ground systems that communicate with spacecraft.

Skills

REST APIs
Full-stack web apps
Database design
Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or STEM

Tools

Cloud deployments
Shell scripting
GNU/Linux

Job description

Vast, headquartered in Long Beach, California, is building next-generation space stations and infrastructure. A Staff Software Engineer, reporting to the Senior Software Manager, will support software for design, test, command, and monitoring of Vast spacecraft.

This full-time role is based in Long Beach, CA, and involves developing and optimizing software, mentoring engineers, owning the software lifecycle, and enabling automated testing and deployment for ground systems communicating with

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