Job Description

Senior Mission Software Engineer – Space & Satellite Systems

Hybrid | Either Virginia or Phoenix

6-month contract + extensions, with potential to convert

We are hiring a Senior Mission Software Engineer to develop and maintain mission software supporting Mission Planning , Network Management , and Flight Dynamics for a Space Development Agency (SDA) program. The engineer will work across the SDLC, contribute to integration and testing, and operate within an Agile/Scrum environment.

What you’ll do

• End-to-end SDLC: plan, design, implement, test, and maintain ground mission software
• Contribute to software releases, integration, and support during key milestones
• Participate in architecture, requirements, design & code reviews
• Work within Agile/Scrum (Atlassian experience ideal)
• Create clear documentation and respond to stakeholder questions

Must-have experience

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related engineering discipline
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• C/C++, Python , Linux and bash/shell scripting
• Debugging, performance optimization, unit testing in production systems
• Experience with mission planning, network management, or flight dynamics
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a fast-changing engineering environment
• U.S. Citizenship required

Nice-to-have skills

• Perl, Matlab, Java
• Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka
• Microservices, REST, ELK, SQL/NoSQL (Mongo)
• Atlassian tools: Jira, Bitbucket, Git, Confluence, Crucible
• CI/CD, JFrog, Artifactory, pipelines

Work authorization

• U.S. Citizen required

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