K2 Space
Senior Ground Software Engineer
$150K–$200K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 29, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 5+ years building software solutions professionally; alternatively, 3+ years of professional software engineering experience may satisfy the stated degree qualification.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, math, or a STEM discipline, or equivalent via 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a “U.S. person” under ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Build and maintain ground software used to build, test, and operate K2 satellites and customer payloads, expanding the mission platform to support multiple constellations.
What you'll do
- Design and implement software for vehicle and payload build, test, and operations.
- Collaborate on mission architecture and software solutions with internal teams and external customers; lead design and code reviews.
- Support ground testing and on-orbit operations on call, and mentor other engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, math, or a STEM discipline, or 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- 5+ years of experience building software solutions in a professional environment.
Nice to have
- Experience with space missions and/or the satellite ground segment.
- Experience with Rust or another statically typed backend language, modern frontend development, or related software technologies.
Pay
$150,000 - $200,000 USD base salary
Tools
Rust, TypeScript, Vue, Go, C++, Java, C#, React
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