Anduril
Software Engineer, Satellite Command and Control
$166K–$220K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Jul 8, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ 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
Build, deploy, and operate ground-side command-and-control software that plans satellite missions, commands spacecraft, processes telemetry, and supports live space operations.
What you'll do
- Develop backend services and protobuf APIs for command, telemetry, mission planning, ground stations, and related capabilities.
- Deploy and operate services in secure government cloud environments; support on-call, incident response, monitoring, and live missions.
- Integrate software with spacecraft, radios, antennas, ground infrastructure, legacy systems, and simulation environments.
What they ask for
- 4+ years building backend and distributed systems, primarily in Go, Rust, or C++, with gRPC/Protobuf; comfortable working primarily in Go.
- Experience 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 protocols or similar layered communication standards.
Pay
$166,000 — $220,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Go, Rust, C++, gRPC, Protobuf, Kubernetes, CCSDS, Terraform
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