Space Systems Engineer, Space Operations (Aerospace)

Location: San Francisco, CA; hybrid position requiring work from the San Francisco office 3 days per week.

Salary: $144,500–$180,600 USD annual base salary for San Francisco; additional discretionary short-term and long-term incentives may apply.

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates a large constellation of Earth-observation imaging satellites and delivers satellite data through a cloud-based platform to commercial, environmental, and humanitarian users.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain real-time, mission-critical software for satellite operations.
• Support daily fleet checks by identifying, triaging, and resolving satellite anomalies.
• Write scripts to aggregate satellite data and generate system-monitoring metrics.
• Test and deploy flight-software upgrades, debug anomalies, and perform on-orbit experiments.
• Create and maintain operational procedures and provide operational insights for next-generation satellites.

Requirements

• Actively enrolled in an accredited university program.
• Software development experience, particularly in Python or similar languages.
• Familiarity with the space environment and its challenges.
• Experience with statistical analysis and a data-driven approach to problem-solving.
• Effective interpersonal and collaboration skills within a technical team.
• Ability to proactively tackle problems, contribute ideas, and adapt to a dynamic environment.

Nice to have

• Understanding of the space environment and space operations.
• Proficiency with DevOps tools and practices, including Git, GitLab, Docker, Jenkins, Bash, Linux, CI/CD, Sentry, or Datadog.
• Practical expertise in data analysis for problem-solving.
• Familiarity with automation and optimization tools.
• Contributions to open-source software projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Part-time, temporary position expected to last 12 months.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans, plus an HSA with company contribution, subject to employment type and location.
• Paid time off, holidays, company-wide days off, and 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Wellness and employee assistance programs, home-office reimbursement, and monthly phone and internet reimbursement.
• Tuition reimbursement, LinkedIn Learning access, equity, commuter benefits for local office employees, and paid volunteering time off.
• Employment or contractor hiring is contingent on the ability to access applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing.