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Staff Software Engineer, Command and Control

1 month ago
United States
Full-time
Lead
Software Engineer
Software Development
Go Python
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BlackSky

BlackSky

BlackSky provides high-quality earth observation satellite imagery in near real time, enabling customers to anticipate and act swiftly on global changes.

Professional Services
251-1K
Founded 2015
$50M raised
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Description

  • Design, implement, and maintain software for BlackSky’s mission management services.
  • Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and team planning discussions.
  • Test, debug, and document implemented software functionality.
  • Identify requirements issues, technical limitations, and inconsistencies early and communicate them proactively.
  • Collaborate with mission planning, ground software, and platform engineers to execute autonomous constellation operations products.
  • Support operational tasks to maintain production stability and ongoing constellation operations.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and troubleshoot live system issues as needed.
  • Support launch and early operations for new satellites.
  • Develop production code in Python and Go as needed.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s, or higher degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, statistics, or another computational field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of relevant software development experience.
  • Fluency in Python and strong understanding of Go, with comfort using other languages when necessary.
  • Expert knowledge of software design, maintenance, and implementation, including data structures, data storage and retrieval, algorithm efficiency, and scalable maintainable code.
  • Demonstrated initiative to identify and solve problems or inefficiencies.
  • Strong team and cross-team cooperation and organization skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong audience awareness.
  • Ability to manage several concurrent independent activities.
  • US citizenship may be required for some programs.
  • Preferred: familiarity with satellite fundamentals such as orbital mechanics, attitude dynamics, and satellite systems.
  • Preferred: expertise in software and hardware performance characteristics.
  • Preferred: experience automating complex systems such as satellites, vehicle fleets, or drones.
  • Preferred: knowledge of geospatial systems or data.
  • Must meet ITAR eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, protected individual status, or eligibility for required U.S. State Department authorizations.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life, AD&D, and voluntary life and AD&D insurance.
  • BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental, and vision and contributes $100 per month for out-of-pocket expenses.
  • 15 days of PTO, 11 company holidays, four floating holidays, and one day of paid volunteer leave per year.
  • Parental leave.
  • 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program.
  • Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs.
  • Employer matching donations.
  • Professional development support.
  • Choice of Mac or PC.

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