Staff Software Engineer, Mission Management

BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company that operates a sophisticated space-based intelligence platform, providing satellite imagery and analytics to clients. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to develop and maintain software for mission management products, ensuring optimal autonomous operations of their satellite constellation.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain software for the components making up BlackSky’s mission management services
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and team planning discussions
• Take an active role in testing, debugging, and documenting implemented software functionality
• Proactively identify problems with requirements (lack of clarity, inconsistencies, technical limitations) and communicates these issues early
• Interface with mission planning, ground software, and platform engineers to plan and execute autonomous constellation operations software products
• Assist with operational tasks to ensure stability in production environments and support ongoing constellation operations and customer fulfillment efforts
• Support on-call rotations and troubleshooting of live system operations as needed
• Support Launch and Early Operations of new satellites
• Other job-related duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree or higher in one of the following fields: computer science, mathematics, physics, statistics, or another computational field or equivalent experience
• A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant software development experience
• Fluency in Python, a strong understanding of Go, and comfortable using other languages when necessary
• Expert knowledge of software design, maintenance, and implementation including data structures, data retrieval and storage, algorithm efficiency, and maintainable scalable code
• Demonstrated initiative to identify and solve problems or inefficiencies in your current field of expertise
• Possess strong team and inter-team cooperation and organization skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong understanding of audience
• Ability to sustain a workload consisting of several concurrent, independent activities
• This position may support programs which require US citizenship
• Familiarity with satellite first principals such as orbital mechanics, attitude dynamics, and satellite systems
• Expertise in software/hardware performance characteristic
• Experience with automation of complex systems (satellite, vehicle fleets, drones, etc.)
• Knowledge of geospatial systems or data