Aerospace Solutions Engineer

Software Engineer – Space
Location: Remote, United States
Employment: Full-time
Compensation: $120,000–$150,000 base salary - some flexibility for the right candidate
Travel: Minimal, approximately 0–10%

The Opportunity

Join a small, developer-first aerospace engineering company supporting commercial, government, defense and U.S. Space Force programs.
You will initially support an active government space program, taking ownership of a meaningful portion of its operational software. The work is approximately 70% backend and 30% frontend, with opportunities to contribute across additional customer programs and internal products over time.
This is a hands-on role for an engineer who enjoys working across architecture, development, integration, deployment and production support.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain operational software for space and defense programs.
• Develop backend services and APIs using Python, C#, Java or similar languages.
• Create REST APIs, data-processing workflows and customer-facing web applications.
• Work with spacecraft, ground-system, telemetry, mission-simulation or related aerospace data.
• Deploy and maintain containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Support secure CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and production monitoring.
• Troubleshoot software across development, test and deployed customer environments.
• Collaborate with aerospace engineers, program leaders, customers and prime contractors.
• Help translate customer requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Take increasing ownership and become a technical subject-matter expert for assigned programs.
• Contribute to internal products and additional customer projects as priorities evolve.

Required Experience

• Five or more years of professional software engineering experience.
• Professional experience building production applications—not only scripts or test automation.
• Strong backend development experience, ideally using Python.
• Experience designing and integrating REST APIs.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience owning software through design, development, testing and deployment.
• Background supporting aerospace, spacecraft, ground systems, mission operations, modeling and simulation, or another closely related technical environment.
• Experience working independently within a small, collaborative engineering team.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Eligibility and willingness to obtain a security clearance up to TS/SCI.

Nice to Have

• Professional C#, Java, C++ or Rust experience.
• Spacecraft telemetry, commanding or TT&C experience.
• Ground-segment or mission-control software development.
• Experience supporting active missions or operational users.
• STK, ODTK, orbital analysis or mission-planning experience.
• Kafka or other distributed/event-driven technologies.
• AWS or other cloud infrastructure experience.
• Terraform, Ansible or infrastructure-as-code experience.
• Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD platforms.
• React, Angular, TypeScript or JavaScript experience.
• Secure software development, container hardening or DevSecOps experience.
• Experience deploying software to government, classified or air-gapped environments.
• Active security clearance.

Why Join

• Work directly on meaningful government and Space Force programs.
• Own substantial portions of the software instead of one narrow component.
• Join a small team where engineers have visibility and direct influence.
• Remain hands-on across the complete software lifecycle.
• Work remotely from anywhere in the United States.
• Gain exposure to multiple missions, customers and technical challenges.
• Collaborate closely with experienced aerospace and software leaders.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Employer-supported health savings account.
• 401(k) with company match.
• 15 days of paid time off.
• 10 company holidays plus two floating holidays.
• Monthly internet and phone reimbursement.
• Life insurance and employee assistance benefits.