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Ground Software Engineer Jobs in Oregon (NOW HIRING)

At a big company, the platform layer is a hundred engineers, and you own a slice of it. A driver. A ... At home where software meets hardware . Embedded Linux is your familiar ground: the kernel, the BSP ...

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

OR · On-site +1

$205K - $270K/yr

Architect and scale LLM and retrieval-augmented generation pipelines that ground models in ... Mentor engineers, contribute to technical strategy, and help shape the roadmap for Cresta's AI ...

TMEs are drawn from outstanding software engineers and scientists who enjoy helping and teaching developers to use NVIDIA technology to make ground-breaking advances. We want someone who understands ...

... stability, ground improvement. * Write and review geotechnical reports. * Oversee laboratory ... geotechnical numerical modeling software. * Experience with soil structure interaction.

... ground improvement.Write and review geotechnical reports.Oversee laboratory testing of soil and ... modeling software.Experience with soil structure interaction. Familiarity with bridge and ...

Our QA-Core team exists so every engineering team at Upgrade can test their software quickly and ... Proven track record building agentic solutions and test automation frameworks from the ground up ...

The software we build helps agents and teams manage relationships, deals, and opportunities across ... We're building this engineering organization largely from the ground up. If you like greenfield ...

The software we build helps agents and teams manage relationships, deals, and opportunities across ... We're building this engineering organization largely from the ground up. If you like greenfield ...

Contribute to the design of geo-structural solutions, including excavation support systems, ground ... Experience with software commonly used in geotechnical and structural design, such as MathCAD, RISA ...

Contribute to the design of geo-structural solutions, including excavation support systems, ground ... Experience with software commonly used in geotechnical and structural design, such as MathCAD, RISA ...

... developers who need to hit the ground running immediately Unit Testing and Mocking frameworks experience Excellent Communication skills Knowledge on agile and scrum Continuous integration and ...

Staff PDK Engineer

Beaverton, OR · On-site

$134.64 - $201.97/hr

ADI combines analog, digital, AI, and software technologies into solutions that combat climate ... ground up development of Process Design Kits (PDK) for ADI's internal semiconductor process ...

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Ground Software Engineer information

What is a ground software engineer?

Ground Software Engineers are professionals who design, develop, and maintain software systems that support space missions from the ground. Their work typically involves building tools for mission control, telemetry processing, satellite communication, and data management. These engineers ensure that spacecraft can be monitored, commanded, and controlled from Earth, often collaborating closely with hardware engineers and mission operators. They play a crucial role in mission success by enabling real-time data analysis, automation, and troubleshooting for space operations.

What skills and qualifications are needed to thrive as a ground software engineer?

To thrive as a Ground Software Engineer, you need strong programming skills (often in languages like C++, Java, or Python), a background in computer science or engineering, and knowledge of satellite ground systems. Familiarity with software development tools, real-time operating systems, and experience with mission control systems or telemetry processing platforms are typically required. Strong problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and effective communication are crucial soft skills for this role. These skills and qualities ensure reliable software that supports mission-critical ground operations and fosters collaboration within multidisciplinary teams.

What challenges does a ground software engineer face when integrating new systems with existing ground infrastructure?

Ground Software Engineers often encounter challenges when integrating new software with legacy ground systems, such as ensuring compatibility between different hardware interfaces and communication protocols. They may also need to address issues related to real-time data processing, security requirements, and system scalability. Collaboration with cross-functional teams—including hardware engineers, network specialists, and mission operations personnel—is essential to identify potential integration issues early and develop effective solutions.

What is the difference between Ground Software Engineer vs Satellite Software Engineer?

AspectGround Software EngineerSatellite Software Engineer
CredentialsBachelor's or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related fields; experience with embedded systems and real-time softwareSimilar credentials; focus on embedded systems, real-time software, and aerospace standards
Work EnvironmentGround stations, control centers, labs, often in aerospace or defense industriesSatellite onboard systems, spacecraft, aerospace facilities
Employer & IndustryAerospace, defense, satellite communication companiesSatellite manufacturers, space agencies, aerospace firms
Search & Comparison IntentPeople comparing roles in satellite ground control and software developmentRoles related to satellite onboard software development

While both roles involve embedded and real-time software skills, Ground Software Engineers focus on developing and maintaining ground station systems and control software, whereas Satellite Software Engineers work on onboard satellite systems and firmware. The roles often overlap in skills but differ in environment and specific responsibilities.

What cities in Oregon are hiring for Ground Software Engineer jobs?

Cities in Oregon with the most Ground Software Engineer job openings:

Tech Lead, Embedded Platform

Airtame

OR • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Medical, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 14 days ago


Key responsibilities

  • Own a specific slice of the platform layer, including the operating system, firmware, streaming stack, and release process.

  • Lead the team by running 1:1s, setting the technical direction, and supporting engineers' growth.

  • Drive the development of AI-assisted workflows, tooling, and patterns to improve team productivity.


Job description

At a big company, the platform layer is a hundred engineers, and you own a slice of it. A driver. A subsystem. A corner of the release pipeline. You go deep, but you rarely get to hold the whole thing. With us you will. One team owns the entire layer: the operating system and firmware on every Airtame, the streaming stack underneath it, the releases that reach devices in the field, and the work of turning new hardware into a shipping product.

The role is roughly 60% hands-on the hardest problems and 40% growing the engineers who work on them.

About Airtame

We're around 55 people, headquartered in Copenhagen, and you'd work from there or remotely from within the EU. We make the hardware and the software that runs on it, so a change you make to the firmware ships to every Airtame in the field. The team is cross-functional and spread across Europe, and it reaches a global market from a small base.

Year one outcomes

Take AirPlay and Miracast from beta to default. They're in beta today. A year from now they should be solid enough to ship on by default across the Airtame product line, so customers get them without opting in and never have to think about which protocol they're using. Judge it by connection success rates on the fleet, and by how many customers rely on them day to day.

Make firmware releases boring. The best release is the one nobody has to think about: a predictable cadence, an automated quality bar, and shipping to the whole fleet as routine. A year from now, cutting a release should be a low-drama process the team trusts, and that should let you ship improvements more often. Judge it by release frequency, and by the confidence behind each one.

Turn the next board into a shipping Airtame. New silicon has to boot, hold a network, manage its heat, and run conferencing well enough to sell. By year-end there's a repeatable path from a board landing on a desk to a build QA can test, and you own it. Judge it by how long that path takes, and whether the thermal and acoustic targets hold.

Lead the team. You'll run the 1:1s, set the technical bar, and support team members' growth. The measure is simple: a year in, the team runs on your leadership day to day.

Push AI-assisted development further. The team already builds with AI daily. You'll lead the next step: sharper workflows, better tooling choices, new patterns that make the whole group faster. By year-end, the team's AI practices should be visibly ahead of where they started.

Who you are
  • The player-coach. You've set a team's technical direction: the architecture calls, the reviews where the hard problems get caught. And you want the people side too. Growing engineers, running 1:1s, hiring. You're not looking to trade one for the other. Maybe you've been a staff engineer or tech lead ready to own a team, or a manager who never stopped writing code. Either way, 60/40 sounds about right to you.

  • At home where software meets hardware. Embedded Linux is your familiar ground: the kernel, the BSP, userspace, C and C++ running on the device itself. You've spent time close to the metal: wireless stacks, streaming protocols, drivers. You can reason about a bug whether it lives in the firmware, the network, or the silicon.

  • You ship to hardware you can't reach. When it's firmware on a device mounted in someone's meeting room, a bad release doesn't just roll back with a hotfix. You've owned software that ships to the field, so staged rollouts, over-the-air updates, and testing on the devices themselves come naturally. "Works on my bench" isn't the finish line for you.

  • You've turned new hardware into a product. Bare silicon arrives, and someone has to make it boot, talk to the network, manage its heat, and eventually stream. You've done that kind of bringup, or worked close enough to it to lead the people who do.

  • You use AI as a daily tool. You write code with it, debug with it, prototype with it. You've formed your own view on where it speeds things up and where it gets in the way, and you help the people around you do the same.

Logistics
Location: Remote in Europe, or hybrid from our Copenhagen office.
Employment type: Full-time preferred. We're also open to a project-based contract scoped to delivering the native protocol implementations.

Why Airtame:

  • A shift worth architecting. Airtame's software is moving onto a widening range of devices, including hardware from partners. Leading Platform now means designing for that spread, a bigger and more open problem than keeping one hardware line running.
  • A span you can hold. From the bootloader to the release that reaches the field, the whole layer is one person's to shape here, at a size where you can still keep it in your head.
  • A healthy work-life balance.
  • Significant responsibility and ownership over projects and your field of expertise.
  • Five weeks paid vacation and 5 days of extra paid AirtameFlex days.
  • Flexible work environment, with a hybrid mindset.
  • Pension and private health insurance (on FTE Copenhagen contract).

Airtame is an equal opportunity employer. We have colleagues across the globe, with both in-office and full-time remote workers. This feeds into our international hybrid mindset, with people from 25+ nationalities that make up the Airtame team.

Our work-life cultural balance is key to our success. Our team encompasses our values of trust and open communication to support each other and to collaborate in a fun and collective way.

What our employment decisions are NOT based on

Race, colour, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, family or parental status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status. And we will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.

What our employment decisions ARE based on

Business needs, job requirements, individual qualifications, and candidates potential for growing with Airtame.