Senior Software Engineer, Satellite Command and Control

ABOUT THE TEAM

Andurils Space team is dedicated to expanding our AI-powered capabilities into the final frontier enhancing Space Domain Awareness Space Control and Command and Control for U.S. military and allied partners. Were developing fully integrated hardware and software systems including Lattice for Space Missions and modular payloads to address growing threats in space and ensure our Guardians maintain a decisive advantage in this contested warfighting domain.

The Lattice for Space C2 (LSC2) team owns the ground command-and-control platform the services that interface directly with radios ground-station networks and flight computers to execute satellite missions in production.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a Senior Software Engineer on Space Ground Software you will own the architecture delivery and operation of the command-and-control software that flies real space missions the ground-side services that plan missions command spacecraft ingest and serve telemetry drive antennas and ground stations and keep deployed satellite systems running in production. You will develop modular capabilities on top of the Anduril Lattice software platform to support DoD and IC customers across the space domain architecting Space C2 services infrastructure algorithms and integrations that span both orbital and ground systems. The Anduril Space C2 capability development will involve integration with legacy systems that have been part of our nations critical defense for decades as well as new space systems being added to the set of orbital and ground-based capabilities.

We work with mission partners and operators to deploy reliable and robust capabilities on operationally-relevant fielding timelines to meet complex challenges across the DOD and IC.

WHAT YOULL DO

• Own the architecture of Space C2 services and the software solutions deployed to customers end-to-end from API/proto design through deployment to production operation
• Design build and operate backend services across the Space C2 stack (Go gRPC/Protobuf): command & telemetry mission and plan management ground-station and antenna brokering space-to-ground protocol stacks file transfer and access control
• Write and evolve protobuf API contracts coordinating interface changes across teams
• Drive technical RFCs and architecture decisions for new subsystem capabilities
• Deploy and run services in secure government cloud on containers/Kubernetes own operational readiness and lead on-call and incident response for live missions
• Integrate with spacecraft and ground infrastructure software-defined radios antenna pointing ground-station providers space-to-ground data links and astrodynamics (orbit propagation maneuver planning satellite state)
• Build and run software-in-the-loop (SITL) simulation to validate end-to-end operations before live passes
• Integrate with legacy systems to unlock 21st-century capabilities
• Set the quality bar through rigorous code review and mentor other engineers code review is a core first-class part of the job on this team
• Collaborate across multiple teams to plan build and test complex functionality
• Create and analyze metrics for debugging and monitoring; triage issues root cause failures and coordinate next-steps
• Partner with end-users to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong engineering background from industry or school ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science Software Engineering Mathematics or Physics
• 8 years building backend and distributed systems primarily in a systems language (Go Rust or C) with networked services using gRPC/Protobuf and comfortable working primarily in Go
• Proven experience architecting shipping and operating production services on containers/Kubernetes with real CI/CD and cloud deployment
• Experience integrating software with physical systems hardware control embedded interfaces protocol implementation or real-time data pipelines
• Track record of owning production services end-to-end (design through operations) and a demonstrated ability to raise the engineering bar for others
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements and to solve complex technical problems with little oversight
• Strong collaboration and code-review discipline with clear communication documentation/training habits and a track record of mentoring
• A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Space/aerospace domain experience: telemetry & commanding ground stations and antenna systems RF/waveform/link-layer orbital mechanics or GNC
• Experience with space C2 software systems and spacecraft operations
• Experience with CCSDS protocols (TM/TC framing CFDP virtual channels) or similar layered communication standards
• Experience with binary protocol parsing deserializing wire formats implementing framing layers or working with annotation-driven codecs
• Previous exposure to software-defined radios RF modems or satellite communication equipment
• Experience with deployment and infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Kubernetes FluxCD Helm Terraform or Nix and government cloud (e.g. Azure Gov)
• Experience operating live systems (on-call incident response) and building observability/metrics
• Nix-based build systems or reproducible/hermetic build toolchains
• Familiarity with time systems (UTC TAI GPS time) and coordinate frames (ECI ECEF ENU)
• Previous exposure to space-related simulation and hardware-in-the-loop integration
• Comfort working in secure/compliance-constrained (CUI TS gov) environments

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

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