# Staff SW Engineer, Ground & Control Services

Staff Software Engineer, Ground & Control Services About Us: BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun. The Ground & Control team is looking for a passionate and driven Software Engineer to join our team, the group responsible for building the autonomous software that controls and monitors BlackSky’s satellite constellation. This includes high-speed tasking, ground and space telemetry, health monitoring, and low

- **Id**: 4302892
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/blacksky-staff-sw-engineer-ground-control-services>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Seattle, United States, Herndon, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-14T01:11:34Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T13:04:04Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6486
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Parental leave, Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Space & Aerospace, Earth Observation

## Company

- **Id**: 63425
- **Name**: BlackSky
- **Domain**: blacksky.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/blacksky>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 4
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 48
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 155000
- **Max**: 180000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 180000

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Ansible** — Optional: yes
- **Terraform** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T04:39:08Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 48
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 180000
- **Is top pay**: no

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