Software Development Engineer, Kuiper Government Solutions

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Kuiper Government Solutions (KGS) is developing secure high-performance satellite communications technologies that support US National and International security and defense.

This role is responsible for designing building out and maintaining foundational software that extends Kuiper capabilities to US Government customers such as NASA DoD other National Security customers and International Government customers. You will develop brand new software services for mission critical space safety and sustainability applications which will automatically coordinate with external systems and organizations rapidly reliably and at scale.

Youll work in a fast-paced high-impact environment tackling complex challenges in secure satellite communications. This role requires deep expertise in high-assurance fault-tolerant software and proficiency in modern programming languages such as Rust. Youll collaborate closely with hardware security systems and product teams to develop scalable real-time solutions tailored for government customers.

This role is based in Redmond WA El Segundo CA or Northridge CA with U.S. relocation benefits available. Due to the sensitive nature of the KGS projects onsite work is required five days a week.

*This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. Citizen in order to comply with U.S. government-imposed requirements related to the nature of the work and/or where it will be performed.



Key job responsibilities
In this role you will:
- Utilize network layer packet processing experience and Software Defined Networking to develop high data rate packet processing system and other enabling interface software to meet unique Government customer needs.
- Demonstrate the capabilities of the interfaces and architectures you define in a simulated test environment you help develop.
- Solve complex technical problems related to the use of the Kuiper constellation for Government customers as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Lead internal and vendor teams to develop and deliver on software and interface requirements.
- Ensure systems meet Kuiper and Government customer performance needs including availability reliability upgradeability interoperability and security requirements.
- Effectively communicate project health risks and issues to stakeholders and management teams.
- Escalate urgent issues appropriately and drive them to closure in a timely manner.
- Provide visualizations document results and communicate them across multi-disciplinary project teams.

About the team
The Kuiper Government Solutions team is a multi-disciplinary technology team involved in developing and delivering targeted and scalable solutions for custom satellite and ground applications including United States and allied government customers.


- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- 3 years of programming experience in modern programming languages such as Rust.

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