Staff Software Development Engineer

AI Summary

Job Description

Develop and maintain autonomous planning, scheduling, and optimization systems for Earth Observation satellites. Apply reinforcement learning, operations research, and sequential decision-making to optimize satellite constellation plans. Build simulation environments and develop multi-objective optimization pipelines. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate mission requirements into AI systems.

Hard Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or strongly related field
• 5+ years of software development experience with recent use of modern AI-assisted technologies
• Strong Java programming skills, including working in a Spring-boot micro-service environment
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including automated testing, CI/CD, version-control, and containerized deployment
• Experience developing machine learning and/or optimization systems
• U.S. Person status (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee)

Soft Requirements

• Experience with orbital mechanics, satellite systems, remote sensing, mission operations, and collection planning
• Experience with probabilistic modeling, uncertainty estimation, and Bayesian optimization algorithms
• Familiarity with GPU acceleration and distributed training infrastructure
• Experience with autonomous systems or multi-agent planning architectures