Ground System Integration Engineer

Responsibilities

• Integrate new satellites and flight software into Quindar’s mission management platform.
• Develop and integrate software command-and-control solutions for satellite vehicles.
• Decompose mission requirements with customer stakeholders and engineer solutions using existing products.
• Debug low-level software integrations with satellite and other hardware systems.
• Support development and integration of solutions into Quindar’s broader product suite.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and communicate complex technical information to internal and customer-facing audiences.
• Analyze and troubleshoot integration challenges while maintaining scalability, quality, resilience, performance, and maintainability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of professional experience with satellite command-and-control systems or similarly complex hardware-software integration efforts.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, or Java.
• Experience developing real-time embedded software and/or integrating hardware assets with mission management software.
• Preferred experience with satellite communication protocols, data processing algorithms, and standardized command and telemetry definitions.
• Understanding of encryption algorithms including AES-256 GCM, AES-256 CFB, AES-256 ECB, NSA Type 1 PEGASUS, and NSA Type 1 CARIBOU.
• Preferred experience with AWS services including Lambda, ECS, EKS, CloudWatch, S3, EFS/EBS, EC2, and RDS.
• Familiarity with Git, GitHub, or a similar version-control framework and preference for open-source software experience.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
• Must meet applicable ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements.

Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with 2–3 days in the Arvada, Colorado office and substantial remote work.
• Unlimited PTO with a requirement to take 15 days off and most U.S. federal holidays observed.
• Quarterly mental health and wellness benefits.
• Comprehensive health insurance with 100% employee coverage.
• 4% 401(k) matching.
• Annual four-day company offsite.