Software Engineer (Space Industry)
Overview
Infostellar connects satellite operators to their spacecraft through a global network of ground stations. Our StellarStation platform revolutionises the ground-services segment of the space industry by enabling satellite operators to access a diverse and ever-increasing network of antenna sites through a single cloud based API interface. This allows operators to add ground stations to support their missions in a simple and predictable and scalable manner.
Here at Infostellar, our software engineers are challenged with:
Developing a ground station-sharing platform which virtualizes networks by connecting different types of ground stations all over the world
Creating fast and scalable backend systems on a global infrastructure
Building an intuitive and flexible ground station service management UI (pass scheduling, SLA monitoring, billing dashboard)
Minimizing the user’s efforts to integrate with the platform to accelerate the network expansion
Ensuring the platform is secure and reliable by developing technical solutions and new tools to help mitigate security and reliability vulnerabilities and automate repeatable tasks
If you’re driven by interesting, challenging problems that require sound software engineering solutions, and have always dreamt of working in the space industry, then do reach out. We’re building something special, and we’d love for you to be a part of it.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain complex systems and components
Improve and iterate using the agile process
Conduct design and code reviews
Analyse and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of products and services
Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
Minimum Qualifications
Development experience on Unix / Linux
Experience working with two or more general purpose programming languages, and interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed
Experience with at least one of the major cloud services: AWS/GCP/Azure
Understanding of testing practices and experience in one or more of: Unit / Integration / Acceptance / UI / Performance testing
Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English
Preferred Qualifications
Software development experience with Java and Go
Experience with Kubernetes on AWS/GCP/Azure
Experience writing gRPC microservices interconnected with Protocol Buffers
Experience writing drivers to communicate with servers, equipment, and sensors using various communication protocols including TCP/IP, SNMP, RS-232/422/485.
Experience with client consultation and system analysis, for bringing value to the customer in a structured and well designed manner
Experience with internet routing technologies and strong network diagnostic skills
English is the official language of Infostellar. Japanese language skills are a plus
Development environment
Our microservices are written using Java (v.16+) built on Armeria and gRPC
Please have a look at our open source repositories: https://github.com/infostellarinc/
We do infrastructure management using Terraform and orchestrate our containers using Kubernetes
All of our services are in Google Cloud
We use Gradle to automate our builds
Source code management (SCM) is Git + GitHub
We develop on Linux using IntelliJ or Visual Studio Code
Our microservices are containerized and run on GKE
Edge devices use Docker for running applications which are written in Golang
About Infostellar
インフォステラは、人工衛星向けアンテナシェアリングプラットフォームを開発することで、宇宙通信の未来に挑戦する日本発のグローバルスタートアップです。クラウドベースの地上局アグリゲーター「StellarStation」により、柔軟で拡張性の高い地上局サービスを提供しています。衛星運用者の地上セグメントへの参入障壁を下げることで、新しい宇宙ビジネスの成功を支援しています。2016年に設立し、東京に本社、英国に欧州オフィスを構えています。 小規模ですがスピード感があり、航空宇宙、エンジニアリング、およびスタートアップのバックグラウンドを持つ多様で優秀な専門家が活躍する優秀なチームです。 (求める英語力:ビジネスレベル以上。日本語力は必須ではありません。)
They provide flexible and scalable ground station services enabled by our cloud platform, 'StellarStation', which virtualizes ground station networks. By lowering the barriers to entry in the ground segment, Infostellar empowers NewSpace businesses to build better missions and improve the quality of their service. Founded in 2016, Infostellar is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has its European office in the UK.
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