Propulsion Systems Designer | Greater Montreal, Quebec | Hybrid, 2 days onsite
An orbital launch vehicle developer in Quebec is hiring a Propulsion Systems Designer to take propulsion hardware from concept through to fired, qualified components.
You'll create and manage parts, assemblies and drawings in a PLM environment, and design components across propulsion, ground systems and the launch vehicle itself. Numerical and analytical simulation sits alongside the design work, as does writing the test plans and analysing the results that qualify what you've built. You'll take part in and oversee propulsion test campaigns, and you'll be in the room for root cause investigations and the redesigns that follow. There's also scope to build out new tooling and methods that make the whole propulsion engineering process more rigorous.
You'll need a mechanical, aerospace or related engineering degree and five years or more in rocket propulsion, whether through industry, your own projects or research. Strong 3D modelling and drafting in a PLM context, so SolidWorks, CATIA or NX. Real design for manufacture knowledge across machining, welding, casting and metal 3D printing. GD&T and drafting standards. Field test experience on propulsion or aerospace systems, from engine tests through to competition rocketry. Python or MATLAB is an asset.
You must be able to pass Canadian Controlled Goods security checks. English is essential, French an asset.
Combustion Systems Engineer | Greater Montreal, Quebec | Hybrid, 2 days onsite
An orbital launch vehicle developer in Quebec is hiring engineers to design and develop thrust chamber assemblies as they push toward flight.
You'll own combustion hardware end to end. Chamber and injector design, cooling, the analysis behind it, and the hot-fire campaigns that prove it. This is a company that has already run several hundred engine tests, so you'll be iterating on real hardware with real data rather than working toward a first firing.
They're specifically looking for people who have genuinely designed or engineered thrust chamber assemblies, ideally on kerosene-fuelled engines. Experience at a company that has flown larger-scale engines carries real weight here. You'll want to be comfortable working hands-on and at pace in a team of around sixty, where engineers own their hardware rather than hand it over.
There are one to two seats open, with scope for more for the right people.
You must be able to pass Canadian Controlled Goods security checks. English is essential, French an asset.
Locations: Denver, CO / Los Angeles, CA / Washington, D.C.
Type: Full-time, hybrid
About the Company
We are partnering with a fast-growing space software company developing mission-management and command-and-control technology for U.S. Government space programs.
The team supports a mixture of defense, intelligence, and civil space missions, including NASA-related programs, and is looking to develop the next generation of technical program leadership as its customer base and program portfolio continue to grow.
The Role
We are looking for a Mission Project Lead to work closely with engineering teams and Technical Program Managers to drive the day-to-day execution of government space programs.
This is not a traditional project-management position. The role is expected to remain approximately 50% technical, making it particularly well suited to a software engineer, systems engineer, systems architect, product owner, or similar technical professional who has started taking on broader ownership and coordination responsibilities.
The long-term opportunity is to develop into a Technical Program Manager, taking on increasing ownership of customer programs as the company grows.
What You’ll Be Doing
Work directly with software and systems engineering teams to drive execution against mission priorities and milestones
Maintain visibility across technical tasks, owners, dependencies, deadlines, and completion criteria
Identify technical, resource, and coordination blockers and drive them through to resolution
Facilitate planning sessions, stand-ups, milestone reviews, and other engineering team cadences
Continue contributing technically while taking on increasing responsibility for program execution
Coordinate across engineering, product, program, and leadership teams
Provide clear updates on progress, risks, blockers, and upcoming milestones
Support customer and government-facing discussions as your responsibilities grow
Help translate program objectives into clear, actionable engineering work
Develop toward ownership of larger technical programs and eventual TPM responsibilities
What We’re Looking For
3+ years of experience in a technical environment such as:
Software engineering
Systems engineering
Systems architecture
Mission operations
Space or ground systems
Technical product ownership
Scrum / Agile delivery
Experience taking ownership beyond your individual technical tasks
Strong organizational skills and the ability to keep multiple technical activities moving simultaneously
Comfortable identifying blockers, asking questions, and following actions through to completion
Experience working closely with engineering teams in an iterative or Agile environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Comfortable collaborating across technical and non-technical teams
Previous mentoring, technical leadership, project ownership, Scrum Master, or Product Owner experience is beneficial
Space, government, defense, or NASA program experience is advantageous but not essential
Must be eligible to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance; an active clearance is not required
Ideal Profile
You may currently be a Software Engineer, Systems Engineer, Systems Architect, Product Owner, Scrum Master, or Technical Lead who enjoys staying close to the engineering but increasingly finds yourself:
coordinating other engineers;
resolving blockers;
driving technical work to completion;
mentoring colleagues;
communicating with customers or stakeholders; and
taking ownership for delivery rather than simply completing your own tasks.
If you want to remain technically involved while developing toward Technical Program Management, this role offers a clear progression path.
Mission Project Lead
Locations: Denver, CO / Los Angeles, CA / Washington, D.C.
Type: Full-time, hybrid
About the Company
We are partnering with a fast-growing space software company developing mission-management and command-and-control technology for U.S. Government space programs.
The team supports a mixture of defense, intelligence, and civil space missions, including NASA-related programs, and is looking to develop the next generation of technical program leadership as its customer base and program portfolio continue to grow.
The Role
We are looking for a Mission Project Lead to work closely with engineering teams and Technical Program Managers to drive the day-to-day execution of government space programs.
This is not a traditional project-management position. The role is expected to remain approximately 50% technical, making it particularly well suited to a software engineer, systems engineer, systems architect, product owner, or similar technical professional who has started taking on broader ownership and coordination responsibilities.
The long-term opportunity is to develop into a Technical Program Manager, taking on increasing ownership of customer programs as the company grows.
What You’ll Be Doing
Work directly with software and systems engineering teams to drive execution against mission priorities and milestones
Maintain visibility across technical tasks, owners, dependencies, deadlines, and completion criteria
Identify technical, resource, and coordination blockers and drive them through to resolution
Facilitate planning sessions, stand-ups, milestone reviews, and other engineering team cadences
Continue contributing technically while taking on increasing responsibility for program execution
Coordinate across engineering, product, program, and leadership teams
Provide clear updates on progress, risks, blockers, and upcoming milestones
Support customer and government-facing discussions as your responsibilities grow
Help translate program objectives into clear, actionable engineering work
Develop toward ownership of larger technical programs and eventual TPM responsibilities
What We’re Looking For
3+ years of experience in a technical environment such as:
Software engineering
Systems engineering
Systems architecture
Mission operations
Space or ground systems
Technical product ownership
Scrum / Agile delivery
Experience taking ownership beyond your individual technical tasks
Strong organizational skills and the ability to keep multiple technical activities moving simultaneously
Comfortable identifying blockers, asking questions, and following actions through to completion
Experience working closely with engineering teams in an iterative or Agile environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Comfortable collaborating across technical and non-technical teams
Previous mentoring, technical leadership, project ownership, Scrum Master, or Product Owner experience is beneficial
Space, government, defense, or NASA program experience is advantageous but not essential
Must be eligible to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance; an active clearance is not required
Ideal Profile
You may currently be a Software Engineer, Systems Engineer, Systems Architect, Product Owner, Scrum Master, or Technical Lead who enjoys staying close to the engineering but increasingly finds yourself:
coordinating other engineers;
resolving blockers;
driving technical work to completion;
mentoring colleagues;
communicating with customers or stakeholders; and
taking ownership for delivery rather than simply completing your own tasks.
If you want to remain technically involved while developing toward Technical Program Management, this role offers a clear progression path.
Imagine arriving at work knowing the systems you're responsible for aren't supporting another ordinary corporate office.
They're supporting a team building spacecraft.
EVONA is partnering with a fast-growing international space technology company that is expanding its US operations in LA and building the infrastructure, engineering capability and teams required to support its next phase of growth.
At the centre of that expansion sits IT.
As Senior IT Systems Administrator, you'll become the primary IT resource for the US operation — responsible for keeping its people connected, its infrastructure reliable, its cloud environments secure and its systems compliant with the demanding requirements of the US government and defence ecosystem.
This isn't a role where you'll spend your day forwarding tickets to somebody else.
You'll own things.
What will you actually be responsible for?
Your environment will span everything from the laptop sitting on an engineer's desk to government-regulated cloud infrastructure.
You'll support employees when technology gets in their way, troubleshoot hardware and software issues and manage the workstations, servers, networks and devices that keep the LA and Denver operations running.
But that's only the beginning.
You'll administer Microsoft GCC High across Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Intune and Entra ID, alongside Azure Government infrastructure and AWS GovCloud environments.
Identity and access will sit firmly within your world.
You'll manage onboarding and offboarding, user provisioning, MFA, role-based access, privileged accounts and permissions across both local and cloud environments.
You'll also have significant responsibility for cybersecurity.
That means monitoring endpoints and infrastructure, investigating suspicious activity, responding to security incidents, managing vulnerabilities, maintaining patching and system-hardening programmes and continuously improving the controls protecting the organisation.
When something doesn't look right, you'll investigate it.
When something could be more secure, you'll improve it.
And when the organisation grows, you'll help make sure the technology and security architecture can grow with it.
Security isn't an afterthought here
The company operates within an environment where government and defence customers expect considerably more than a password policy and antivirus software.
You'll help maintain and strengthen compliance with frameworks and requirements such as:
CMMC | NIST 800-171 | FedRAMP | ITAR | DFARS
You'll maintain security documentation, inventories, audit evidence, access reviews, logs and control records and help ensure the organisation is ready when customers or auditors need evidence that controls are actually being followed.
You'll also evaluate encryption technologies and protocols including AES, RSA, ECC and TLS/SSL, considering how they're applied to data at rest and in transit.
That includes disk encryption, certificate handling and key management in environments aligned with FIPS 140-2/140-3 requirements.
You'll support backups, restoration testing, disaster recovery and business continuity exercises too.
Because in this environment, resilience matters just as much as security.
You'll have a lot of technology to play with
Depending on the environment, you'll be working across technologies including:
Microsoft GCC High
Azure Government
AWS GovCloud
Microsoft Entra ID / Active Directory
Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft Sentinel / Security Center
Windows Server
EDR and endpoint security
Firewalls, VPNs and networking
Identity and privileged access management
Vulnerability and patch management
Monitoring and logging platforms
Encryption and key management
You'll also manage and troubleshoot the physical infrastructure behind the operation — switches, routers, storage, wireless networks, firewalls, internet connectivity and office IT equipment.
So if you're someone who enjoys being genuinely hands-on rather than specialising in one tiny corner of an enterprise IT department, you'll have plenty to get involved with.
Who are we looking for?
We're looking for someone with at least five years of experience across systems administration, infrastructure engineering, IT operations, cybersecurity or a closely related field.
You'll ideally have a degree in IT, Computer Science or Cybersecurity, although equivalent practical experience is equally interesting.
You'll need strong experience within Windows-based enterprise environments and Microsoft 365.
Experience with Microsoft GCC High, Azure Government and AWS GovCloud would be particularly valuable because these environments will form an important part of your responsibility.
You should also be comfortable with:
Active Directory and Entra ID, Group Policy, DNS and DHCP; TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, VPNs and firewalls; endpoint security and EDR; device management and encryption; vulnerability remediation; system monitoring and logging; incident investigation and response.
Experience supporting organisations working within CMMC, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, ITAR, DFARS or similar regulated environments would be highly advantageous.
But technical knowledge alone isn't enough.
You'll be the person people turn to when something isn't working.
So we're looking for someone who can troubleshoot calmly, communicate clearly, document properly and explain technical problems to people who don't necessarily speak IT.
Why apply?
Because this is an opportunity to join while the US operation is still being built.
Rather than inheriting an enormous corporate environment where everything was designed ten years ago and changing anything requires six committees, you'll have the opportunity to influence how infrastructure, security and IT operations develop as the organisation grows.
You'll work alongside engineers and technical teams developing next-generation space technology, while collaborating with colleagues across the company's international offices.
You'll have autonomy, direct access to leadership and the opportunity to recommend better technology, architecture, processes and security controls when you see an opportunity to improve something.
There will also be opportunities for occasional international travel and collaboration with the company's European teams.
What’s on offer?
Salary: $100,000 – $130,000 USD
The final salary will depend on experience and technical background.
You'll also receive:
Health insurance coverage
Matching 401(k) plan
Generous team performance-based bonus
Autonomy and direct access to leadership
Travel and conference opportunities
International collaboration
Ongoing learning and career development
One final thought
Plenty of companies need someone to administer Microsoft 365, manage their network and keep their cloud infrastructure running.
Far fewer can offer you the opportunity to do it while helping build the US technology infrastructure behind an international spacecraft company.
If you like the idea of owning an environment rather than simply maintaining one — and you want your next IT challenge to involve space, government technology and serious cybersecurity — we'd love to hear from you.
We’re hiring for a VP of Programs & Operations with a fast-scaling space technology company supporting commercial and national security satellite missions.
This is a critical leadership role focused on building and leading the company’s execution engine -ensuring reliable delivery of mission-ready capabilities across complex government and commercial environments.
You’ll operate at a company-wide level, working closely with leadership to translate strategy into consistent, high-quality execution across engineering, product, and customer programs.
If you’re a proven operator with deep government experience and a track record of scaling execution in high-stakes environments, this is a rare opportunity to shape how a company delivers at scale.
Key Responsibilities
Own execution across all customer programs spanning government and commercial missions
Act as the executive accountable for program delivery, mission readiness, and deployment success
Build and scale the program management and operational execution function
Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering, product, and customer teams
Establish scalable processes for mission onboarding, deployment, and delivery
Develop operational reporting, dashboards, and execution tracking frameworks
Identify and resolve bottlenecks to improve delivery speed and reliability
Serve as a senior interface with government and commercial stakeholders
Partner with leadership to ensure operational readiness for growth and new programs
Key Requirements
10+ years leading programs, operations, or delivery in complex technical environments
Strong experience supporting government, aerospace, or national security programs
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams delivering mission-critical systems
Experience building operational processes in fast-growing or evolving organizations
Strong stakeholder management experience, including government customers
Active TS/SCI clearance (required)
This is a high-impact opportunity to define and scale the operational backbone of a company delivering mission-critical space capabilities.
We’re partnering with a fast-growing space technology company building software that is changing how satellite missions are planned, coordinated and operated.
They’re looking for a technically minded Product Manager to take ownership of a core mission planning product used by operators to schedule activities, manage operational constraints and turn mission objectives into executable plans.
This is an opportunity to inherit an established, widely used product and take it to its next stage, improving the experience for existing customers while pushing towards increasingly automated and autonomous mission planning.
You’ll also help shape the direction of an emerging product area focused on payload operations and collaboration between different mission stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Own the product roadmap and vision for mission planning and scheduling capabilities.
Take ownership of an established product and determine how it should evolve based on customer feedback, usage and market needs.
Drive the transition from manual planning processes towards increasingly automated, constraint-aware scheduling.
Work closely with spacecraft operators, mission planners, payload teams and customers to understand complex operational workflows.
Translate scheduling challenges, dependencies, priorities and operational constraints into intuitive product capabilities.
Partner closely with software engineering and product design from discovery through delivery.
Contribute to technical and architectural discussions and make informed product trade-offs.
Help define the future direction of an emerging product supporting payload and multi-party mission operations.
Define product success metrics and use customer feedback and data to continuously improve the platform.
Visit customers and represent the product at relevant industry conferences.
Key Requirements
3+ years of Product Management experience within autonomous systems, aerospace, space technology or another complex technical environment.
Experience owning and maturing an existing software product.
Strong understanding of scheduling, mission planning, resource allocation or similarly constraint-heavy operational problems.
Comfortable working closely with highly technical engineering teams.
Strong product discovery skills with the ability to turn complex user workflows into intuitive experiences.
Experience balancing immediate customer requirements against longer-term product strategy.
Able to operate effectively in areas where the product direction is not yet fully defined.
Strong communication and cross-functional leadership skills.
Must meet applicable U.S. export-control requirements and be able to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance.
You’ll have ownership of a product already being used in live mission operations, with the mandate to make it smarter, more scalable and increasingly autonomous. At the same time, you’ll have room to influence new product strategy as the platform expands to support more complex missions, larger fleets and a broader range of operators.
The company offers a high-ownership environment, strong benefits, flexible location options across its U.S. hubs and the opportunity to have a direct impact on real-world space missions.
Location: Remote, United States Employment: Full-time Compensation: $120,000–$150,000 base salary – some flexibility for the right candidate Travel: Minimal, approximately 0–10%
The Opportunity
Join a small, developer-first aerospace engineering company supporting commercial, government, defense and U.S. Space Force programs.
You will initially support an active government space program, taking ownership of a meaningful portion of its operational software. The work is approximately 70% backend and 30% frontend, with opportunities to contribute across additional customer programs and internal products over time.
This is a hands-on role for an engineer who enjoys working across architecture, development, integration, deployment and production support.
What You’ll Do
Build and maintain operational software for space and defense programs.
Develop backend services and APIs using Python, C#, Java or similar languages.
Create REST APIs, data-processing workflows and customer-facing web applications.
Work with spacecraft, ground-system, telemetry, mission-simulation or related aerospace data.
Deploy and maintain containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
Support secure CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and production monitoring.
Troubleshoot software across development, test and deployed customer environments.
Collaborate with aerospace engineers, program leaders, customers and prime contractors.
Help translate customer requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Take increasing ownership and become a technical subject-matter expert for assigned programs.
Contribute to internal products and additional customer projects as priorities evolve.
Required Experience
Five or more years of professional software engineering experience.
Professional experience building production applications—not only scripts or test automation.
Strong backend development experience, ideally using Python.
Experience designing and integrating REST APIs.
Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience owning software through design, development, testing and deployment.
Background supporting aerospace, spacecraft, ground systems, mission operations, modeling and simulation, or another closely related technical environment.
Experience working independently within a small, collaborative engineering team.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
U.S. citizenship.
Eligibility and willingness to obtain a security clearance up to TS/SCI.
Nice to Have
Professional C#, Java, C++ or Rust experience.
Spacecraft telemetry, commanding or TT&C experience.
Ground-segment or mission-control software development.
Experience supporting active missions or operational users.
STK, ODTK, orbital analysis or mission-planning experience.
Kafka or other distributed/event-driven technologies.
AWS or other cloud infrastructure experience.
Terraform, Ansible or infrastructure-as-code experience.
Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD platforms.
React, Angular, TypeScript or JavaScript experience.
Secure software development, container hardening or DevSecOps experience.
Experience deploying software to government, classified or air-gapped environments.
Active security clearance.
Why Join
Work directly on meaningful government and Space Force programs.
Own substantial portions of the software instead of one narrow component.
Join a small team where engineers have visibility and direct influence.
Remain hands-on across the complete software lifecycle.
Work remotely from anywhere in the United States.
Gain exposure to multiple missions, customers and technical challenges.
Collaborate closely with experienced aerospace and software leaders.
Location: Denver/Arvada, Colorado Working arrangement: Hybrid, approximately 2–3 days onsite each week Compensation: $150,000–$180,000 base salary plus equity Employment type: Full-time
About the Company
Join a venture-backed software company building modern infrastructure for satellite operations. Its platform allows commercial and government customers to command, monitor and operate different spacecraft and constellations through one scalable software environment.
The company was founded by experienced engineers and satellite operators who wanted to replace fragmented, highly customized ground systems with modern, reusable software.
Approximately 70 employees with an engineering-led culture
Meaningful equity and direct product influence
Software supporting real commercial and government missions
Small teams with significant technical ownership
Opportunity to build foundational products rather than maintain legacy systems
Collaborative environment spanning software, aerospace and mission operations
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build the command-and-control software connecting a modern ground platform with spacecraft and other remote systems.
This position sits at the intersection of backend software, distributed systems and machine-to-machine communication. You will implement the software responsible for formatting, transmitting, receiving, validating and routing commands and telemetry between ground applications and remote hardware.
This is not a traditional embedded or flight-software position. The software primarily runs on the ground, but it must reliably communicate with spacecraft that may use different protocols, message formats and operational constraints.
A space background is helpful but not required. Engineers from telecom, networking, robotics, autonomous systems, IoT, defense or industrial automation may also be highly relevant.
What You’ll Do
Build command-and-control services primarily using Python and/or Rust
Translate interface-control documents and protocol specifications into production software
Develop command encoders and telemetry decoders
Implement serialization, packetization, message framing and validation
Build reusable adapters for different spacecraft and communication protocols
Route commands and telemetry between backend services, ground stations and remote systems
Handle acknowledgements, retries, timeouts, malformed messages and communication-state changes
Process continuous or high-rate telemetry streams
Design APIs and services supporting mission and ground-system operations
Troubleshoot issues across application software, protocols, networks and connected hardware
Build simulators and testing tools for spacecraft and ground-system integrations
Deploy and support services within containerized and distributed environments
Own capabilities from requirements and architecture through testing, deployment and production support
Collaborate with backend, platform, mission integration and aerospace engineering teams
Required Experience
At least three years of professional software engineering experience
Strong production experience with Python and/or Rust
Experience building backend services, APIs or distributed applications
Experience integrating software with remote hardware, devices or external systems
Understanding of communication protocols and message formats
Experience with serialization, packetization, framing or structured data processing
Ability to handle failures, retries, timeouts, validation and communication-state management
Strong Linux and networking fundamentals
Experience testing, debugging and supporting production systems
Ability to clearly explain personal ownership, technical decisions and engineering tradeoffs
Comfortable operating within a fast-moving startup environment
Relevant Transferable Backgrounds
Satellite ground software or mission operations
Telecom and network infrastructure
Robotics or autonomous vehicles
Unmanned aerial systems
IoT and connected devices
Industrial automation and controls
Defense command-and-control systems
Distributed sensor networks
Radios, modems and software-defined radio systems
Embedded communications software with ground-side integration
Nice to Have
Spacecraft command and telemetry experience
High-rate telemetry processing
CCSDS, CSP, CFDP, XTCE or MIB
Protocol Buffers, ASN.1 or comparable serialization technologies
TCP, UDP, gRPC or message-broker experience
REST API development
Docker and Kubernetes
AWS or other cloud environments
CI/CD and automated integration testing
Hardware-in-the-loop testing
Spacecraft, vehicle or device simulators
DevSecOps or secure software development
Rust experience
What Success Looks Like
You can take an interface or protocol specification and turn it into reliable production software
You understand the complete path of a command and its resulting telemetry
You can identify failures across the sender, protocol, network, receiver and hardware
You personally own services from design through deployment and operational support
You can work with high-volume data without losing reliability or observability
You communicate technical concepts clearly and distinguish your individual contribution from the broader team’s work
You are comfortable learning unfamiliar spacecraft protocols and customer systems
You balance reusable architecture with the practical needs of active missions
Eligibility
Candidates must meet applicable U.S. export-control requirements and be able to work from the Denver-area office under the required hybrid schedule.
Location: Denver, Seattle, San Francisco or Washington, DC Working arrangement: Hybrid Compensation: $150,000–$180,000 base salary plus equity Employment type: Full-time
About the Company
Join a venture-backed software company building modern infrastructure for satellite operations. The platform enables commercial and government customers to operate different spacecraft and constellations through one scalable software environment.
The company was founded by experienced engineers and satellite operators who saw an opportunity to replace fragmented, highly customized ground systems with modern, reusable software.
Approximately 70 employees with a highly technical, engineering-led culture
Meaningful equity and direct product influence
Software supporting real commercial and government missions
Small teams with significant technical ownership
Opportunity to build foundational systems rather than maintain legacy software
Collaborative environment with experienced engineers across software, aerospace and operations
The Role
We are looking for a Backend Engineer to build the foundational services behind a modern satellite-operations platform.
This is a hands-on product-engineering role focused primarily on production Python. It is not a DevOps or platform-infrastructure position. You will design and build backend services, APIs and data systems used by customers operating real spacecraft and distributed mission systems.
A space background is not required. Strong backend engineers from SaaS, telecom, networking, IoT, robotics, fintech or other complex technical environments are encouraged to apply.
What You’ll Do
Design, build and maintain production Python backend services
Develop scalable APIs and foundational platform capabilities
Own features from technical design through testing, deployment and production support
Build reliable services that process and distribute operational data
Design integrations between internal services and external customer systems
Work with relational and non-relational databases
Improve service performance, reliability, observability and security
Troubleshoot issues across applications, databases and distributed systems
Collaborate with product, frontend, platform and aerospace engineering teams
Help shape architecture and engineering standards as the platform scales
Contribute to a fast-moving product environment with meaningful individual ownership
Required Experience
At least three years of professional backend or full-stack software development
Strong hands-on production Python experience
Experience building APIs, microservices or other backend applications
Practical AWS experience
Experience working with databases and data models
Understanding of testing, debugging and production software support
Ability to clearly explain personal ownership, technical decisions and engineering tradeoffs
Comfortable working independently within a collaborative startup environment
Nice to Have
GraphQL or substantial REST API development
Docker and Kubernetes
Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tools
CI/CD and automated testing
Event-driven or asynchronous architectures
Distributed systems or high-volume data processing
PostgreSQL, Redis or comparable data technologies
DevSecOps or security-conscious application development
Generative AI or LLM integrations
Experience in telecom, networking, aerospace, robotics, IoT or remote-system operations
What Success Looks Like
You can personally own a production service from design through deployment
You write clean, maintainable and well-tested Python
You understand how your services operate in production
You can make thoughtful architectural decisions and explain the tradeoffs
You are comfortable entering unfamiliar technical areas and learning quickly
You take responsibility for outcomes rather than working within a narrowly defined task list
Eligibility
Due to the nature of the company’s commercial and government work, candidates must satisfy applicable U.S. export-control requirements.
Mission Integration Engineer – Satellite Ground Systems
Hybrid | Flexible Locations: Denver, CO, Seattle, WA, or Washington DC
An early-stage company in the satellite software space is hiring a Mission Integration Engineer to play a key role in enabling complex satellite missions across both government and commercial domains.
You’ll work across mission architecture, ground systems integration, customer onboarding, and launch-readiness- translating technical requirements into operational reality. The company’s platform is built to simplify satellite operations, offering cloud-based command & control tools that support real-time, multi-asset missions.
As part of a small but impactful team, you’ll guide end-to-end integration: from architecture planning and interface definition, to mission simulations and on-console early orbit support.
What you’ll do:
Lead technical integration for satellite missions across ground, space, and cloud assets
Act as a mission SME for customer onboarding, from pre-launch to operations
Develop ICDs, support V&V processes, and contribute to mission readiness documentation
Coordinate with engineering, product, and mission partners to ensure successful deployment
Feed insights back into product development based on recurring mission needs
What we’re looking for:
5+ years in mission integration or systems engineering within the space domain
Experience with satellite ground systems, TT&C, and mission operations tools
Hands-on with scripting (Python/Bash) and cloud deployments (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS)
Strong cross-functional communication and customer-facing skills
Active security clearance required
This is a hybrid role with flexibility across four U.S. offices. You’ll get meaningful ownership, a direct impact on active missions, and the chance to shape a growing platform redefining satellite ops.
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