Remote Sensing / Signal Processing Software Engineer

Remote sensing and signal-processing software engineer role focused on building end-to-end geospatial and intelligence capabilities from sensors to applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and maintain software for remote sensing and signal-processing applications.
• Build software and algorithms to process, transform, analyze, and exploit complex sensor and geospatial data.
• Apply computer science and software engineering fundamentals to technically complex problems.
• Create and maintain data-processing pipelines and applications using Python and other suitable languages.
• Contribute to full-stack development activities, including backend services, data processing, orchestration, and APIs as applicable.
• Convert remote-sensing and signal-processing requirements into scalable software architectures and technical solutions.
• Work across the system to understand how sensors, SAR, RF/radar systems, signal processing, algorithms, data pipelines, software, and applications interact.
• Participate in system architecture, technical design, integration, and implementation.
• Develop and integrate algorithms for processing and exploiting remote-sensing and other sensor-derived data.
• Operate on large, complex, and potentially heterogeneous datasets.
• Support automated workflows and orchestration systems for data and algorithm processing.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, analysts, data scientists, software engineers, and domain experts.
• Support technical planning and contribute to project-level architecture and engineering decisions.
• Participate in testing, debugging, performance optimization, and deployment.
• Document software architecture, technical designs, interfaces, and engineering decisions.
• Provide technical leadership across projects and workstreams.
• Occasional nights and weekends may be required based on company needs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, algorithm development, signal processing, remote sensing, systems engineering, or a closely related field.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Strong understanding of computer science and software engineering fundamentals.
• Professional experience developing software using Python.
• Experience designing, developing, and integrating software systems (not limited to analysis or research).
• Experience working with remote-sensing, SAR, RF, or other signal-derived data.
• Understanding of signal-processing concepts applied to real-world sensor systems.
• Ability to understand complex systems and relationships between components.
• Experience contributing to software or systems architecture and technical design.
• Ability to work across disciplines and translate between software, algorithms, data, and systems engineering teams.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) and/or MASINT (Measurement and Signature Intelligence) data.
• Experience working with SAR, RF, radar, electromagnetic, or other sensor modalities.
• Experience with geospatial data, remote sensing, imagery, or Earth-observation systems.
• Experience developing signal-processing or sensor-data algorithms.
• Experience with distributed data-processing systems or workflow orchestration.
• Experience with cloud-based software architectures and services.
• Experience developing APIs, backend services, or full-stack applications.
• Experience with containerization, CI/CD, automated testing, and modern software-development practices.
• Experience working with large-scale or high-volume sensor datasets.
• Systems engineering experience.
• Experience leading technical projects, workstreams, or multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience serving as a technical lead or technical project manager.
• Experience working in defense, intelligence, aerospace, or national-security sectors.
• Experience with government or DoD programs.

Technologies

• Python

Compensation

• USD 135,000 - 145,000 per year

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Discretionary PTO & Flexible Scheduling
• Stock Options
• 401(k) Match
• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage for you and your dependents
• FSA & HSA Plans
• Employer-paid Life Insurance
• Employer-paid LTD and STD for Parental and Family Care
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Employee Resource Groups
• Educational Assistance Program
• Professional Development Opportunities

Location

• United States (remote)
• Headquartered in Ithaca, NY with a remote workforce across the United States

Application Note

• Applications without a relevant cover letter will not be considered.
• Cover letter guidance: share your personal voice and sincere interest in Ursa Space Systems.

Company Values

• Use the team
• Figure it out and own it
• Aim for elegant simplicity
• Empower diversity & inclusivity
• Do the right thing
• Be scrappy