About Saber Astronautics

Saber Astronautics is a space engineering company specialising in satellite mission operations. Our global reputation is one of precision, innovation and commitment to the growth of the space industry. Saber launched and operates the next generation Mission Control Center “Responsive Space Operations Center” (RSOC) program with sites in Australia and the USA.

Saber believes our future is among the stars. Our goal is to democratize space access, making it accessible to everyone. We do this through our commitment to cutting edge technology. We stay at the forefront of our field in a continuous process of invention and discovery. 

Diversity drives innovation. Saber is fully committed to a workplace that is respectful, inclusive, and diverse. We are at our best when we reflect the customers and communities we work with. We strongly encourage indigenous people, mature age people, people with disabilities, culturally and linguistically diverse people and people of the LGBTQIA+ communities to apply. We also encourage authenticity and our open, dynamic culture at Saber means that an undergraduate can speak up alongside a 20-year industry veteran. Join us as we build towards a galactic future! 

The Opportunity

Saber Astronautics is expanding rapidly, alongside a booming space industry. You’ll be working with some of the best and brightest in the space industry. No ideas are too big, no job is too small. See your ideas come to life!

If based in Sydney, you’ll work in leafy Chippendale. Public transport is within a 5-10 minute walk, with quick access to restaurants and cafes in Chippendale, Central Park and Spice Alley, and a bakery/cafe making famous sourdough and coffee just seconds away from our front door. We encourage a healthy work-life balance, facilitated by our flexible working arrangements and supportive working relationships. We also take having fun very seriously.

If based in Adelaide, you'll work from our state-of-the-art facilities located in Lot Fourteen in the Adelaide CBD where our Responsible Space Operations Centre (RSOC) and Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) can be found.

We encourage anyone who is interested and passionate to apply to see how they can join the space industry and make an impact.

The Role

Saber Astronautics is seeking qualified Mid-Level Software Engineers to join their team for a full-time position in Sydney, Adelaide, or remotely (working from home) in Australia.

A Software Engineer at Saber Astronautics is a technical role part of a small team of developers. You'll be involved with the development of space mission operations software that integrates with distributed (K8s) systems deployed as Infrastructure as Code, for next generation space operations systems. You will work as an integral part of a creative and motivated team to ensure high quality benchmarks are met for delivery of the product.

Key Accountabilities and Deliverables include:

• Maintain and build scalable, highly available HTTP APIs (REST, RPC and GraphQL) in Python and Golang and Web Apps in Typescript
• Develop space operations software for deployment on Saber’s backend infrastructure, via K8s or other cloud native systems. 
• Assist with Hardware In the Loop (HIL) testing of space operations/IoT hardware and commands, and ensure telemetry is received correctly.
• Assist in the deployment and management of workloads on multiple Kubernetes clusters (Self managed and/or AWS EKS incl. Fargate and EC2) and AWS Lambda
• Review and analyse product requirements, develop system software and system solutions to extend and enhance Saber products.
• Use and develop for systems delivery through Infrastructure As Code and DevOps (CI/ CD)
• Implement security best-practice and controls across networking, databases, certificate management, apis and web applications to comply with NIST and prepare for ISO-27001 certification
• Assist in identifying product and process weaknesses and possible improvements in an environment of continual improvement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree or Certification in Computer Science/Software Engineering and/or 5+ years professional experience required if not degree qualified.
• 2+ years of industry experience in addition to the above requirement

Required:

• Deep knowledge of python and least one other language, e.g. C/ C++, Javascript/ TypeScript
• Experience developing in Go/Golang
• Experience developing with CI/CD workflows and tools (Bitbucket Pipelines, Gitlab CI, Github Actions, Jenkins etc)
• Experience with IaC tools (Pulumi, Terraform, etc)
• Experience writing clean, test-driven, and maintainable code.
• Experience working in an Agile environment, using tools such as JIRA.
• Version control experience utilising industry standard software such as Git.
• Experience interfacing with API libraries.
• Experience working within large existing codebases, following and maintaining a coding standard, and proper code documentation.
• Well-versed at debugging and problem solving.

Highly Desirable:

• Deep knowledge of IaC tooling (Pulumi, Terraform, etc)
• Familiarity with Space Engineering principles, including Orbital Mechanics.
• Experience with space-related software development.
• Understanding of system design and user experience.
• Performance optimisation of hardware and software

How to Apply:

• Cover letter
• Evidence of AUS Citizenship
• CV or Resumé
• Portfolio of prior work (code samples and/or projects of note)
• 2-3 professional references

Once you have assembled your application, please email the completed bundle to: 

careers.aus@saberastro.com with the position title ‘Mid-Level Software Engineer’ in the email subject line.