Star Catcher
Software Engineer - Ground & Mission Systems
Jacksonville, Florida, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional experience building production software systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State under U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including ITAR. Must also provide proof of eligibility to work in the US.
About the job
Develops ground and mission software, tools, and test infrastructure for Star Catcher’s spacecraft and orbital power network.
What you'll do
- Build ground-system tools, dashboards, APIs, services, data pipelines, and telemetry visualization and processing tools.
- Support command planning and validation, hardware-in-the-loop integration and test campaigns, and automated testing.
- Participate in architecture reviews and document software architecture, APIs, and operational procedures.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of professional experience building production software systems.
- Proficiency in one or more of Python, C++, Go, or similar languages.
- Experience with databases (especially TSDB) and REST/gRPC APIs; comfortable working across backend services, internal tooling, and UIs.
Nice to have
- Experience with mission operations, ground segment, telemetry/command systems, or hardware test benches.
- Familiarity with spacecraft or aerospace systems, cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, or release engineering.
Tools
Python, C++, Go, Docker, Kafka, RabbitMQ, ZeroMQ, CCSDS
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