Anduril
Senior Software Engineer, Satellite Command and Control
$165K–$218K
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Location
- Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Costa Mesa, California, United States - Experience
- 8+ years building backend and distributed systems.
- Education
- Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
About the job
Owns the architecture, delivery, and operation of ground-side software that plans and commands satellite missions, processes telemetry, and supports live spacecraft operations.
What you'll do
- Design, build, deploy, and operate Space C2 backend services and APIs for mission planning, command, telemetry, and ground-station control.
- Integrate software with spacecraft, radios, ground infrastructure, and legacy systems; validate operations using software-in-the-loop simulation.
- Lead architecture and technical decisions, incident response, code reviews, and engineering mentorship.
What they ask for
- 8+ years building backend and distributed systems, primarily in Go, Rust, or C++, with gRPC/Protobuf; comfortable working primarily in Go.
- Experience architecting, shipping, and operating production services on containers/Kubernetes with CI/CD and cloud deployment.
- Experience integrating software with physical systems, such as hardware control, embedded interfaces, protocol implementation, or real-time data pipelines.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance.
Nice to have
- Space/aerospace experience, including telemetry and commanding, ground stations, RF, orbital mechanics, or GNC.
- Experience with CCSDS or similar communication standards, binary protocol parsing, or space C2 and spacecraft operations.
Pay
$165,000 — $218,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Go, Rust, C++, gRPC, Protobuf, Kubernetes, CCSDS, Terraform
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