Muon Space is hiring a
Ground Software Engineer

Summary

Join Muon Space as a Ground Software Engineer and contribute to building cloud infrastructure, web services, and applications like mission control software, data pipelines, and tools. The ideal candidate is self-motivated and versatile, with experience in Python, cloud-native software development, and containerization.

Requirements

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment
• Strong programming experience in Python, with knowledge of industry-standard data formats and schemas (ProtoBuf, YAML, JSON, etc)
• Experience with cloud-native software development in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) using containers
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new opportunities each week

Responsibilities

• Participate in designing our cloud architecture: choosing which technologies we will use, how we will organize the system, and when we should build systems in-house vs buy them off the shelf, to maximize the impact of our team
• Manage the cloud infrastructure we will use to deploy our cloud applications, using tools like Kubernetes, Helm, and AWS Lambda
• Build a world class Mission Control in the cloud, using tools like Docker and FastAPI
• Build the spacecraft-to-cloud data integration: processing and archiving the command history and telemetry, using tools like Kafka, InfluxDB, and Grafana
• Build the APIs and tooling to integrate our cloud with remote antenna ground station networks
• Collaborate with Data Engineers to define, manage, and maintain our data processing environments: development sandbox and production workflow, using tools like AWS Lambda, Jupyter Hub, and Apache Airflow
• Integrate physical test hardware in our lab with our cloud systems
• Architect systems to achieve low latency and fault tolerance
• Deploy infrastructure and tools to workstations, on-premises data centers, and cloud environments

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• A 401k retirement plan
• Short & long term disability and life insurance
• Three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time and paid parental leave