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We own how software gets packaged, deployed, and executed onboard: from the tool that assembles and maintains mission-specific software stacks, to the Runtime Container Environment that lets partner and customer workloads run securely in orbit, to the Linux infrastructure that makes it all reliable. As more satellite programs come online and as we open our container runtime to a growing number of external workloads, the team’s scope is expanding fast.\nWe’re looking for someone scrappy - the kind of engineer who digs into an unfamiliar system, maps it out, and gets it shipped without needing the path handed to them. 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