Apple

Software Engineer, Satellite Operations

Apple$130K — $155K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, especially in Python
  • Experience with automation of satellite constellations or autonomous vehicles
  • Ability to navigate large, unfamiliar codebases independently
  • Proficient in Linux and Mac OS, with cloud service APIs and command-line tools
  • Experience with CI and production CD pipelines
  • Familiar with using design documents and ICDs for operational services

Responsibilities

  • Develop and deploy connectivity services for satellite networks
  • Automate manual processes with tested code to simplify operations
  • Trace telemetry discrepancies from cloud services to ground systems
  • Script new network test cases for enhanced system evaluation
  • Extend continuous delivery pipelines for system health tooling
  • Create procedures for on-call engineers for issue resolution
  • Collaborate with hardware, cloud, and operations teams for root-cause investigations

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape critical services impacting millions of users
  • Work in a fast-paced, innovative environment
  • Chance to collaborate across diverse technical teams
  • Involvement in cutting-edge satellite technology
  • Opportunity for continuous automation and process improvement
Full Job Description
You will have the unique and rewarding opportunity to shape this and other critical services, to the benefit and safety of millions of Apple device users.

The Satellite Connectivity Group is hiring a software engineer to build automation and runtime infrastructure behind our communication satellite network. Our premise is that a satellite network should be run the way modern software services are run - through code, APIs, and instrumentation rather than manual console work. You will sit on the seam between the satellite network, the cloud services that connect to it, and our operations partners that control it.

You will partner with hardware, cloud, and operations teams on root-cause investigations. You will carry the pager for the systems you build. The software you write will be foundational for a connectivity service for millions of users worldwide.

Description

You will join the team responsible for developing, deploying, and keeping connectivity services healthy end-to-end. On a given week you might trace a telemetry discrepancy from a cloud service through the ground system, script a new network test case, extend the continuous delivery (CD) pipeline that ships system health tooling, and write the procedure that lets the on-call engineer resolve the same issue next time without paging you.

We expect the person in this seat to automate their own job continuously - to replace manual steps with tested code, and to leave behind procedures precise enough that someone else can execute correctly.

You will work from design documents and interface control documents (ICDs), and you will be expected to reason through large, unfamiliar codebases on your own.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering

5+ years of software engineering experience, including production Python

Experience with developing automation of (preferred) satellite constellations or fleets of autonomous vehicles/drones

Ability to independently navigate and reason about large, unfamiliar code repositories spanning both embedded and cloud-based software

Hands-on fluency with Linux and Mac OS, cloud service APIs, modern command-line usage and HTTP tooling

Experience working with CI and production CD pipelines for a software service

Experience using design documents and ICDs as foundations for an operational service

Preferred Qualifications

Experience operating a satellite constellation in production, serving real users

Embedded software development, and hands-on work with hardware in a lab environment

Working knowledge of RF and DSP concepts, sufficient to reason about satellite system behavior

Small, fast-moving space programs where operations engineers write and own the software they operate

Experience leading, or serving as a core member of, a 24/7 operations team

Building an SOP or runbook framework from scratch, not just executing an existing one

Experience leveraging AI tools to quicky reason about and prototype new systems

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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