Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. EVONA is partnering with a growing aerospace software and engineering company to hire a Senior Aerospace Software Engineer. The role focuses on developing and maintaining backend-heavy, full-stack applications supporting mission-critical space, ground-system, and operational workflows, while taking technical ownership of an existing program and collaborating with engineering teams and customers.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain backend-heavy, full-stack aerospace applications
- Take ownership of an existing program and grow into its development subject-matter expert
- Build reliable software supporting space-mission, ground-system, and operational workflows
- Contribute across design, development, testing, deployment, troubleshooting, and maintenance
- Work with internal engineers, prime contractors, partner developers, and technical customers
- Translate operational and customer requirements into effective software solutions
- Support internal development and additional government or commercial programs
- Balance multiple projects and adapt as priorities evolve within a small team
Skills
- Eligibility to obtain a U.S. government security clearance
- Location: Remote within the United States
- Travel: Limited, approximately 0–10%
- Approximately five or more years of professional software-development experience
- Strong software-engineering fundamentals and experience delivering production-quality applications
- Backend development strength with some frontend capability
- Professional experience with Python and one or more additional languages
- Experience working across APIs, databases, cloud-hosted applications, or distributed systems
- Practical experience within the space or satellite industry
- Familiarity with space-mission, spacecraft-operations, ground-system, simulation, TT&C, or flight-dynamics workflows
- Ability to independently learn an existing system and assume meaningful technical ownership
- Strong communication skills and comfort collaborating with external engineering teams and customers
- Willingness to wear multiple hats and work beyond a narrowly defined job description
- Python, C/C++, Node.js, JavaScript, or TypeScript
- Angular or React
- AWS or comparable cloud platforms
- Docker and Kubernetes
- CI/CD and DevOps workflows
- Ground-segment or mission-operations software
- Telemetry, commanding, scheduling, simulation, or mission-planning applications
- Government space or defense programs
- Startup, consultancy, or small-team experience
- Active Secret or Top Secret clearance
- Fully remote within the United States
- Candidates near Huntsville, Alabama, are especially encouraged to apply due to potential future program needs, but the search is open across the United States
Benefits
- Fully remote within the United States
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- $2,400 annual employer HSA contribution
- 401(k) with company matching
- $100 monthly internet and phone reimbursement
- Minimal travel
- High ownership and visibility within a small engineering team
- Opportunity to become the development SME for an active space program
- Exposure to multiple government and commercial missions
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