Senior Software Engineer, Manufacturing Systems

About the Role:  

Planet’s Manufacturing Test Engineering team ensures that our spacecraft meet the high quality standards before they are shipped off for flight. We develop software applications and test infrastructure, ranging from automation frameworks, hardware device drivers, web applications, databases, APIs, and physical test fixtures. The tools we build enable us to rapidly test hardware, adapt quickly to new hardware revisions, and scale to dozens of units under test. While the Test Engineering team is often directly responsible for testing hardware at the beginning of the product’s lifecycle, the expectation is that these tools and procedures are primarily used by technicians as the product matures.

For this role, we are seeking an experienced software engineer to enhance our test infrastructure’s capabilities in support of increasing spacecraft production and testing capacity. The ideal candidate is innovative, proactive, and works with minimal supervision in a complex environment. While you will work as part of a distributed team, this position is required to be on-site on a weekly basis in our San Francisco facility.

This role will require you to be physically present at our headquarters in San Francisco, CA, 3+ days a week.

Impact You’ll Own:

• Identify problems, collaborate with stakeholders and fellow engineers to lead the development of solutions, and be responsible for the project’s timely completion.
• Application development in python and javascript, using technologies such as PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, Docker, and Ansible.
• Design APIs to use both within our team and with cross-functional teams.
• Develop automated tests, CI/CD pipelines, and improve the developer experience.
• Interact with spacecraft hardware and develop tools, libraries, and tests that directly interface with the hardware.
• Lead standards and best practices in documentation, test-driven development, code review, and software development lifecycle processes.
• Refine and iterate on the above standards and processes to meet the team’s needs.
• Become a domain expert in Planet’s spacecraft manufacturing processes.

What You Bring:

• 10+ years of professional experience developing software applications
• 5+ years of experience with Linux/Unix
• 2+ years of experience using frontend web development libraries and frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js
• Experience identifying a customer’s needs and delivering a solution in a timely manner
• Experience planning projects by identifying dependencies, breaking the work into pieces, and collaborating with teammates to complete the project
• Experience with unit testing, continuous integration, documentation, and code reviews
• Ability to debug complex interconnected systems

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Experience having made measurable improvements to system reliability, uptime, or performance
• Experience working with ambiguous requirements
• Experience automating hardware, or working with other complex interconnected systems
• Contributions to open source projects or other side projects

EAR/ITAR Requirements:

This position requires access to export-controlled technology, and as such, and in accordance to applicable law, employment is only open to US citizens, US nationals, lawful permanent residents of the US or persons admitted to the US as an asylee or refugee. 

Benefits While Working at Planet:

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company contribution
• Flexible Time Off in addition to holidays and company global days off 
• Generous Parental Leave
• Remote friendly work environment 
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity Options
• Commuter Benefits
• Volunteering Benefits

Compensation:

The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is $142,800.00 - $203,200.00.  Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity). The final salary range is determined by job related experience, skills and location.  The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only.  Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

This position requires access to export controlled technology, and as such, employment will be contingent upon the candidate’s ability to access EAR and/or ITAR controlled technology pursuant to an export license approved by the Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, if required.

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