Have you seen Apollo 13, The Martian, or Armageddon and recall all of the NASA engineers in a room with a bunch of monitors? Quindar is digitizing that away. Satellites are flying servers in space and we are revolutionizing the future of spacecraft operations by building the DataDog for space.

Our team has worked at SpaceX, OneWeb, Lockheed Martin, Iridium, Boeing, AWS, and RedHat. We've operated dozens of satellites, worked on broadband and earth observation constellations, and serviced commercial and government users. We are using lessons learned from our previous aerospace and startup experiences to revolutionize the space industry and enable access to space without being an expert.

What You’ll Be Doing 👨‍💻👩‍💻 🛰 🛰

You will be responsible for developing and integrating software Command & Control solutions for satellite vehicles as well as working with customer stakeholders to decompose mission requirements and engineer solutions with existing products. The successful candidate will have a very strong understanding of C2 concepts and common industry standards and protocols such as CCSDS, CSP, CFDP, XTCE, and MIB. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop and incorporate solutions into Quindar’s broader product suite with a focus on simplifying operations and allowing our customers to utilize their satellites like servers!

Tech Skills:

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C++, or Java
• Strong understanding of satellite communication protocols such as CCSDS, CSP, CFDP, IP and data processing algorithms
• Strong understanding of standardized command and telemetry definitions such as XTCE and MIB
• Understanding of satellite encryption algorithms such as AES-256 GCM, AES-256 CFB, AES-256 ECB, NSA Type 1 PEGASUS, NSA Type 1 CARIBOU
• Experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS) and embedded software development
• Strong knowledge of software performance optimization and best practices
• Preferred experience with AWS services such as Lambda, ECS, EKS, CloudWatch, S3, EFS/EBS, EC2, and RDS
• Familiarity with Git and GitHub or similar framework for version control
• Preference for experience with open source

Soft Skills:

• Deep technical analysis and troubleshooting skills
• A foresight for scalability and proliferation of c2
• Independent self-starter; able to complete projects on time with minimal guidance
• A high standard for software maintainability, quality, resilience, and performance
• Strong cross-functional communication and ability to distill complex information for internal and customer-facing audiences

Background Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 3+ years [professional] experience with software development and/or systems engineering for satellite command and control systems
• Active US Security Clearance (TS/SCI)

Why you'll love working at Quindar

• We take work life balance very seriously. We require employees to take 15 days off but provide unlimited PTO and follow most US federal government holidays.
• Mental health is just as important as physical so we provide quarterly health & wellness benefits.
• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family with 100% coverage for employees.
• We encourage employees to save for retirement and provide 4% 401(k) matching.
• Each quarter we have a 4-day company offsite. Previous locations include San Francisco, Nashville, Denver, Santa Fe, New Orleans, and San Diego.
• Our culture and company is evolving. You will be key in creating the next major or minor version!

Quindar is looking for candidates that like using modern software tools, cloud based services, and architecting software designs. Our frontend is built with React on top of Hasura deployed with Terraform on AWS GovCloud. We have a microservice architecture powered by Python and rely heavily on CI/CD processes.

Aerospace experts are NOT required to help build out our platform. We are looking for candidates that want to build software that tracks, contacts, and operates hundreds of flying computers in space that operate on different operating systems for various customers.