Muon Space
Space Systems
SoftwareEngineer,GroundSoftware
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“Software Engineer, Ground Software at Muon Space. Skills: Ground Software, Cloud Infrastructure, Web Services. Build Mission Planning & Control System. Design cloud architecture”
Industry & Context.
Access to export controlled information
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
B. S. , M. S. , or Ph. D. in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience, 4+ years experience as a software engineer, Python for web development, Cloud-native software development in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) using containers
Nice to Have
Experience with the AWS / Govcloud ecosystem, Experience managing CI/CD in cloud-based development, staging, and production environments, Passion for simple architectures and clean APIs, Linux fundamentals and comfortable with Linux development and deployment environment, IT and Information security (authentication, encryption), Experience smoothly deploying continuously evolving data services to customers
What You'll Do.
Build Mission Planning & Control System
Design cloud architecture
Build systems in-house vs buy
Manage infrastructure
Deploy cloud applications
Build spacecraft-to-cloud data integration
Process command history
Archive command history
Integrate cloud with ground station networks
Architect systems for low latency
Architect systems for fault tolerance
Deploy infrastructure
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Team environment
Communication Scope
Communication; Presentation
Full Job Description
About the role Muon is looking for a Software Engineer (Back-end) to join our Ground Software team. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated and versatile software engineer who is excited to build our cloud infrastructure, web services and applications like mission planning from implementing deployable applications, managing the infrastructure they run on, and supporting them running in production. Responsibilities Build a world class Mission Planning & Control System in the cloud, using tools like Docker and FastAPI Participate in designing our cloud architecture: choosing which technologies we will use, how we will organize the system, and when we should build systems in-house vs buy them off the shelf, to maximize the impact of our team Manage the infrastructure we will use to deploy our cloud applications, using tools like Kubernetes, Helm, and AWS Lambda Build the spacecraft-to-cloud data integration: processing and archiving the command history and telemetry, using tools like Kafka, InfluxDB, and Grafana Build the APIs and tooling to integrate our cloud with remote antenna ground station networks Architect systems to achieve low latency and fault tolerance Deploy infrastructure and tools to workstations, on-premises data centers, and cloud environments Qualifications B.S., M.S., or Ph. D. in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience 4+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment Strong programming experience in Python for web development Experience with cloud-native software development in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) using containers Excellent communication and presentation skills Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new opportunities each week Nice-to-have Skills Experience with the AWS / Govcloud ecosystem Experience managing CI/CD in cloud-based development, staging, and production environments Have a passion for simple architectures and clean APIs Strong Linux fundamentals and comfortab
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