Main characteristics
- Location
- Chandler, Arizona
- Company
- Iridium Satellite, LLC
Job summary
Company Overview:Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications company with bragging rights to the only network that offers voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world. For over 20 years, Iridiums unique network and services have supported critical communications needs for individuals, businesses, and the evolving Internet of Things.
At Iridium, we understand the importance of staying connected and the limitations of traditional communications networks. People across the globe, including first responders, humanitarians, global militaries, scientific researchers, and lone workers, as well as ships, aircraft and remote operations all rely on Iridium to stay connected. We take our responsibility for providing these essential communications very seriously and pride ourselves on offering a reliable lifeline when needed. Likewise, Iridium is committed to providing an exciting and innovative workplace, where employees are challenged to think outside the box and collaborate on new, bold ideas and solutions. Our talented teams are passionate about their work and the impact our company makes around the world. Iridium fosters an empowering and inclusive culture that allows employees to genuinely be their best selves. We are looking for others who want to join this truly unique company that celebrates our employees and provides the opportunity to truly make a difference in the world.
Position Summary, Job Requirements & Responsibilities:
What Were Looking For:
Iridium is seeking a talented, motivated, and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Automation Software Engineering team. A Senior Software Engineer is expected to be a technical leader: designing, writing, and reviewing software, setting up and maintaining framework infrastructure, and aiding others throughout our agile development cycle. In this role, youll gain valuable experience designing and developing automation for interdisciplinary projects and supporting team members with day-to-day activities. Youll thrive in this role if you enjoy software engineering, design, DevOps, research, deep-dive troubleshooting, and detail-oriented tasks in both individual and team-based settings.
What Youll Do:
Work as a team member in developing software on assigned projects
Work with industry standard tools and software such as Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana, Amazon Web Services, CI/CD pipelines, event-driven messaging, containers and more
Participate in an Agile software team to collaborate and coordinate with team members on a variety of tasks including:
Software architecture design
API definition, design, and implementation
Virtualization and containerization
Automation framework infrastructure deployment
Hardware communications
Data transformation and visualization
Lead development tasks in a team environment
Solve complex problems and offer creative solutions by becoming a technical leader within the automation organization
Translate User Stories into specific actionable tasks
Review team members code and deliver constructive, meaningful feedback and proactively offer guidance and knowledge-sharing with colleagues/team members
Provide suggestions and assist in developing processes that reduce code cycle time, improve coding standards, and implement best practices for development
Maintain and expand existing software tools, lab environment, and hardware components.
Create documentation that clearly presents complex information
Learn the details and protocols of the Iridium satellite constellation and ground systems to better assist the internal Iridium teams
What Youll Need to Succeed:
An analytical mindset, with the ability to understand a situation or problem and think critically to make decisions and come up with solutions
Strong communication skills, with the ability to confidently present data and analyses
Confidence and comfort to proactively communicate both upward and downward by identifying possible issues or blockers before they manifest
Effectiveness managing and prioritizing assignments/workload for self and occasionally other team members
The desire to work in a collaborative environment with team members
Self-motivated, results-driven with a strong sense of ownership
Exhibit proactive behavior in seeking out ways to continuously improve yourself and gain new knowledge
Demonstrated active listening with substantive, thought-provoking questions
Must have a passion for research and continuous innovation
Experience & Education Requirements / EEO:
Things You Must Bring to the Table:
Bachelors degree (Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical degree) or comparable related technical field experienceAlternatively: comparable related technical field experience
8+ years of relevant experience
Experience designing applications and developing software in Python and/or other object-oriented software languages
Demonstrated understanding of fundamental object-oriented software engineering conceptsCoding with maintainability, extensibility, and re-usability in mind
Advanced Knowledge of the Linux and/or Unix operating systems
Advanced knowledge of software development
Experience with the agile software development process
Experience with Git and distributed version control
Experience with IP/TCP and basic networking ability
Demonstrated systems and/or troubleshooting experience
Things That Would be Great if You Brought to the Table:
Experience with:
Jira or similar tool
Integrated Development Environments (e.g. PyCharm, Visual Studio)
Machine virtualization, specifically VMware/ESXi
Containerization knowledge in docker and/or podman
Structured databases such as MySQL
Schema-free document engines such as Elasticsearch
DevOps and CI/CD tool suites
Ansible or other configuration as code tools
Advanced networking skills, including Wireshark experience
Kafka and/or Pulsar
Well also need you to:
Have US Citizenship
Work Environment:
This position primarily works in the company office or in a home office. The position is largely sedentary with the majority of the position sitting in a chair and working with a computer. The role uses basic office equipment including a phone, video, computer, keyboard, mouse, and printer.
Iridium is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or status as a protected veteran. EOE of Minorities/Females/Vets/Disability and other protected categories.
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