Senior Software Engineer Job at PDS, Reston, VA

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  • PDS
  • Reston, VA

Job Description

Senior Mission Software Engineer – Space & Satellite Systems

Hybrid | Either Virginia or Phoenix

6-month contract + extensions, with potential to convert

We are hiring a Senior Mission Software Engineer to develop and maintain mission software supporting Mission Planning , Network Management , and Flight Dynamics for a Space Development Agency (SDA) program. The engineer will work across the SDLC, contribute to integration and testing, and operate within an Agile/Scrum environment.

What you’ll do

  • End-to-end SDLC: plan, design, implement, test, and maintain ground mission software
  • Contribute to software releases, integration, and support during key milestones
  • Participate in architecture, requirements, design & code reviews
  • Work within Agile/Scrum (Atlassian experience ideal)
  • Create clear documentation and respond to stakeholder questions

Must-have experience

  • Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related engineering discipline
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • C/C++, Python , Linux and bash/shell scripting
  • Debugging, performance optimization, unit testing in production systems
  • Experience with mission planning, network management, or flight dynamics
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work in a fast-changing engineering environment
  • U.S. Citizenship required

Nice-to-have skills

  • Perl, Matlab, Java
  • Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka
  • Microservices, REST, ELK, SQL/NoSQL (Mongo)
  • Atlassian tools: Jira, Bitbucket, Git, Confluence, Crucible
  • CI/CD, JFrog, Artifactory, pipelines

Work authorization

  • U.S. Citizen required

Job Tags

Contract work,

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