Senior Software Engineer (Portal)

Torrance, CA. Posted 24 days ago

The role

You will design, implement, and optimize a global service that delivers connectivity to customers. This includes working on antenna control, customer APIs, cloud orchestration, and edge systems.

What you will do

Lead end-to-end architecture of a global, distributed control plane
Mentor teams on fault-tolerant patterns and land design RFCs
Build and own customer-facing and internal control-plane APIs
Design and implement a workflow-orchestrator for satellite communications
Architect real-time TT&C and data-transfer interfaces
Design and implement control systems for ground station hardware
Architect and optimize data pipelines for high-bandwidth data movement
Architect a Tbps-class SD-WAN overlay
Create monitoring and alerting solutions for software and infrastructure
Develop software for production line bring-up and testing

Required qualifications

5-7+ years of professional software development experience
Completed bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or other related major

Nice to have

Proficiency in Rust, Golang, or C/C++
Experience designing and implementing distributed systems
Knowledge of cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and orchestration tools
Familiarity with microservices architecture and serverless computing
Experience with hardware control systems
Familiarity with FPGA programming and orchestration
Understanding of embedded systems development (FreeRTOS, Zephyr)
Proficiency in architecting data pipelines for high-throughput environments
Understanding of network programming and IP protocols
Experience with high-speed communications (10GigE+)

Before you apply

Must successfully obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance
Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

About the company

Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company bringing the benefits of space to the masses through advanced communications technology. They build a global network of phased array and parabolic ground stations for satellite missions.