Description
Why LeoLabs?
At LeoLabs, we're building the living map of activity in space. Through our proprietary global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform, we collect millions of measurements daily on more than 25,000 objects in low Earth orbit (LEO). Our radar-powered intelligence protects billions in assets, monitors adversarial behavior, and ensures safe operations for commercial and government missions.
We're not just building technology, we are redefining global security, safety, and transparency in space. As orbital activity accelerates and threats grow more complex, LeoLabs is a trusted partner for Space Domain Awareness, Space Traffic Management, and Satellite Operations for top-tier space operators and allied defense organizations.
If you're looking to work on mission-critical challenges at the forefront of aerospace, national security, and AI, your impact starts here.
We are currently looking for a Radar Software Engineer to support our growing team. Our Radar Systems group develops, maintains, and operates advanced software for phased array radars. This role would be responsible for many areas of our software stack at our radars including, but certainly not limited to, deploy infrastructure, monitoring stack, real-time GPU processing software, and test infrastructure.
*This position is remote in the United States.
Why This Role Matters:
Your work directly impacts mission-critical radar systems that support national security, commercial space operations, and global space safety by enabling precise detection, tracking, and analysis of objects in space.
Daily work focuses on software development in the following key areas:
- Software Development & System Reliability
- Build out tests and observability tooling (logs, metrics, alerts)
- Improve unit test speed and parallelization
- Simplify and document local unit test execution for all team members
- Develop and integrate system/integration tests into the automated testing pipeline
- Rewrite and harden the radar deployment system for robustness, speed, and reliability
- Maintain CI pipelines and GitHub Actions workflows for the radar software stack
- Build and maintain a Radar team operational dashboard
Infrastructure & Data
- Develop new data plotting and file writing utilities for data output
- Benchmark and analyze Linux system tuning for real-time radar applications
- Improve configuration management system
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong proficiency in Python for services, tooling, and automation
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Solid understanding of software testing practices
- Experience with REST API design and implementation
- Ability to work effectively across software, infrastructure, and operations teams
Minimum Qualifications
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. personnel security clearance
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, plus 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
- Experience with database systems (SQL and/or NoSQL), query writing, and schema design
- Demonstrated experience improving developer experience: test infrastructure, local dev tooling, or deployment automation
Additional Skills (Preferred)
- Experience with cloud platforms and SRE/DevOps practices
- Proficiency in Linux system administration and performance tuning
- Dashboard and data visualization development
- Experience with high-performance or real-time Linux systems tuning (IRQ affinity, CPU isolation, kernel parameters)
- Background in observability tooling: structured logging, distributed tracing, alerting
Compensation
The base salary range for this position is $143,000 + bonus + stock options + benefits
Compensation Note: The salary range for this position is benchmarked based on the designated primary work location for the role. Final compensation may vary depending on the selected candidate's work location, applicable market data, experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
Perks and Benefits
- Global workforce: flexible remote/hybrid opportunities
- Work on complex, meaningful missions with real-world impact
- Unlimited paid time off for most roles
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
- Access to the forefront of commercial space operations and defense innovation
ITAR Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. More information regarding ITAR can be found at DDTC’s website.
Vendor Notification
LeoLabs does not engage external staffing agencies or third-party recruiting firms for this role. Unsolicited candidate submissions will not be considered.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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