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About the role
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, integrate, test, and deliver large-scale ground software and mission control systems, including operator GUI’s and automation tools
- Develop and implement software tools for operational automation, to reduce day-to-day operator responsibilities
- Support design and operation of the ground segment, including command and control, mission planning, mission data processing, and the associated infrastructure to support all activities.
- Develop continuous integration and testing systems in order to confidently deploy new software.
- Support end-to-end spacecraft testing to prepare Impulse hardware for flight
- Implement specific mission data processing applications into existing systems to support payloads and end data users
- Manage mission databases and data distribution
- Integrate and test ground software with satellite, ground stations, and network infrastructure
- Implement real-time data acquisition, processing, and visualization systems for satellite telemetry
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Math, Physics, Engineering, or related degrees.
- 2+ years of experience with spacecraft, ground station, or other communication system operations
- 2+ years of experience in software development encompassing both back-end and front-end development, as well as database management.
- Demonstrated experience working in Python for backend services, scripting, and data processing
- Experience with modern web frameworks such as Vue.js or React for building responsive UIs
- Experience with networking protocols (UDP, TCP, etc)
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Demonstrated experience working with time-series databases
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes containerization and service orchestration systems.
- Experience using Grafana and setting up Grafana dashboards
- Familiarity with modern cloud providers, preferably AWS
- Strong knowledge of satellite communication protocols, such as CCSDS
- Familiarity with source code configuration management and version control concepts
- Familiarity with database management and data visualization
Perks & benefits
- 401k
- Dental Insurance
- Equity Compensation
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