Sr. Back-end Ground Software Engineer - Lunar Permanence

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, verify, and deploy mission-operations and safety-critical ground software for spaceflight.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary vehicle, mission-control, operations, and customer teams on software requirements, architecture, and designs.
• Prototype concepts, assess technical risks, and coordinate system verification and qualification.
• Produce architecture, design, verification, user, and training documentation; follow safety and reliability processes.
• Support pre-flight testing, mission validation, training, software maintenance, ground-system certification, spacecraft integration, and flight.
• Integrate components, run unit and system tests, validate with software- and hardware-in-the-loop simulators, and release certified code.

Required qualifications

• B.S. or higher degree in software or an engineering-related field.
• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Proven software development experience in Python and/or Rust.
• Willingness to work with frontend developers and React-based frameworks.
• Experience with full lifecycle software engineering, including design, implementation, verification, integration, and release.
• Skills in build automation, continuous integration, configuration management, verification, and deployment.
• Experience designing scalable software architectures; familiarity with Linux and basic Unix system administration.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills; passion for spaceflight and exploration.

Desired qualifications

• 5+ years developing software for critical applications such as aviation, spaceflight, nuclear power, or business-critical web services.
• Aerospace operations software experience; familiarity with infrastructure-as-code, services-as-code, cloud technologies, or CCSDS protocols.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, NPR 7150.2x, fault-tolerant design, human-error prevention, or spacecraft subsystems.

Base pay

• Base pay ranges: Colorado applicants, $181,626.00–$254,275.35; Washington applicants, $197,529.00–$276,539.55.
• Other site ranges may differ.

Benefits

• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, parental leave, disability coverage, a 401(k) match up to 5%, education support, stock options for eligible regular employees, paid time off, and company holidays.
• Bonuses and other benefits may depend on role type and level; eligibility and amounts are not guaranteed.

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