Ground Software Engineer (Satellite)

Location: In-person at the headquarters in Torrance, California. The role requires access to ITAR-controlled information and items; candidates must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export-control license.

Salary: $123,000–$150,000 base salary per year, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global develops high-power satellite platforms and spacecraft systems for commercial and U.S. government missions across multiple orbits.

What you will do

• Design and implement software for building, testing, and operating satellites and customer payloads.
• Extend the mission software platform used to operate K2’s Gravitas satellite and support multiple constellations.
• Collaborate with Mission Operations, Flight Software, and external customers to define mission architecture and payload software.
• Facilitate software design reviews, architecture discussions, and code reviews.
• Develop across the Rust backend and TypeScript/Vue frontend stack.
• Support ground tests and on-orbit spacecraft operations through an on-call rotation, while mentoring other engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, or another STEM discipline, or 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience with software engineering for satellite command and control, constellation operations, mission automation, radio communications, astrodynamics, or related systems.
• Experience with statically typed backend programming languages such as Rust, Go, C++, Java, C#, or TypeScript.
• Experience with modern frontend development using JavaScript or TypeScript and frameworks such as Vue, React, or Svelte.
• Must be a U.S. person under ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export-control license.

Nice to have

• Experience with space missions or satellite ground segments.
• Experience with CI/CD, deployment, monitoring, HTTP or gRPC APIs, SQL databases, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, networking protocols, or data streaming technologies.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity practices and standards such as SOC 2 or FedRAMP.

Culture & Benefits

• High-growth Series D-funded environment focused on scaling satellite production and operations.
• Paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance and paid parental leave.
• Equity in the company and additional employee perks.
• Accommodation support is available for applications and interviews.