Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company that operates the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Mission Management Engineering team to develop and maintain optimal autonomous operations for the BlackSky constellation, focusing on software system design, data structures, and algorithm implementation.
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
Skills
- 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 requires U.S. citizenship or status as a U.S. person
- 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
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome swag
Company Overview
BlackSky is a space-based intelligence company that delivers real-time imagery with global rapid revisit, analytics, and high-frequency monitoring of the most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events. It was founded in 2013, and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, US, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.blacksky.com/.