(DIRECT HIRE) Sr. Ground Software Engineer
Job Description
Job Description
- Design and develop ground control software for commanding and monitoring spacecraft during flight operations and ground tests.
- Own data infrastructure that ingests, stores, and serves high-rate telemetry and test data reliably and at scale.
- Build data visualization and analysis tools that give engineers real-time and post-test insight into system behavior.
- Develop telemetry pipelines that handle both live streaming data and large historical datasets, with disciplined attention to reliability and data integrity.
- Work with flight software and avionics engineers to define command and telemetry interfaces that minimize risk and simplify integration.
- Build tooling that accelerates data review, anomaly detection, and post-test reconstruction.
- Support real-time operations during tests and flights, including console roles as needed.
- Generate and maintain clear documentation for ground software systems and interfaces with disciplined revision control.
- Collaborate with test and integration teams to ensure ground systems are buildable, testable, and serviceable, and support floor activities such as test setup and data verification.
- Identify and resolve issues related to data flow, system observability, and interactions between ground software and other spacecraft and test infrastructure.
