Senior Ground Software Engineer I/ii

Rocket Lab

Littleton, CO, United States
On-site
Web-based ground software platforms
Scalable ground system designs
Monitoring and alerting frameworks
Define and evolve the end-to-end architecture of ground systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and mission success for both internal teams and external customers

Job Summary

  • Define and evolve the end-to-end architecture of ground systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and mission success for both internal teams and external customers.
  • Partner with flight software developers, mission operations personnel, and systems engineers to translate mission needs into scalable ground system designs.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on ground software strategy, risk areas, and emerging technologies.

Matching Summary

Define and evolve the end-to-end architecture of ground systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and mission success for both internal teams and external customers.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • web-based ground software platforms
  • scalable ground system designs
  • monitoring and alerting frameworks
  • technical direction and guidance

Nice-to-have

  • full-stack development experience
  • aerospace background
  • microservice architectures and distributed systems
  • modern authentication/authorization frameworks

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years of relevant work experience (Senior I)
  • 8+ years of relevant work experience (Senior II)
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical discipline
  • U.S. citizenship is required

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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