Remote Senior Ground Software Operations Engineer
Orbital Sidekick
π΅ $120k-$180k
πRemote - United States
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Summary
Join Orbital Sidekick as a Senior Ground Software Operations Engineer to help build out the tools, processes, and products critical to our customer's success. You will design software architecture, model tasking scenarios, perform trade studies, interface with operations and software teams, write and maintain modeling and simulation codebase, work with product team to deliver constellation tasking tool, and develop scheduling algorithm for hyperspectral imaging satellites.
Requirements
- BS in Computer Science or Aerospace/Mechanical/Astronautical Engineering
- 5+ years of experience in the Aerospace/Space/Software industry
- Experience in verification of tasking plans and spacecraft health and status
- Strong proficiency in Python and/or C++
- Firm understanding of Linux/Unix Operating System commands for scripting and commanding
- Experience using software APIs to receive and send telemetry data
- Excellent foundations of software architecture, interface design, distributed systems, and testing patterns
- Strong communication skills with other disciplines and engineers
Responsibilities
- Design software architecture that supports efficient upload and download of tasking and imagery data
- Efficiently model tasking scenarios for a constellation of hyperspectral satellites
- Perform trade studies on orbit positioning and maneuvers to maximize satellite coverage
- Interface with the operations and software team to successfully execute targeted tasking with multiple space-based sensors
- Write and maintain a modeling and simulation codebase that is used by multiple teams
- Work with the OSK product team to deliver a high fidelity constellation tasking tool from simulation to execution
- Develop and tune a scheduling algorithm for a constellation of hyperspectral imaging satellites
Preferred Qualifications
- MS in Computer Science/Aerospace/Astronautical Engineering
- Practitioner-level experience with Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc)
- Health and Status monitoring of satellite software systems experience
- Knowledge of orbital mechanics and pointing/control algorithms for spacecraft
- Spacecraft operations experience, downloading and uploading spacecraft control parameters
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity packages
- Comprehensive health plan including health/dental/vision/wellness
- Disability and Life insurance
- 401K program
- Flexible time off
- Commuter benefits
- Learning and development opportunities
- Monthly stipend for internet/cell phone/office expenses
- Flexible in-office schedule with lunch Tuesday to Thursday in the San Francisco headquarters
- Off-sites and team-building activities
- Remote friendly (we hire in-office and remote employees in the United States)
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