Senior Software Engineer - Systems Reliability

HawkEye 360

Herndon, VA

Full Time

Senior

130k-170k

18 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

The Payload Systems Team at HawkEye 360 is seeking a Senior Payload Reliability Engineer to strengthen our ability to diagnose and resolve cross-system failures. You will design and maintain investigation tools, work across engineering teams to root cause issues, and develop frameworks to improve payload reliability on orbit. This role is highly cross-functional and ideal for an engineer who enjoys jumping into diverse challenges.

Key Responsibilities

Designing tools and workflows to support root cause analysis and anomaly investigations
Collaborating with software, FPGA, and systems engineers to resolve mission-critical reliability issues
Developing data pipelines, dashboards, or automation to accelerate diagnosis
Participating in flight system monitoring and trending analysis
Supporting cross-team efforts to harden the payload against known and emerging failure modes

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
5+ years of experience with embedded systems, system troubleshooting, or reliability engineering
Versatile skills across Linux, Python, CI/CD frameworks, and system-level debugging
Experience with telemetry and data visualization tools is a plus
Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Nice to Have

Experience with telemetry and data visualization tools

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
5+ years of relevant experience

Benefits & Perks

A competitive base salary plus annual performance bonus and benefits
Salary range of $130,000 - $170,000 annually
Factors such as experience, education, training, skills, market, and business considerations influence offers

Working at HawkEye 360

HawkEye 360 is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. The company operates a commercial satellite constellation that detects, geolocates, and identifies signals and behaviors using cutting edge AI techniques. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, HawkEye 360 aims to make the world a safer place and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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