Software Development Engineer, Mission Planning Specialist

3 days ago


Seattle, Washington, United States Blacksky Holdings LLC Full time

About BlackSky Holdings LLC

BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company that owns and operates the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform. We provide customers with satellite imagery, automated analytics, and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets, and events worldwide.

We are looking for a skilled software developer to join our mission planning engineering team. This integrated product team works to develop and maintain optimal, automated autonomous operations for the BlackSky constellation. The ideal candidate will have expertise in software system design, architecture, data structures, efficient data storage and retrieval, software performance, and scaling.

The successful candidate will develop and track requirements, schedules, and technical implementation for various mission planning products. Opportunities exist for production code development in Python and Go, as well as internal tooling development for measuring KPIs, troubleshooting performance problems, and identifying inefficiencies in planning algorithms.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to mission planning integrated product team interfacing with mission planning, ground software, and product engineers to plan and execute autonomous constellation operations software products.
  • Model, implement, and test concepts of operation for autonomous planning of various constellation activities including imaging, system calibration, propulsion, or other critical activities.
  • Model satellite subsystems (communications, power, attitude) using methods compatible with existing and future ground and control software algorithms as needed to support Mission Planning functions.
  • Develop production-level software in Go specifically for mission planning algorithms and supporting subroutines.
  • Support ongoing constellation operations and customer fulfillment efforts as a mission planning subject matter expert.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, statistics, or another computational field.
  • At least twelve years of relevant software development experience.
  • Familiarity with satellite first principles such as orbital mechanics, attitude dynamics, and satellite systems.
  • Experience writing technical requirements and driving to implementation.
  • Expert level proficiency in one or more compiled multi-threaded programming languages.
  • Working knowledge of Go.

Estimated Salary Range: $165,000 - $185,000 per year

Benefits:

  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life, and AD&D insurance.
  • 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays, one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave, and more.
  • 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs.
  • Employer matching donations.


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