Engineer III, Mission Software

Company Overview

Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications company with bragging rights to the only network that offers voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world.   For over 20 years, Iridium’s unique network and services have supported critical communications needs for individuals, businesses, and the evolving Internet of Things.

At Iridium, we understand the importance of staying connected and the limitations of traditional communications networks. People across the globe, including first responders, humanitarians, global militaries, scientific researchers, and lone workers, as well as ships, aircraft and remote operations all rely on Iridium to stay connected. We take our responsibility for providing these essential communications very seriously and pride ourselves on offering a reliable lifeline when needed.  Likewise, Iridium is committed to providing an exciting and innovative workplace, where employees are challenged to think outside the box and collaborate on new, bold ideas and solutions.  Our talented teams are passionate about their work and the impact our company makes around the world.  Iridium fosters an empowering and inclusive culture that allows employees to genuinely be their best selves.   We are looking for others who want to join this truly unique company that celebrates our employees and provides the opportunity to truly make a difference in the world.

Position Summary, Job Requirements & Responsibilities

What We’re Looking For:

If you enjoy learning about and working with breakthrough technologies, and are enthusiastic about working in the space industry, then you will be excited about the Engineer III, Mission Software opening with Iridium for a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. As the Engineer III, Mission Software within the Ground Systems Development team, you will gain experience in software development and maintenance for the Mission Software components such as Mission Planning, Network Management, and Flight Dynamics. Additionally, the Engineer III, Mission Software will work independently to deliver high-quality work and drive projects/deliverables to completion within the larger development team to support cross-functional efforts across all areas of ground system software development.

What You’ll Do:

• Work independently to develop and enhance software related to mission planning, network management, and flight dynamics
• Develop optimized code for both scalability and performance
• Work within the Agile/Scrum framework for software development (Atlassian tool suite desired)
• Participate in creating and/or maintaining build environments for software products
• Play a role in planning and executing software releases per stakeholder/program schedules and budgets
• Update issue/feature data in Atlassian Project/Software tracking tools
• Follow existing Iridium processes for Change Control, Prioritization, Risk Management, Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) Management, Build and Test software deployments and use knowledge to assist in development of process/procedure documentation materials
• Edit, structure and present data, concepts and arguments clearly and succinctly, through briefings and documentation
• Respond to questions from stakeholders, as appropriate

Experience & Education Requirements / EEO

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

• 5+ years software programming and/or support experience with mission planning and/or network management
• Understanding of mission planning, data routing, and data management concepts, and/or flight dynamics
• Coding experience on Agile based teams
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to confidently present products, deliverables, analyses, and/or issues
• Possess an analytical mindset, with the ability to understand a situation or problem and think critically to make decisions or come up with solutions
• Be comfortable managing upward, including being a proactive communicator and asking for help when needed
• Have confidence and be able to establish valuable relationships with others
• Must be able to prioritize key tasks and have a strong sense of ownership over your work
• Be active in seeking out ways to continuously improve yourself and gain new knowledge
• Ability to comprehend technical documentation
• Have a positive attitude to take on ever increasing software development tasks
• Passion for working in a team driven environment consisting of operators, software testers, senior developers, and system engineers

Things That Would be Great if You Brought to the Table:

• Experience with the following technologies:
  • Java / Spring Boot
  • Kafka / event-driven architecture
  • Kubernetes / Helm / Docker
  • JFrog Artifactory and Pipelining
  • Linux based environments
  • SQL / PostgreSQL / AWS cloud DB services, i.e. Redshift
  • RESTful / HTTP / WebSockets / JSON
  • TypeScript / React
  • Atlassian management/software development tools: Jira / Git / Bitbucket / Crucible / Confluence and/or Gitlab
  • Microservices architecture

We’ll Also Need You To:

• Be a U.S. Citizen

Work Environment:

This position primarily works in an office setting and is largely sedentary with the majority of the position working with a computer. The role typically requires the use of basic office equipment such as a phone, video, computer, keyboard, mouse, and printer. 

Iridium is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.