Staff / Senior Staff Software Engineer

Maxar Space Systems is a leading provider of comprehensive space technologies. We deliver innovative solutions to government and commercial customers helping them unlock the promise of space to solve problems on Earth and beyond. We address a broad spectrum of needs for our customers, including mission systems engineering, product design, spacecraft manufacturing, assembly, integration and testing. Maxar Space Systems is a trusted partner in commercial and government missions, combining more than 60 years of deep mission understanding with reliable performance and longevity.

Life With Us

Maxar is seeking a Staff/Sr. Staff Software Engineer to join our Space Software group. This position can be performed remotely within the U.S. You will be part of the Ground Software team responsible for developing, deploying, and maintaining telemetry and commanding products. The software you build will support manufacturing teams, mission operations, and customers for multiple satellite programs under test and in orbit.

Your Career

In this role, you will develop, test, and operate highly-available and scalable full-stack software that enables commanding of spacecraft and processing of satellite telemetry. The tools you build will allow operators to safely and efficiently conduct testing and operations of the spacecraft.

We are investing heavily in modernizing and unifying our software products which you will play a vital role in the evolution of. You will have the freedom to design and engineer solutions to drive innovative, modern approaches to meet our user needs and customer requirements. A successful candidate will be a passionate developer that embraces modern software development and insists others do as well. You will introduce automation and evangelize new tools and processes within a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop frontend and backend software for a spacecraft ground software system within an agile team environment
• Design and modernize software solutions for assembly, integration and test during the manufacture of satellites
• Perform peer reviews and create test cases and procedures to verify software functionality
• Document and maintain architectures, requirements, algorithms, and system interfaces
• Participate in software requirements evaluation, generation, design, implementation, and testing discussions
• Collaborate with flight software, integration & test (I&T), and mission operations teams to understand user needs
• Identify opportunities to transition legacy-based systems into modern, high-performance, reliable software architectures
• Share your knowledge as you help grow your fellow software engineer team members
• Respond to incidents and anomalies through on-call support and improved automated performance monitoring & alerting

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Programming experience with all of the following: C++, Java and Python
• Familiarly with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform) and CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab)
• Experience building services on AWS, including use of serverless computing technologies
• Experience with a large shared codebase and continuous integration and deployment workflows and tooling

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have):

• Development experience with command and telemetry processing, mission operations, ground segments, and/or satellite software
• Experience designing and/or developing web-based observability, data visualization, and user interface applications
• Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g. MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB)
• Experience with utilizing automated testing frameworks (JUnit, PyTest, Boost)
• Experience with user-interface design/development (Tcl/Tk, AngularJS)
• Experience with service-oriented and micro-service architectures
• Professional written communications
• Highly focused self-starter that likes solving problems
• Passion for learning and teaching new technical skills

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Our salary ranges are market-driven and set to allow for flexibility. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidate’s unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:
$98,000.00 – $164,000.00 annually.

Maxar employees must follow all applicable Maxar policies and COVID-19 requirements as well as those of Maxar customers and third parties. Individual job requirements may vary, and Maxar reserves the right to modify its policies and requirements as it deems appropriate in accordance with applicable law.

Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.