Staff Software Engineer

About the role

Intuitive Machines is a leading provider of comprehensive space technologies. We deliver innovative solutions to government and commercial customers helping them unlock the promise of space to solve problems on Earth and beyond. We address a broad spectrum of needs for our customers, including mission systems engineering, product design, spacecraft manufacturing, assembly, integration and testing. Intuitive Machines is a trusted partner in commercial and government missions, combining more than 60 years of deep mission understanding with reliable performance and longevity. Life With Us Intuitive Machines is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Ground Software group. This position can be based in Palo Alto, CA or performed remotely within the U.S. You will be part of the Ground Software team responsible for developing, deploying, and maintaining telemetry and commanding products. The software you build will support manufacturing teams, launch base operations, mission operations, and customers for multiple satellite programs under test and in orbit. Your Career In this role, you will develop, test, and operate highly available and scalable full-stack software that enables commanding of spacecraft and processing of satellite telemetry. The tools you build will allow operators to safely and efficiently conduct testing and operations of the spacecraft. We are investing heavily in modernizing and unifying our software products which you will play a vital role in the evolution of. You will have the freedom to design and engineer solutions to drive innovative, modern approaches to meet our user needs and customer requirements. A successful candidate will be a passionate developer that embraces modern software development and insists others do as well. You will introduce automation and evangelize new tools and processes within a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop frontend and backend software for a spacecraft ground software system within an agile team environment
• Design and modernize software solutions for assembly, integration and test during the manufacture of satellites
• Perform peer reviews and create test cases and procedures to verify software functionality
• Document and maintain architectures, requirements, algorithms, and system interfaces
• Participate in software requirements evaluation, generation, design, implementation, and testing discussions
• Collaborate with flight software, integration & test (I&T), and mission operations teams to understand user needs
• Identify opportunities to transition legacy-based systems into modern, high-performance, reliable software architectures
• Share your knowledge as you help grow your fellow software engineer team members
• Respond to incidents and anomalies through on-call support and improved automated performance monitoring & alerting

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Programming experience with all of the following: C++, Java and Python
• Solid DevOps background with infrastructure as code tools (e.g