Mission Engineer

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-fidelity system models within Spacetime to orchestrate dynamic wireless communication networks
• Design and write production-ready adapter layers (primarily in Python or Go) to connect Spacetime with customer hardware
• Create and optimize data schemas (using Protobuf, JSON, gRPC) to map complex external network topologies
• Perform wireless communication system link budget analyses, wave propagation modeling, and coverage simulations
• Act as the tier-3 escalation lead for live networks, diagnosing and resolving complex system integration issues
• Work closely with the core Product and Software Engineering teams to translate custom integration patterns into reusable product features

Requirements

• B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience, typically backed by 3+ years of professional engineering experience
• Strong software engineering fundamentals paired with a solid understanding of physical-layer communications
• Hands on software development experience and comfort passing an entry level SWE coding assessment
• Experience with wireless communication systems, including RF path loss, propagation, network topology, and link budgets
• Practical experience developing or working with system/network simulation and modeling tools
• Experience with software defined networking (SDN), BGP, or cloud infrastructure environments (GCP/AWS) is preferred
• Experience delivering high stakes technical integrations for defense, aerospace, or commercial telecommunications enterprise clients is preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in building and maintaining high fidelity system models for wireless communication networks, with strong software engineering fundamentals and practical experience in system integration and modeling tools.

Tools & Technologies

• Spacetime
• GCP
• AWS

Soft Skills

• Problem Solving
• Collaboration
• Technical Leadership