Ground Software Engineer

• Leads the design, development, integration, testing, and delivery of large-scale ground software and mission control systems
• Interacts with other Millennium staff to support testing on components, subsystems, and spacecraft in test configurations
• Integrates Millennium software applications into Government-furnished software and infrastructure
• Executes integrated system test events bridging Millennium-developed products and Government-furnished systems
• Implements specific mission data processing applications into existing systems to support payloads and end data users
• Supports software testing and installation in classified environments
• Guides junior developers through development tasks, troubleshooting exercises
• Plans and executes validation/verification testing
• Contributes to ground software or tool development by completing larger feature requests, taking ownership of larger software modules, analysis packages, and workflows
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field
• Five (5) or more years of experience designing and developing software in a production environment
• Demonstrated experience writing scripts and backend software applications in Python
• Demonstrated experience with Python webserver frameworks (Twisted, Flask, FastAPI) and building RESTful web services in conjunction with message broker architectures
• Demonstrated experience with backend development interacting with relational, time-series, and document databases (PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, MongoDB)
• Comfortable building interactive UIs using Javascript frameworks
• Familiarity with GitLab CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code practices
• Familarity with containerization and container orchestration practices using Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes
• Experience with unit testing, integration tests, and end-to-end testing
• Comfortable communicating technical details verbally and in writing
• Experience with iterative and agile software development
• Ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance

Active TS/SCI Clearance

• Generous company match to your 401(k)
• Industry-leading tuition assistance program pays your institution directly
• Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits
• Up to $10,000 gift match when you support your favorite nonprofit organizations
• Health insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• Retirement savings plans
• Life and disability insurance programs
• Paid and unpaid time away from work