Senior Ground Software Operations Engineer at Orbital Sidekick

BS in Computer Science or Aerospace/Mechanical/Astronautical Engineering

5+ years of experience in the Aerospace/Space/Software industry

Experience in verification of tasking plans and spacecraft health and status

Strong proficiency in Python and/or C++

Firm understanding of Linux/Unix Operating System commands for scripting and commanding

Experience using software APIs to receive and send telemetry data

Excellent foundations of software architecture, interface design, distributed systems, and testing patterns

Strong communication skills with other disciplines and engineers

MS in Computer Science/Aerospace/Astronautical Engineering

Practitioner-level experience with Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc)

Health and Status monitoring of satellite software systems experience

Knowledge of orbital mechanics and pointing/control algorithms for spacecraft

Spacecraft operations experience, downloading and uploading spacecraft control parameters

Senior Ground Software Operations Engineer