You are the engineer other engineers can count on. You embrace every problem with enthusiasm. You remove hurdles, are a self-starter, a team player. You have the hunger to venture into unknown areas and make the system work.

Aerospace experience not required; We look for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving problems and want to make an impact on an inspiring mission. You will have full ownership of challenging problems, working with a team of enthusiastic engineers designing solutions that propel Vast towards fulfillment of its goal to expand humanity across the solar system.

Responsibilities:

• Develop new and optimize existing software codebases and systems which will be used to test, command, and monitor the Vast family of spacecraft
• Mentor junior ground software engineers to help build a strong and capable team
• Own the lifecycle of software, including rolling out to operations, managing configurations, maintaining and upgrading, and supporting end-users
• Configure and optimize automated testing and deployment systems
• Maintain and upgrade the ground systems that control our test sites and communicate with our spacecraft at the launch site and on orbit

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or STEM discipline; OR 4+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
• 3+ years experience writing full-stack web applications in HTML5, CSS3, React, JavaScript ES6
• Experience writing and securing REST APIs
• Experience with database design, implementation, and security

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Proficiency using the command line, writing shell scripts, and an understanding of the GNU/Linux operating system
• Experience building applications in the cloud
• Enjoys end-user facing roles for support and interfacing with cross-functional teams
• Ability to work quickly and accurately in fast-paced environment during critical launch and mission operations
• Excellent communicator, both written and verbal
• Familiarity with Git
• Collaborative mindset
• Problem solver with a bias for action
• Knows how to work in a continuous build and test environment and understand the tools used
• Front-end: HTML, CSS, Webpack, Typescript, React/Vue/Angular
• Back-end: Golang, Grafana, InfluxDB, SQL, NoSQL, Redis
• Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, VPC
• Networking: HTTP(S), DNS, OSI Network Model, Subnets
• Basic understanding of RF Systems (Software Defined Radios, Digital Signal Processing)

Additional Requirements:

• Must be willing and able to work weekends and non-standard work-week hours to support critical mission milestone