Orbital Sidekick

Space Operations Engineer (Embedded Software)

San Francisco, California, United States

$100-160k

Full Time

10 months ago

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Job description

Space is in our DNA. Orbital Sidekick (OSK) has a mission to leverage the untapped power of hyperspectral imagery (HSI) to address global environmental, health, and safety needs while helping companies reach their sustainability goals. Orbital Sidekick is establishing a space-based infrastructure of HSI sensors and analytic capabilities to enable real-time monitoring, detection, and risk management.

As a Space Operations Engineer (Embedded) in our Payload Engineering Team, you will be working on creating the services to control our Satellites. Reporting directly to our VP of Payload Engineering and working closely with our Analytics, Software and Product Teams, you will help build out the tools, processes and products critical to our customers' success.

What you'll do

Model tasking scenarios for a constellation of hyperspectral satellites
Perform trade studies on orbit positioning and maneuvers to maximize satellite coverage
Interface with the operations and software team to successfully execute targeted tasking with multiple space-based sensors
Test operations plans on ground hardware testbeds, and improving ground software test processes
Work with the OSK product team to deliver high fidelity constellation tasking plans
Verify and Validate tasking plans and spacecraft health and status
Troubleshoot and resolve payload on-orbit anomalies and findings
Optimize camera and optical systems to extract critical insights
Develop detailed understanding of onboard flight software hardware and software interfaces
Work with OSK’s algorithm team to implement onboard algorithms to high-bandwidth data-streams
Develop OSK’s data ingestion and processing capabilities for satellite as well as aerial hyperspectral images
Work with GPU cores to implement on-the-fly data corrections using a neural network
Incorporate payload and spacecraft bus command and control schemes

What you’ll have

BS in Aerospace/Mechanical/Astronautical engineering or Computer Science
3+ years of experience in the Aerospace/Space industry
Strong skills in C, C++, Linux Operating System on ARM
Spacecraft operations experience, downloading and uploading spacecraft control parameters
Ability to code in python for scripting, automation and algorithm integration purposes
Experience using software APIs to receive and send telemetry data

Knowledge of embedded communication protocols to control hardware sensors

Strong skills in data processing pipelines and algorithm runtime optimization

You'll stand out as a candidate if you have

MS in Aerospace/Astronautical Engineering or Computer Science
Familiarity with scalable software solutions
Health and Status monitoring of software systems
Firm understanding of optics, optical alignment, and spacecraft control
Experience with remote sensing data
Expertise in python and C++ software development

Orbital Sidekick is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.