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University of California, Berkeley · 1 month ago

Mission Operations Ground Systems and Software Engineer (7115C), Space Sciences Laboratory - 82831

Berkeley, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$102K/yr - $135K/yr

The University of California, Berkeley is a world-leading institution known for its academic and research excellence. They are seeking a Mission Operations Ground Systems and Software Engineer to create and maintain software for the Mission Operations Team, supporting multiple spacecraft missions and focusing on UX/UI design as well as backend development.

Higher Education

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead discussions to translate operator and scientist requirements into an executable software implementation plan

Under general supervision, design and prepare Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) and other software tools for our operators to use to evaluate telemetry and interact with engineering test or flight articles or spacecraft

Under general supervision, work to improve or augment existing software products used by our Mission Operations Team

Present interfaces to senior staff internal to the SSL as well as external customers

Independently research and design software capabilities for the team without requirements, based purely to innovate based on predicting where the team is headed

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

JavaScriptUI/UXREST APIPythonTime series databasesData visualizationBachelor's degreeFrontend tech stackAerospace interest

Required

Relevant experience with JavaScript and an additional backend language (Python, Go, SQL, etc.)

Previous experience AND interest with UI/UX and frontend tech stack (e.g., React, HTML, CSS, Vue, Angular, Alpine, Svelte, LitElement, etc.)

Demonstrated experience with client and server interactions (HTTP protocol + REST API)

Previous experience with time series databases (e.g., InfluxDB)

Previous experience with dashboard (data visualization) services like Grafana

Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training

Preferred

Demonstrated Interest in aerospace topics, especially mission operations

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package offered by the University

Company

University of California, Berkeley

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A wellspring of innovation, the school occupies a 1,232-acre campus near downtown Berkeley.

Founded in 1868

Berkeley, CA, US

10001+ employees

http://berkeley.edu

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