Muon Space

Space Systems

SoftwareEngineer,GroundSoftware

$156–186k San Jose, California, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Mid candidates.

The Brief

“Software Engineer, Ground Software at Muon Space. Skills: Ground Software, Cloud Infrastructure, Web Services. Build Mission Planning & Control System. Design cloud architecture”

Industry & Context.

Space Systems
Eligibility Requirements

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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