Senior Software Engineer

Iridium Satellite • Chandler, AZ

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Iridium is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. This role involves applying cutting-edge technologies to lead complex design and development efforts, owning significant components or services, and driving improvements in reliability, scalability, and security across space, ground, and cloud-enabled systems. The ideal candidate will enjoy influencing technical direction, mentoring other engineers, and collaborating cross-functionally to deliver mission-critical capabilities within a satellite ground operations environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, or other engineering discipline
• 8+ years software programming experience on Agile based teams
• Strong proficiency in one or more languages and demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Experience designing scalable systems and improving performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with sound engineering judgment
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey products, deliverables, analyses, and/or issues to groups outside of your team or those who are unfamiliar with the topic
• Confidence and ability to easily build relationships with leadership and colleagues outside of your team
• Possess an analytical mindset, with the ability to understand a situation or problem and think critically to make decisions and come up with out-of-the-box solutions
• Proactive in providing feedback and enthusiastic in sharing knowledge with others
• Capable of prioritizing own tasks and potentially the tasks of others while making sure deadlines are met
• Work in the office at least 3 or more days a week
• Be a U.S. Citizen
• Be able to obtain and maintain U.S. Government security clearance

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Kubernetes / Docker / Podman / ArgoCD
• CI/CD Pipelining (GitLab, JFrog Artifactory , BitBucket)
• Python / Java / C++ / Type Script / Perl
• Atlassian management/software development tools: Jira / Git / Crucible / Confluence
• Micro services architectures
• Automated testing frameworks
• Gov and non-Gov Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environments

Responsibilities

• Work independently to design and implementation for complex features, components, or services
• Own technical execution and quality outcomes for assigned subsystems
• Drive best practices in CI/CD, automation, testing, and secure coding
• Lead root cause analysis for high-impact issues and implement preventive improvements
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and technical coaching
• Update issue/feature data in Atlassian Project/Software tracking tools
• Follow existing Iridium processes for Change Control, Prioritization, Risk Management, Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Management, Build and Test software deployments and use advanced knowledge to assist in development of process/procedure documentation materials
• Collaborate cross-functionally to shape requirements, interfaces, and technical plans
• Edit, structure and present data, concepts and arguments clearly and succinctly through briefings and documentation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior