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Quindar

Staff Engineer, Ground Systems

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about 4 hours ago
Arvada, CO, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$170k - $210k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a program technical leader for complex commercial and government space programs.
  • Support engineering execution across mission software, platform infrastructure, reliability, security, and integration activities.
  • Coordinate technical alignment across engineering teams for cohesive system behavior.
  • Partner with engineering leads to resolve cross-system technical risks and integration concerns.
  • Support architectural cohesion and long-term technical evolution of ground systems.
  • Contribute to technical strategy, system design, and architecture development.
  • Participate in proposal development and customer technical engagements.
  • Conduct technical reviews, design reviews, and mission readiness assessments.
  • Support anomaly investigation and operational issue resolution.
  • Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers.
  • Contribute directly to engineering efforts through design and implementation.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in aerospace, satellite, or mission-critical software systems.
  • Strong technical breadth across software systems and aerospace mission domains.
  • Experience with satellite ground systems and mission operations.
  • Experience designing and operating distributed software systems in production.
  • Strong understanding of software architecture and systems integration.
  • Effective communication skills across various stakeholders.
  • Experience leading technical efforts in multidisciplinary teams.
  • Comfortable in ambiguous and rapidly evolving technical environments.
  • Active U.S. Security Clearance (TS/SCI Preferred, S Required).

Benefits

  • Unlimited PTO with a requirement of 15 days off and adherence to U.S. federal holidays.
  • Quarterly health and wellness benefits.
  • Comprehensive health insurance with 100% coverage for employees.
  • 4% 401(k) matching to encourage retirement savings.
  • Annual 4-day company offsite in various locations.