Space Systems Engineer (Space Operations)

Location: San Francisco, California, United States; hybrid schedule requiring work from the San Francisco office 3 days per week

Salary: $114,200–$142,700 USD annual base salary

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates a large Earth-observation satellite constellation and delivers satellite-derived data through a cloud-based platform for commercial, environmental, and humanitarian applications.

What you will do

• Conduct daily fleet checks and support on-call operations for the satellite constellation.
• Test and deploy flight software upgrades, debug satellite anomalies, and perform on-orbit experiments.
• Develop and maintain real-time, mission-critical software for satellite operations.
• Write scripts to aggregate satellite data and generate system monitoring metrics.
• Analyze operational data, identify issues and inefficiencies, and propose improvements.
• Create operational procedures and provide feedback to launch, manufacturing, and spacecraft engineering teams.

Requirements

• Ability to work from the San Francisco office 3 days per week.
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or an equivalent qualification.
• Software development experience, particularly with Python or similar languages.
• Familiarity with the space environment, statistical analysis, and data-driven problem-solving.
• Ability to access applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience operating spacecraft or remote systems.
• Knowledge of spacecraft propulsion and guidance, navigation, and control systems.
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing, Agile development, automation, and optimization.
• Experience with Git, GitLab, Docker, Jenkins, Bash, Linux, CI/CD, Sentry, or Datadog.
• Open-source software contributions and practical data-analysis experience.

Culture & Benefits

• People-centric culture focused on belonging, collaboration, and humanitarian impact.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans, with an HSA and company contribution.
• Paid time off, holidays, company-wide days off, and 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Home office, phone, internet, commuter, and tuition reimbursement programs.
• Wellness and employee assistance programs, LinkedIn Learning access, equity, and paid volunteering time off.