Staff Ground Software Engineer

The role

You will architect, automate, and operate mission-critical infrastructure for spacecraft operations. You will build scalable, cloud-native platforms to enable satellite commanding, telemetry processing, and real-time operations.

What you will do

• Design, automate, and operate the infrastructure enabling spacecraft operations
• Define architectural direction for mission-critical systems
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, deployment frameworks, and environment-level automation
• Establish and uphold reliability and performance standards across ground systems
• Lead and participate in on-call rotations for high-availability production environments
• Partner with mission operators to turn operational needs into reliable services and tools
• Drive engineering excellence through documentation, reviews, and technical mentorship
• Improve the accessibility, efficiency, and reliability of satellite operations at scale

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of software or infrastructure engineering experience, including ownership of major components or services
• Strong experience with distributed systems
• Expertise with cloud-native and container-based architectures
• Deep Kubernetes experience (design, operation, and tuning)
• Significant experience operating live, customer-facing, cloud-hosted systems
• Demonstrated leadership in on-call for high-availability environments
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance

Nice to have

• Proficiency in Go
• Expertise in multiple cloud stacks (e.g. AWS + Azure)
• Experience with real-time data processing or data engineering pipelines
• Proficiency in database administration
• Interest in space systems and mission operations

Benefits

• Company stock
• Equity in Turion Space
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents
• 401(k) plan with a 3% Employer Direct Contribution
• Generous vacation days, personal days, sick days, and holidays
• Paid parental leave
• No-cost Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Opportunities for ongoing internal training, workshops, and courses
• Regular social events, team outings, and company-sponsored activities

Before you apply

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S.

About the company

Turion is developing the critical infrastructure of the space economy by building vertically integrated hardware and software. They build space vehicles called DROID and a software suite called Starfire.