Software Engineer II at Blue Canyon Technologies

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more. Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future.

Position Purpose:  Blue Canyon Technologies currently has an opportunity for a Frontend Software Engineer II to join our team. As a Frontend Software Engineer on the Mission Operations (MOPS) Software Team, you will help support spacecraft operators, system engineers, manufacturing teams and customers - beginning at design and continuing through development, manufacturing, launch, and flight of Spacecraft Ground Systems with a specific emphasis on the Frontend User Interface of the System. The MOPS Software Team develops and maintains a cloud-based platform that supports numerous in-flight missions with varied payloads and capabilities. The platform provides a web application, REST API and a message-based architecture on the AWS cloud, as well as other platforms. The system has a keen focus on automation so our primary end users, the MOPS Spacecraft Engineers, focus on interesting and anomalous conditions, instead of routine tasks.

Title:  Software Engineer II

Position Type: Full Time

Pay Range: $80,000 - $140,000

(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

Location: Lafayette, CO

Benefits:

• 100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution)
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

Job Responsibilities:

• Support our operations team and on-orbit Missions to ensure success
• Exhibit technical ownership of the frontend software baseline (code) and understand how it solves business objectives
• Develop software code within an agile team environment
• Implement feature requests and resolve software bugs independently, as well as provide estimates for level of effort to complete those changes
• Provide design and code review suggestions for other Software Engineers
• Provide technical training and general lending of expertise to other Software Engineers, both junior to this position and occasionally peers or above
• Interact with engineers from various disciplines. Spacecraft at BCT are built from the ground up, and the MOPS team is part of the process throughout the entire Mission life cycle
• Support the security, reliability and performance of a live production web application
• Generate and deliver data products to end users and customers
• Balance steady new development of software with high priority interrupt driven support of an ongoing Spacecraft Operations team
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Required Qualifications/Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Aerospace engineering, or Electrical Engineering
  • Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education
• 2+ years of software development experience
• 1+ year of Experience with a Javascript Framework like Angular, React, Vue, etc.
• Proficiency with at least 3 of the below
  • Angular/React/Vue or other web framework
  • A scripting language like Ruby or Python
  • Postgres DB/timescale
  • RabbitMQ or another message queue
  • AWS
  • Linux based development
  • Docker/containers

Additional Desired Skills:

• Angular expertise
• Spacecraft mission operations experience
• Experience working on a SaaS or PaaS product
• Network and/or Application Security
• CI/CD tools
• Cloud Formation or Terraform
• Ability to both utilize AI/LLM assisted development, as well as ability to work without these tools in limited capacities as security requirements sometimes restrict their usage

Working Conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines. BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted.  However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the application window.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time. The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Blue Canyon Technologies is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected factor. Colorado Residents:  In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.  Blue Canyon Technologies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Melissa Po at
[email protected].

We recommend applying directly via the Blue Canyon Technologies website, careers page: 
https://www.bluecanyontech.com/careers