Ground Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain software for ingesting, processing, and routing telemetry, tracking, and command data
• Implement and validate CCSDS protocols, including space packets, transfer frames, synchronization, and data encapsulation
• Develop high-performance data pipelines connecting software-defined radios, ground-station infrastructure, and customer endpoints
• Build tooling for packet parsing, frame validation, buffering, recording, replay, monitoring, and debugging
• Translate customer mission requirements into configurable data-handling workflows and interfaces
• Collaborate with DSP and FPGA engineers to define and validate the interfaces between physical-layer processing and higher-level communications software
• Test communications workflows using simulated, hardware-in-the-loop, and live satellite data
• Own software through development, deployment, operational validation, and ongoing mission support
• Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree with 2–5+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 1–4+ years of experience, in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field
• Strong programming skills in a systems-oriented language such as Rust, C++, or Go
• Experience developing software for networking, telecommunications, real-time data processing, or distributed systems
• Solid understanding of network protocols, binary data formats, serialization, buffering, and asynchronous data processing
• Experience building and debugging software across system boundaries, including hardware, networks, and external interfaces
• Demonstrated ownership of a production software system from initial design through deployment and operational use
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience implementing or working with CCSDS standards, including Space Packet Protocol, TM, TC, or AOS transfer frames
• Familiarity with satellite telemetry and command systems, ground stations, or mission operations
• Experience with CCSDS File Delivery Protocol, Space Link Extension services, or related mission-data interfaces