Cutting Edge Communications is seeking Associate level Software Engineers in support of our client on a multi year program.
This role is ideal for Software Engineers who enjoys
working close to hardware and mission operations, cares about data correctness
and performance, and wants to grow into a domain expert in spacecraft/flight
test telemetry and command systems.
This team develops and sustains the data backbone that
connects spacecraft, flight-test systems, ground systems, laboratories, and
mission operations. Our telemetry and command databases transform complex
system interfaces into trusted, usable data products—enabling engineers and
operators to understand system performance, send the right commands, and make
informed decisions throughout integration, test, and operations.
This is an excellent opportunity for a software engineer who
enjoys working at the intersection of software, databases, hardware interfaces,
and mission operations. The successful candidate will help define how telemetry
and command data is modeled, validated, accessed, distributed, and maintained
across multiple environments.
The selected candidate will work closely with systems
engineers, flight software developers, test engineers, database specialists,
and operations teams to turn interface control documents and mission
requirements into reliable, high-performance software and data solutions.
Position Responsibilities:
- Designs,
develops, tests, and maintains telemetry and command database schemas,
dictionaries, metadata, and supporting software tools
- Translates
interface control documents, system specifications, and engineering
requirements into robust data models
- Defines
and manages data attributes such as identifiers, naming conventions, data
types, units, limits, calibrations, enumerations, packet structures,
command parameters, and relationships
- Develops
services, APIs, scripts, and pipelines to ingest, transform, validate,
version, publish, and distribute telemetry and command definitions
- Supports
the consistent propagation of approved data definitions across
development, integration, laboratory, test, and operational environments
- Implements
automated data-quality checks for completeness, naming conflicts, invalid
units, range violations, referential integrity, incompatible changes, and
other schema or metadata issues
- Designs
and maintains relational database structures, queries, views, constraints,
indexes, migrations, and data-access patterns
- Develops
and optimizes software that reads, writes, transforms, and presents
database information through batch and real-time workflows, APIs, and
integration services
- Supports
database performance, reliability, and scalability through query
optimization, indexing, transaction management, caching, and effective
schema design
- Develops
unit, integration, regression, and data-validation tests for
database-backed applications and services
- Troubleshoot
database and data-pipeline issues, including failed jobs, migration
errors, data inconsistencies, performance problems, and discrepancies
between environments
- Contributes
to CI/CD pipelines, automated builds, deployments, database migrations,
configuration management, code reviews, and technical documentation
- Collaborates
with systems engineers, flight software developers, test engineers,
database specialists, and mission operations personnel
- Participates
in Agile planning, technical reviews, process improvement, and the
evaluation of technologies that improve data quality, observability,
maintainability, and operational performance
Required Skills/Experience:
- Active Top Secret Clearance; Active Top Secret/SCI (Preferred); U.S. Citizenship required; A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 1+
years’ experience in software development using either Java, C++, or
Python
- 1+
years’ experience operating in an Agile development environment
- 1+
years' experience with Relational Databases such as SQL-Server, Oracle,
Teradata
- Experience
with Linux and windows development
Preferred Skills/Experience:
- 5 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent
combination of education and experience
- Experience
developing software or database solutions for telemetry, command,
flight-test, spacecraft, aerospace, defense, or other mission-critical
systems
- Experience
designing data models for complex engineering or operational data
- Experience
with SQL optimization, indexing, query planning, schema migrations, stored
procedures, views, constraints, and transaction management
- Experience
developing REST APIs, data-access services, command-line utilities, ETL
workflows, or automation scripts
- Experience
with ORMs, NoSQL databases, data validation frameworks, CI/CD,
containerization, or deployment automation
- Experience
modeling data involving units, calibrations, limits, enumerations, bit
fields, packet structures, command parameters, and versioned metadata
- Familiarity
with automated data-quality checks, schema validation, regression testing,
observability, and data-performance metrics
- Knowledge
of software architecture, requirements derivation and traceability,
configuration management, change control, verification and validation, and
full-lifecycle software development
- Knowledge
of host environments, operating systems, networks, software integration,
and troubleshooting
- Familiarity
with software development and testing tools, including compilers, linkers,
debuggers, data-analysis tools, requirements-management tools, and
post-processing applications
- Knowledge
of software systems and products that influence architecture, interfaces,
integration, and test approaches, including aircraft, missile, space,
airborne, shipboard, and ground-support systems
Locations: Seal Beach, CA; El Segundo, CA; Aurora, CO; Colorado Springs, CO; Denver, CO; Kent, WA; Herndon, VA; Mesa, AZ
Work Type: This is a fully onsite position requiring work within a SCIF. Hybrid and remote work arrangements are not available.
Schedule: Full time
Pay Range: $140,000 - $180,000/ year; Level commensurate with experience
Note: Final pay is based upon years of relevant work experience, education/training, and key skills.
About Cutting Edge Communications: Founded in 1998, Cutting Edge Communications, LLC, is a small business dedicated to technical excellence and responsive customer support. A company of roughly 150+ individuals in eight states, we combine considerable program and proposal development knowledge with extensive management and engineering experience necessary to win and execute large-scale aerospace programs. We are a services company that provides exceptional, high quality, experienced personnel that exceed our clients’ expectations. We have led clients in the successful capture of over $35 billion in new contracts, often continuing support after award by providing expertise critical to program success.
Learn more about Cutting Edge Communications by visiting our LinkedIn page:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cutting-edge-communications-llc/
