As a Satellite Ground Software Engineer, your core responsibilities will be to build and maintain the software our operations team will use to fly the spacecraft. This role blends hands-on software development with platform and network engineering.

You'll develop the services that move telemetry and commands between our satellites and mission control center, build the tools and automation that make operations safe and efficient, and integrate GSaaS providers into a reliable end-to-end system. You will deploy and operate what you build, troubleshooting issues that span software, networks, and hardware.

Design, develop, and maintain ground software for satellite operations, including telemetry ingestion, processing, and display, and command generation and uplink workflows

Build operator-facing tools and dashboards to support the operations team

Design and build automation for pass execution, routine commanding, and alerting to reduce manual operator workload

Deploy and operate ground software on AWS and Kubernetes, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and infrastructure as code

Support integration of ground station hardware and network interfaces, including radios, routers, and antenna controllers

Configure and test Ground Station-as-a-Service (GSaaS) connections and validate end-to-end data paths between satellites, ground stations, and cloud infrastructure in coordination with mission operations and RF engineers

Monitor system and network health using in-house and third-party observability tools

Validate ground software against simulators and test environments prior to operational use

Troubleshoot and resolve issues spanning software, networks, ground stations, and mission systems

Provide 24/7 on-call support for mission-critical ground systems

Ground Software Engineer

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Qualification

Required

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Company

Reflect Orbital

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