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About the role
Design, build, and maintain software for ingesting, processing, and routing telemetry, tracking, and command data Implement and validate CCSDS protocols, including space packets, transfer frames, synchronization, and data encapsulation
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree with 2–5+ years of relevant experience, in computer science, electrical engineering, telecommunications, or a related field
- Strong programming skills in a systems-oriented language such as Rust, C++, or Go
- Experience developing software for networking, telecommunications, real-time data processing, or distributed systems
- Solid understanding of network protocols, binary data formats, serialization, buffering, and asynchronous data processing
- Experience building and debugging software across system boundaries, including hardware, networks, and external interfaces
- Demonstrated ownership of a production software system from initial design through deployment and operational use
More about this role
Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company bringing the benefits of space to the masses through advanced communications technology. We are building a global network of phased array ground stations that enable real-time, reliable communication for satellite missions such as national security, global connectivity, and disaster response. With a vertically integrated approach, Northwood designs, builds, and rapidly deploys scalable systems that power the next generation of space missions. If you like solving complex challenges and seeing your work deployed around the world with real impact, Northwood is the place to do it.
We are looking for a Network Software Engineer to develop the software that handles, processes, and delivers mission data across our satellite ground network. You will build systems that ingest data from our modems, interpret CCSDS protocols, process telemetry and command data, and reliably route information between spacecraft operators and their missions.
You will own critical components of the communications data path—from protocol implementation and real-time stream processing through integration testing and operational deployment. You will work closely...
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