Logos Space

Logos Space

Navigation Engineer (Ground Software)

Mountain View or San Diego · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 19 days ago
PythonC++Distributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentAlgorithmsGitDockerKubernetesCI/CDLinuxAI OrchestrationSystems EngineeringAerospace EngineeringElectrical EngineeringTest AutomationCommunication

About the role

  • The work spans backend services, workflow orchestration, databases, product repositories, run-state management, provenance tracking, validation gates, operator tooling, APIs, automated retries, observability, CI/CD, and deployment infrastructure.
  • You will work closely with astrodynamics, state estimation, maneuver planning, conjunction assessment, flight software, mission operations, ground software, and systems engineering teams to define clean interfaces and reliable operational workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain backend and infrastructure software for the Ground Navigation Software (GNS) stack.
  • Design and implement the GNS control plane used to schedule, execute, monitor, retry, cancel, and close navigation product runs.
  • Build workflow orchestration and product release workflows.
  • Design and implement databases, schemas, APIs, and data services for run state, product metadata, spacecraft configuration, operational constraints, provenance, approvals, and audit history.
  • Develop the navigation reference data and configuration store for approved mission configurations, Earth orientation data, space weather, planetary ephemerides, spacecraft models, maneuver assumptions, external data products, and operational constraints.
  • Build the navigation product repository for candidate products, released products, product versions, lineage, run artifacts, validation results, release status, and downstream delivery status.
  • Implement logic for product quality checks, operational approval criteria, completeness checks, consistency checks, freshness checks, and release-readiness rules.
  • Develop APIs and service interfaces that allow mission operations, ground software, flight software, constellation planning, networking, and analysis tools to consume approved navigation products.
  • Build ingestion pipelines for spacecraft telemetry (e.g., GNSS data, state and maneuver history, etc.), reference data, operational constraints, and external data products.
  • Implement data validation, schema validation, version control, provenance tracking, reproducibility, and configuration-controlled rerun capability.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related STEM field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Proficiency in Python, modern C++, or another production backend software language.
  • Experience working with structured data products, metadata, configuration data, time-series data, telemetry, logs, or engineering artifacts.
  • Experience with production containerized development and deployment workflows using Docker, Kubernetes, or equivalent tools.
  • Experience with Linux-based development environments, Git, automated testing, CI/CD, and modern software delivery workflows.
  • Working knowledge of distributed systems fundamentals, including service interfaces, failure handling, retries, idempotency, observability, and data consistency.
  • Ability to work across software, operations, and domain engineering teams to turn operational concepts into reliable production workflows.

Nice to have

  • Experience with navigation, flight dynamics, orbit determination, orbit propagation, maneuver planning, conjunction screening, mission planning, or spacecraft operations workflows.
  • Experience designing product repositories, provenance systems, approval workflows, release gates, configuration management systems, or audit-controlled operational software.
  • Experience with deterministic replay, run reconstruction, data lineage, reproducible pipelines, regression infrastructure, or automated validation of operational products.
  • Experience integrating software with external data providers, telemetry systems, mission planning systems, command and telemetry systems, or ground-to-flight interfaces.
  • Familiarity with CCSDS data formats, spacecraft command and telemetry systems, time systems, ephemeris products, maneuver products, or operational navigation data formats.
  • Even if you don't meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply.
  • We value strong fundamentals, sound judgment, and growth potential, and we know great candidates do not always match every item on a job description.
  • Logos Space is an equal opportunity employer and values creativity, curiosity, and diverse perspectives.

Benefits

  • Implement operator-facing tools for run monitoring, product review, validation status, data freshness, failure triage, release tracking, and system health.
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