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Deployed Engineer

Apex Space · Los Angeles · On-site

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About Apex Space

Mass-manufacturing productized satellite platforms to accelerate deployment of critical, next-generation constellations. Backed by a16z and CRV.

About the role

Apex is seeking a Deployed Engineer to support the delivery, integration, and customer adoption of Apex’s software-enabled non-bus products, including virtual flatsats, bus emulators, electrical ground support equipment, EGSE test racks, and related test tools.

What they're looking for

  • U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical field
  • Strong software engineering background, with experience building, debugging, integrating, or supporting software-enabled technical products
  • Experience troubleshooting complex technical systems in lab, integration, production, field, or customer environments
  • Ability to support software compatibility across flight software, ground software, test tools, and customer integration environments
  • Experience with Linux, Python, C/C++, networking, test automation, APIs, or similar technical tools
More about this role

Spacecraft represent the most pressing unmet need across the entire aerospace industry. As more launch vehicles come online and the cost to orbit decreases, more companies launching payloads to space continue to emerge.

For the first time in history, this influx of payload companies combined with reduced launch costs has resulted in a massive increase in need for commercial spacecraft platforms, known as satellite buses. These buses hold the payloads of our customers and are flown on launch vehicles.

Apex manufactures these satellite buses at scale using a combination of software, vertical integration, and hardware that is designed for manufacturing. Our spacecraft enable the future of society: ranging from earth observation to communications and more.

We’d love for you to join us on our mission of providing humankind access to the galaxy beyond our planet.

Apex is seeking a Deployed Engineer to support the delivery, integration, and customer adoption of Apex’s software-enabled non-bus products, including virtual flatsats, bus emulators, electrical ground support equipment, EGSE test racks, and related test tools.

This is a software-oriented, customer-facing engineering role for...

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