# Lead Software Engineer- Uplink Systems

Job Details New ideas are all around us, but only a few will change the world. That’s our focus at JPL. We ask the biggest questions, then search the universe for answers-literally. We build upon ideas that have guided generations, then share our discoveries to inspire generations to come. Your mission-your opportunity-is to seek out the answers that bring us one step closer. If you’re driven to discover, create, and inspire something that lasts a lifetime and beyond, you’re ready for JPL. Located in Pasadena, California, JPL has a campus-like environment situated on 177 acres in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and offers a work environment unlike any other: we inspire passion, foster innovation, build collaboration, and reward excellence. Responsibilities: The Ground Communications and Architecture Section provides engineering development, implementation, and maintenance of state-of-the-art and high-reliability technologies for NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN). We’re seeking a Software Engineer (Uplinks Systems) to develop and maintain the software systems that control the DSN Uplink Tracking and Command Subsystem. This subsystem performs the critically important functio

- **Id**: 3821726
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/nasa-lead-software-engineer-uplink-systems>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 9
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-01T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-01
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T11:48:24Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 68
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3328
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Brewing & Beer, Secondary Education, Earth Observation, Ground Systems

## Company

- **Id**: 12944
- **Name**: NASA
- **Domain**: nasa.gov
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/nasa>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 13
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 25
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 170872
- **Max**: 215384
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 215384

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **CCSDS** — Optional: yes
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes
- **Docker** — Optional: yes
- **GitHub Actions** — Optional: yes
- **Jenkins** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **Podman** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 68

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 9
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T17:27:48Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 12
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.419
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 68
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: conf:5, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 215384
- **Is top pay**: yes

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