Anduril
Orbit Analyst, Space
$86K–$114K
Costa Mesa, California, United States +2 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Location
- Costa Mesa, California, United States
Remote
Remote - Experience
- No minimum overall experience stated; preferred qualification specifies at least 3+ years working with a variety of programming languages.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related fields.
About the job
Support space ground-system operations by curating and quality-checking satellite tracking data, configuring edge compute systems, and helping maintain an accurate space object catalog.
What you'll do
- Provide analysis and strategic insights on observatory operations and satellite tracking data.
- Configure edge compute capabilities within Windows and Linux.
- Maintain the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of the space object catalog and derived products.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
- Ability to understand complex systems and requirements and solve technical problems with little oversight.
- Clear communication, organizational, documentation, and training-material skills; comfort in a monitoring and operations environment.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience with orbital mechanics, satellite orbit regimes, space domain awareness, space object catalogs, or conjunction/maneuver analysis.
- Exposure to telescope or other phenomenology observation data; programming experience with languages such as Java, Python, C++, Rust, Go, or JavaScript.
Pay
$86,000 — $114,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Windows, Linux, Java, Python, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative