BlackSky is looking to solve the problem of building autonomous software that controls and monitors its satellite constellation, including high-speed tasking, ground and space telemetry, health monitoring, and low-latency communication with ground stations worldwide.
Requirements
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g. Go, Python, C++).
- Experience developing and deploying microservices in cloud environments (e.g. AWS, GCS, Azure).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern version control systems (e.g. Git).
- Strong problem-solving skills and an ability to understand complex systems end to end.
- Experience working with satellite ground systems or real-time control systems.
- Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible) and container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes, Nomad).
- Understanding of system safety, fault tolerance, and recovery strategies.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain software that enables autonomous satellite operations and real-time tasking.
- Develop and integrate services that interface with ground station infrastructure and satellite communication protocols.
- Build cloud-native microservices to support satellite tasking and monitoring.
- Collaborate with operations, communication engineers, flight software engineers, mission planning engineers, and other software teams to understand and refine technical requirements.
- Write clean, maintainable code with strong emphasis on safety, test coverage, and reliability.
- Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and team planning discussions.
- Support on-call rotations and troubleshooting of live system operations as needed.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- A minimum of ten (10) years of professional software development experience.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a cross-functional team environment.
- The program this role supports requires being a US-born citizen.
- 10-15% travel required.
