Staff / Senior Staff Software Engineer - Palo Alto, CA, United States - Maxar Technologies

Description

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.

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.

Maxar is seeking a Staff/Sr. Staff Software Engineer to join our Space Software group.

This position can be performed remotely within the U.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.

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.

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.
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
S. citizen or permanent resident
5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
Bachelor's degree in a STEM field. C++, Java and Python
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
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. Experience with utilizing automated testing frameworks (JUnit, PyTest, Boost)

Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidate's unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience.

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.

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