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Software Engineer, Satellite Command and Control

Anduril· AFS : Space Engineering
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Colorado Springs, CO$143k - $191kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Software Engineer on Space Ground Software building, deploying, and operating the command-and-control software that flies real space missions, focusing on ground-side services that plan missions, command spacecraft, ingest telemetry, drive antennas and ground stations, and keep deployed satellite systems running in production.

Responsibilities

  • Own software solutions end-to-end — from API/proto design through deployment to production operation — and be on the hook when they run in front of customers
  • 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
  • Deploy and run services in secure government cloud on containers/Kubernetes, and participate in 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
  • Review your teammates' code and uphold a high quality bar — rigorous, high-volume code review is a core 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 areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
  • 4+ 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
  • Experience shipping and operating production services on containers/Kubernetes, with real CI/CD and cloud deployment — you've run what you've built, not just written it
  • Experience integrating software with physical systems — hardware control, embedded interfaces, protocol implementation, or real-time data pipelines
  • 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 and good documentation/training habits
  • 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/ProtobufDocker/KubernetesCI/CDSystem design
Nice to have:C/C++/Rust

Benefits

  • Benefits package described (health, recovery, and other support)
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
  • Competitive equity grants included in most full-time offers
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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