Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA, USA
You will be responsible for getting Satlyt deployed into customer environments, from initial technical discovery through integration, testing, and production operation.
This is not a traditional pre-sales role. You will build, integrate, debug, and ship while working directly with satellite operators, aerospace companies, defense customers, payload providers, and infrastructure partners.
Satlyt is building the secure AI operating layer for satellites. Our platform enables spacecraft to operate as programmable compute nodes, allowing satellite operators to deploy software workloads, run AI at the edge, orchestrate distributed compute, manage networking, and process data before it reaches the ground.
Own technical integrations with customers from discovery through production deployment
Understand customer spacecraft, compute, networking, telemetry, security, and mission architectures
Design deployment architectures for running Satlyt on customer hardware
Deploy and troubleshoot containerized workloads in constrained and intermittently connected environments
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Integrate Satlyt with
Flight software
Customer APIs
Telemetry systems
Ground infrastructure
Networking stacks
Build prototypes and proofs of concept that can move into production
Diagnose hardware, software, networking, and systems integration issues
Translate recurring customer requirements into reusable Satlyt product capabilities
Support technical discovery, demonstrations, proposals, and architecture discussions
Build tools and documentation that make each future integration faster
Support mission testing and on-orbit deployments
Work closely with the CTO and core engineering team
4+ years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure, distributed systems, networking, robotics, aerospace, defense technology, or a similarly complex technical environment
Strong Linux fundamentals
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Strong programming ability in
Python
Go
Rust
C++
Similar systems languages
Experience with Docker, containers, Kubernetes, or similar orchestration technologies
Strong networking fundamentals
Experience debugging real production systems
Ability to understand unfamiliar technical architectures quickly
Strong customer-facing communication skills
Ability to operate independently with ambiguous requirements
Strong ownership and execution mindset
Satellite flight software
Satellite mission operations
Embedded Linux or ARM
Edge computing
DTN or HDTN
BPv7, CFDP, or ION
AI inference on constrained hardware
Kubernetes at the edge
Telecom infrastructure
Cybersecurity
Robotics or autonomous systems
Defense or government systems