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Job Summary:
NorthwoodSpace is on a mission to transform connectivity between Earth and space through innovations in space communications technologies. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, implement, and optimize global services that deliver connectivity to customers, overseeing areas from antenna system control to customer APIs.
Responsibilities:
• Design and implement control systems for our ground station hardware, you will write software that interacts with everything from embedded systems to RF modems
• Architect and optimize data pipelines for efficient movement of data between ground stations and various end environments
• Create comprehensive monitoring and alerting solutions for software and infrastructure
• Develop software for production line bring-up and testing
• Create simulations that model satellite and network design
• Lead the end-to-end architecture of a global, distributed control plane that schedules hundreds of satellite passes per hour across mixed AWS/on-prem nodes
• Build and own customer-facing and internal control-plane APIs – craft, version, and operate the endpoints that let users search, reserve, update, and cancel satellite passes at multi-thousand-request scale
• Design and implement the underlying workflow-orchestrator that coordinates satellite communications across sites, reconciles conflicts, and enables autonomous coordination across the worlds largest ground network
• Architect the real-time TT&C / data-transfer interfaces – deliver a secure, bidirectional streaming channel that carries command uplink, telemetry downlink, and supports near-real-time data delivery across Northwood’s global ground network
• Create simulation tools for testing and validating system performance
• Implement tools to ensure continuous uptime and rapid issue resolution
• Transform our telemetry data into actionable insights, enabling predictive diagnostics to address issues before they arise; keep our customers informed about relevant operations in real time
• A global network requires global deployments, and Northwood is committed to building a secure, reliable, and stable pipeline. This infrastructure empowers our developers to deploy changes continuously—without the risk of disrupting the system or relying on 'testing in prod.'
• Automate testing procedures to ensure hardware and software reliability
• Working alongside mechanical/RF/EE/FPGA and SW engineers to ensure system correctness, performance, and reliability before leaving our manufacturing line
• Design and implement software that orchestrates our global antenna network and data plane
• Create comprehensive monitoring and alerting solutions for software and infrastructure
• Implement tools to ensure continuous uptime and rapid issue resolution
• Design and implement control systems for our ground station hardware, you will write software that interacts with everything from embedded systems to RF modems
Qualifications:
Required:
• 5-7+ years of professional software development experience (this doesn’t have to be from a full-time role—there are many ways to gain valuable experience, and we’d love to hear about yours - tell us about internships, projects out of the classroom, or any personal projects)
• Completed bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or other related major (soft-requirement, tell us why you didn't pursue a degree, and what you've done in it's place)
• A U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident of the U.S.
• A protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
• Eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Preferred:
• Proficiency in one or more of the following: Rust, Golang, C/C++
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Experience designing and implementing distributed systems
• Knowledge of cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and orchestration tools
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and serverless computing
• Experience with hardware control systems
• Familiarity with FPGA programming and orchestration
• Understanding of embedded systems development (FreeRTOS, Zephyr)
• Proficiency in architecting data pipelines for high-throughput environments
• Understanding of network programming and IP protocols
• Experience with high-speed communications (10GigE+)
• Experience in building RESTful APIs
• Proficiency with front-end technologies: JavaScript/TypeScript, Frameworks: Angular, React, or similar.
• Knowledge of UI/UX best practices
• Experience with monitoring solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)
• Familiarity with alerting systems and incident response
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible)
• Understanding of security best practices and compliance requirements
• Experience managing CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD)
• Experience with time-series databases (InfluxDB, TimescaleDB)
• Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Knowledge of data processing frameworks
• Experience designing/implementing simulations for physical models (think satellite orbits) or network movement
• Experience designing/implementing orchestration engines for distributed nodes (think robotics, long running jobs, data pipelines, etc…)
• Experience with automated testing frameworks
• Familiarity with production line testing software
Company:
Taking space missions further faster. Check out our open roles: https://www.northwoodspace.io/careers Founded in 2023, the company is headquartered in Torrance, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.