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Senior Software Engineer, Satellite Command and Control

Anduril· AFS : Space Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$191k - $253kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer responsible for architecture, delivery, and operation of ground command-and-control software for space missions, spanning mission planning, spacecraft command, telemetry ingestion, ground-station integration, and production operations on secure government cloud.

Responsibilities

  • Own the architecture of Space C2 services and the software solutions deployed to customers, end-to-end — from API/proto design through deployment to production operation
  • Design, build, and operate backend services across the Space C2 stack (Go, gRPC/Protobuf): command & telemetry, mission and plan management, ground-station and antenna brokering, space-to-ground protocol stacks, file transfer, and access control
  • Write and evolve protobuf API contracts, coordinating interface changes across teams
  • Drive technical RFCs and architecture decisions for new subsystem capabilities
  • Deploy and run services in secure government cloud on containers/Kubernetes, own operational readiness, and lead on-call and incident response for live missions
  • Integrate with spacecraft and ground infrastructure — software-defined radios, antenna pointing, ground-station providers, space-to-ground data links, and astrodynamics (orbit propagation, maneuver planning, satellite state)
  • Build and run software-in-the-loop (SITL) simulation to validate end-to-end operations before live passes
  • Integrate with legacy systems to unlock 21st-century capabilities
  • Set the quality bar through rigorous code review, and mentor other engineers — code review is a core, first-class part of the job on this team
  • Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality
  • Create and analyze metrics for debugging and monitoring; triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next-steps
  • Partner with end-users to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints

Qualifications

  • Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
  • 8+ years building backend and distributed systems, primarily in a systems language (Go, Rust, or C++), with networked services using gRPC/Protobuf — and comfortable working primarily in Go
  • Proven experience architecting, shipping, and operating production services on containers/Kubernetes, with real CI/CD and cloud deployment
  • Experience integrating software with physical systems — hardware control, embedded interfaces, protocol implementation, or real-time data pipelines
  • Track record of owning production services end-to-end (design through operations) and a demonstrated ability to raise the engineering bar for others
  • Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements, and to solve complex technical problems with little oversight
  • Strong collaboration and code-review discipline, with clear communication, documentation/training habits, and a track record of mentoring
  • A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance

Skills

Required:GogRPC/ProtobufC/Kubernetes/Containers

Benefits

  • Benefits package (comprehensive, competitive) available to employees; details available via company site
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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