Iridium Satellite

Iridium’s mission is to create and enable innovative connectivity solutions for individuals, organizations, and governments all over the world.

 

Iridium is committed to being a fulfilling and rewarding place to work where people are proud of what they do and are inspired to be the best they can be. We are committed to helping our employees and their families lead healthy, productive lives.

 

Some of our benefit offerings include:
    ● Competitive, market-driven salaries

    ● Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

    ● Health Savings Account (HSA) / Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

    ● Annual Bonus Plan and Annual Merit Increase Opportunities

    ● Employee Equity Awards

    ● Retirement 401(k) Plans and Employer Matching

    ● Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

    ● Education Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement

    ● Career Development & Training Assistance

    ● Charitable Grants and Donation Matching Program

    ● Vacation, Sick Days, Floating Holidays, and Volunteer Time Off

    ● Paid Holidays

    ● Paid Parental Leave

    ● Headspace Membership

 

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Job Locations US-AZ-Chandler | US-VA-Leesburg
Job ID 2023-2745
Summary:   Iridium is seeking a Member of the Technical Staff (Lead Software Developer) to join our Ground Development team.  The Member of the Technical Staff will serve as a software development and maintenance technical lead for the following areas: - Satellite Ground System requirements definition and implementation - Software build management evolution and efficiency - Generation and management of Satellite upload data products - Process definition and tuning using Atlassian tools - SW Development Team Lead Additionally, the Member of the Technical Staff will provide experienced leadership by building relationships with executive leadership, proactively helping others in order to enhance team productivity, and informally mentoring others beyond the immediate team to support all areas of software development within the Satellite Operations and Ground Development teams.   Duties and Responsibilities - Must be customer oriented and responsive to software control boards - Follow and develop Iridium processes for Change Control, Prioritization, Risk Management, COTS Management, Build and Test software deployments - Develops optimized code for both scalability and performance - Work within the Iridium-defined Agile/Scrum framework for software development and assume leadership roles to drive efficient development sprints - Drive implementation and maintenance of software build environments using the Atlassian tool suite - Lead and coordinate development in selected technical areas and report to Ground SW development managers - Work with senior management to establish strategic plans to lead the implementation of software releases per direction of stakeholders - Present complex results, implications, and options, and speak persuasively, through briefings and documentation, to influence those outside of immediate team - Provide opportunities for others to develop specialized skills and knowledge; Proactively help others in order to enhance team productivity - Informally mentor others beyond immediate team Job Requirements - Possess or develop expert knowledge of Iridium and functional area, including InControl (Satellite Control Software) or Iridium’s custom Data Repository/Retrieval system or Iridium’s custom System Control SW - Confidently recognize and adapt to different communication styles based on stakeholder style and preferences - Demonstrated ability to uncover flaws/problems/risks in data or projects by asking strategic questions - Demonstrated ability to logically analyze multiple data sources to respond to frequent, complex, and high impact situations - Demonstrated ability to manage significant risks and issue resolution (on projects or general area of oversight) independently, and evaluate the results for lessons learned - Exceptional data mining skills - Must have expertise and experience in developing optimized code for both scalability and performance - Ability to create and/or drive major updates to the existing architecture - Expert working knowledge of Space Vehicle logical and physical interfaces - Effective MS Office skills - Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to use reference documentation - Ability to oversee multiple projects of team, developed internal/external relationship, established cross-team partnership - Ability to mitigate conflicts among different teams and to establish influence without direct control
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-AL-Huntsville
Job ID 2023-2730
What We’re Looking For: The Senior Systems Administrator will partner with our Network Infrastructure team on the management and monitoring of SDA network infrastructure. Responsibilities include managing a Redhat Openstack platform, along with Dell Compute Systems, Netapp Storage, as well as AWS hosted systems. In this role, you will provide support to the overall SDA and remote Teleport Systems by configuring and maintaining Local and remote infrastructure equipment and devices. In addition, you’ll participate in, and at times lead, the implementation of solutions that follow Government best practice guiding principles.   What You’ll Do: - Provide day-to-day support and maintenance for all Compute, Storage, and AWS Systems and applications across the network, both locally and remote - Responsible for the administration, maintenance, tuning, and applying directed solutions to Development and Production Systems running Redhat Openstack & Redhat OS - Responsible for administrating, maintaining, performance tuning, and troubleshooting multiple Kubernetes environments - Responsible for administrating, maintaining, performance tuning, and troubleshooting Openstack, AWS, Linux, and Platform software - Ensure proper backup processes are in place to allow for full recovery of sites and documents - Conduct regularly scheduled security audits across all Linux systems - Work directly with engineers and operators to investigate and troubleshoot issues and outages in real-time, recommending solutions to address issues - Be accountable for the development and maintenance of processes, procedures, and diagrams, as it relates to system flows and installation
Category
Information Technology
Job Locations US-ND-Grand Forks
Job ID 2023-2729
What We’re Looking For: The Senior Systems Administrator will partner with our Network Infrastructure team on the management and monitoring of SDA network infrastructure. Responsibilities include managing a Redhat Openstack platform, along with Dell Compute Systems, Netapp Storage, as well as AWS hosted systems. In this role, you will provide support to the overall SDA and remote Teleport Systems by configuring and maintaining Local and remote infrastructure equipment and devices. In addition, you’ll participate in, and at times lead, the implementation of solutions that follow Government best practice guiding principles.   What You’ll Do: - Provide day-to-day support and maintenance for all Compute, Storage, and AWS Systems and applications across the network, both locally and remote - Responsible for the administration, maintenance, tuning, and applying directed solutions to Development and Production Systems running Redhat Openstack & Redhat OS - Responsible for administrating, maintaining, performance tuning, and troubleshooting multiple Kubernetes environments - Responsible for administrating, maintaining, performance tuning, and troubleshooting Openstack, AWS, Linux, and Platform software - Ensure proper backup processes are in place to allow for full recovery of sites and documents - Conduct regularly scheduled security audits across all Linux systems - Work directly with engineers and operators to investigate and troubleshoot issues and outages in real-time, recommending solutions to address issues - Be accountable for the development and maintenance of processes, procedures, and diagrams, as it relates to system flows and installation
Category
Information Technology
Job Locations US-AL-Huntsville
Job ID 2023-2728
What We’re Looking For: The Senior Network Administrator will partner with our Network Infrastructure team on the management and monitoring of SDA network infrastructure. Responsibilities include implementing and maintaining functional network infrastructure and equipment as well as performing network and security testing, validation, and troubleshooting to ensure a fault-tolerant, reliable, scalable, and automated infrastructure across SDA networks. In this role, you will provide support to the overall SDA and remote Teleport networks by configuring and maintaining Local and Wide Area Network infrastructure equipment and devices. In addition, you’ll participate in, and at times lead, the implementation of solutions that follow Government best practice guiding principles.   What You’ll Do: - Provide day-today support and maintenance for SDA Network Infrastructure systems to support Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks across multiple sites - Provide day-today support and maintenance for a DevSecOps link to facilitate S/W deliveries to the Operational System - Perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of networking and security hardware including, but not limited to include Juniper EX4400, ACX, and Juniper SRX firewalls - Maintain documentation, audit logs, and adhere to Configuration Management rules required to meet compliance and to enable team members to assist in problems and apply consistent solutions across a different environments and teams - Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the DevOps and network industries, technologies, and best practices - Provide real-time troubleshooting and problem resolution as required and provide 24x7 on call assistance as needed
Category
Information Technology
Job Locations US-ND-Grand Forks
Job ID 2023-2727
What We’re Looking For: The Senior Network Administrator will partner with our Network Infrastructure team on the management and monitoring of SDA network infrastructure. Responsibilities include implementing and maintaining functional network infrastructure and equipment as well as performing network and security testing, validation, and troubleshooting to ensure a fault-tolerant, reliable, scalable, and automated infrastructure across SDA networks. In this role, you will provide support to the overall SDA and remote Teleport networks by configuring and maintaining Local and Wide Area Network infrastructure equipment and devices. In addition, you’ll participate in, and at times lead, the implementation of solutions that follow Government best practice guiding principles.   What You’ll Do: - Provide day-today support and maintenance for SDA Network Infrastructure systems to support Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks across multiple sites - Provide day-today support and maintenance for a DevSecOps link to facilitate S/W deliveries to the Operational System - Perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of networking and security hardware including, but not limited to include Juniper EX4400, ACX, and Juniper SRX firewalls - Maintain documentation, audit logs, and adhere to Configuration Management rules required to meet compliance and to enable team members to assist in problems and apply consistent solutions across a different environments and teams - Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the DevOps and network industries, technologies, and best practices - Provide real-time troubleshooting and problem resolution as required and provide 24x7 on call assistance as needed
Category
Information Technology
Job Locations US-AZ-Chandler | US-VA-Leesburg
Job ID 2023-2725
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Mission IT team. This role is to facilitate and coordinate interactions between the (Network Infrastructure) and Software (Development/Deployment) Teams. As a Senior Systems Engineer, you’ll be responsible for the administration and maintenance AWS, On-prem Kubernetes and Vmware clusters for both local (AZ) and remote sites across the company. As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will apply advanced knowledge in cutting-edge technologies to develop and deploy Iridium satellite operations and user service capabilities. Working in this role, you’ll gain valuable experience in Linux, VMware, UCS, Kubernetes, CI/CD Processes/automation, as well as support automated Service (software) Deployment, and automated Test execution.  You’ll be successful in this role if you are interested in honing advanced systems knowledge and skills to deliver high-quality solutions in a fast-paced environment. Location preference is AZ but willing to consider VA or relocation to AZ.   What You’ll Do: - Independently provide day-to-day support and maintenance for AWS, Kubernetes and Vmware clusters across the Network - Collaborate and engage with Iridium Satellite ground software team members to develop new ground software components founded upon modern industry-standard platforms, languages, and deployment techniques. - Be accountable for the administration, maintenance, tuning, and troubleshooting of development and production operations of Linux environments, generating ideas and applying innovative solutions - Independently deliver results following Iridium processes for Change Control, Prioritization, Risk Management, Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Management - Upgrade and install UNIX/Linux OS and Server software - Ensure proper backup processes are in place to allow for full recovery of sites and documents - Conduct regularly scheduled security audits across all UNIX and Linux systems - Work directly with engineers and operators to investigate and troubleshoot issues and outages in real-time, recommending solutions to address issues - Be accountable for the development and maintenance of processes, procedures, and diagrams, as it relates to system flows and installation
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2023-2719
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Ground Development team. The Senior Software Engineer will apply expertise in cutting edge technologies to develop and deploy Iridium satellite operations and user service capabilities. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will provide expertise and experience within the larger development team to support cross-functional efforts and collaboration across all areas of software development.   What You’ll Do: - Enhance existing ground software with feature requests and defects flowing from Iridium Satellite and Hosted Payload Operations - Collaborate and engage with Iridium Satellite Operations, Hosted Payload Operations, and other ground software team members to develop new ground software components founded upon modern industry standard platforms, languages, and deployment techniques - Develop optimized code for both scalability, performance, and high availability - Independently deliver results following Iridium processes for Change Control, Prioritization, Risk Management, Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Management, Build and Test software deployments - Develop software within the Iridium-defined Agile/Scrum framework - Plan and execute software releases per stakeholder/program schedules and budgets - Confidently present prepared remarks to groups outside of your team through briefings and documentation, planned implementation, or issue resolutions - Utilize your expertise to transition existing capabilities to more advanced technologies, such as Cloud computing and micro-service architectures - Be accountable for the development and execution of process/procedure training/documentation materials covering complex developmental areas - Actively seek opportunities to provide formal/informal feedback and/or share expertise/best practices with team members
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2023-2718
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a Ground Software Engineer III to join our Ground Development team.  As the Ground Software Engineer III, you will gain experience in software development and maintenance for the Iridium and Hosted Payload Ground Control Software.Additionally, the Software Engineer will work independently to deliver high-quality work and drive projects/deliverables to completion to support all areas of software development within the Satellite Operations and Engineering Development teams.   What You’ll Do: - Follow existing Iridium processes for Change Control, Prioritization, Risk Management, COTS Management, Build and Test software deployments and use knowledge to assist in development of process/procedure documentation materials - Work with team members to develop optimized code for both scalability and performance - Work within the Agile/Scrum framework for SW development (Atlassian tool suite desired) - Create or maintain build environments for SW products (including transitioning the L3/Harris InControl software and build environment to Iridium) - Work within team objectives to plan and execute software releases per stakeholder/program schedules and budgets - Update issue/feature data in Atlassian Project/Software tracking tools - Edit, structure and present data, concepts and arguments clearly and succinctly, through briefings and documentation - Develop intermediate knowledge of InControl (Satellite Control Software) and OS/COMET (Hosted Payload) Control Software), Iridium’s custom Data Repository/Retrieval system and Iridium’s custom System Control SW - Respond to questions within scope from stakeholders including the Aireon Hosted Payload Customer.
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-McLean
Job ID 2023-2707
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a Market Development Manager to join our Product Management Team. As a Market Development Manager, you’ll be responsible for the development of new markets/customer segments, including industry research, relationship building, market development, event management, channel strategy definition, sales and marketing tool creation, and demand creation working with marketing/channel/partner resources. You will lead initial business capture efforts for large pursuits which may involve multiple partner companies, teaming agreements, or proposal activities, as well as implement business unit strategies and continuous improvements to business capture processes working with marketing/channel/partner teams.  You’ll be successful in this role if you have a high degree of market research and technical understanding of IT/communication networks to identify new market opportunities and use cases for Iridium’s terrestrial products and services and a strong interpersonal skills and project management skills to work with potential customers, distributors, sales, and marketing stakeholders to drive new opportunities and demand for Iridium.    What You’ll Do: - Be responsible for the roll-out of market development strategies to marketing/channel/partner teams including training, webinars, and in-person customer events to develop and grow targeted markets through campaign planning - Improve profitability and customer satisfaction on new and recurring sales by creating alignment of sales, objectives, and operations’ capability - Manage ongoing revenue of Terrestrial Business Unit equipment sales including contracts, deal management/approval, partner forecasts, internal demand planning/production guidance, and quarterly sales management to achieve budgeted sales - Provide marketing analysis as appropriate to help guide continued refinement of strategy, product, and technology roadmaps - Measure activities and revenue impact through pipeline management and reporting to business unit for coordination and awareness within internal teams - Communicate to the business unit on pursuits, including performing accurate sales forecast roll-ups - Externally promote a targeted understanding of Iridium capabilities throughout various markets - Provide support and strategic planning assistance for new product, pricing, promotion, and marketing-related programs for business unit as needed
Category
Sales
Job Locations US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2023-2676
What We’re Looking For:   If you enjoy learning about and working with breakthrough technologies, we want to hear from you! We are seeking a Senior Software Automation Engineer to join our Space Vehicle and Software Engineering team. As the Senior Software Automation Engineer, you will apply advanced expertise in cutting edge technologies to develop and deploy Iridium satellite software and user service capabilities. You will also provide expertise and experience within the larger software development team to support cross-functional efforts and collaboration across all areas of software development.   What You’ll Do: - Manage and transform systems requirements into verifiable test objectives and procedures - Identify test areas which can be automated and own the automation conversion process through delivery - Identify areas where the team can reduce testing cycle time and improve product quality - Develop test execution scripts and data analysis tools - Work with the scrum team to develop an automated test platform/library - Execute software test, analysis results, and collaborate with the software engineering team on issue identification and resolution - Collaborate with the development team to ensure build integrity as the ultimate delivery outcome - Utilize advanced knowledge to apply solutions to engineering and test problems - Define required test products and test resources required for testing - Provide high-quality, cost-effective integration, test, and support services - Be a driver for continuous innovation by adding value, reducing test cycle time and cost - Leverage knowledge to make enhancements to process/procedure/training documentation and identify technical training needs - Deliver constructive, meaningful feedback and proactively offer guidance and knowledge-sharing with team members
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-Leesburg | US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2023-2667
What We’re Looking For: The Senior DevOps/Network Engineer will assist our Network Infrastructure teams with the design, deployment, integration, and management of Juniper and Cisco hardware in tightly controlled areas that support several Mission critical environments. Responsibilities include deployment of Juniper hardware as well as various other monitoring and scanning tools, necessary to ensure a fault-tolerant, reliable, scalable, and infrastructure across the Iridium's Mission and Commercial networks. In this role, you will also provide support to the overall Commercial, Mission & Test, and remote Teleport networks by configuring and maintaining network infrastructure devices and Local and Wide Area Networks.   What You’ll Do: - Help the team design, deploy scalable network devices, including automated route distribution methods using frameworks such as NetConf Yang, and Ansible - Document solutions to enable team members to assist in problems and apply consistent solutions across different environments and teams - Responsible for the day-to-day operations of all Network Infrastructure within a small highly controlled environment, not connected to other systems - Provide technical assistance to Support-team related to network traffic congestion, latency issues, link outages, and System performance problems - Maintenance and Operations of Mission Critical Network Infrastructure systems to support Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks across multiple sites - Perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of networking and security hardware, and operating systems - Maintain documentation, audit logs, and adhere to Configuration Management rules required to meet compliance - Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the DevOps and network industries, technologies, and best practices - Provide real time troubleshooting and problem resolution as required
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-McLean | US-AZ-Tempe
Job ID 2022-2649
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a talented, hands-on Senior Program Finance Analyst to join our accounting team. You will be using your skills to compile, review, monitor and report on government programs. You will be heavily involved in ongoing reporting requirements and analysis for established programs. In this role you will work closely with program managers, contracts, and the business unit, as well as perform a variety of accounting related activities in connection to government programs.   What You’ll Do: - Work with project managers, EVMS lead, contracts, and the business to support project team members in the planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting of projects of varying contract types, size, and complexity. - Support government programs with the preparation of Contract Funding Status Reports (CFSR), Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS), and other program related reporting. - Support program budgets/baseline controls, and ensure that all required finance inputs, including internal and external reporting, are prepared, reviewed, and submitted on time. - Create financial charts in support of program management and program reviews; identify cost impacts and develop recovery plans as required. - Program life-cycle activities such as project setup/maintenance, invoicing support, and accruals. - Support invoicing of CPFF/CR/FFP & TM contract types with extensive backup requirements. - Month-end close process and interpreting variance/trend analyses. - Implement improvements of financial policies and procedures in support of projects including proposals. - Support of government compliance and audit activities.
Category
Accounting/Finance