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The Payload Systems Team at HawkEye 360 is seeking a Senior Payload Reliability Engineer to strengthen our ability to diagnose and resolve cross-system failures. You will design and maintain investigation tools, work across engineering teams to root cause issues, and develop frameworks to improve payload reliability on orbit. This role is highly cross-functional and ideal for an engineer who enjoys jumping into diverse challenges.

As the Senior Software Engineer - Systems Reliability, your main responsibilities will be:

• Designing tools and workflows to support root cause analysis and anomaly investigations
• Collaborating with software, FPGA, and systems engineers to resolve mission-critical reliability issues
• Developing data pipelines, dashboards, or automation to accelerate diagnosis
• Participating in flight system monitoring and trending analysis
• Supporting cross-team efforts to harden the payload against known and emerging failure modes

Your skills and qualifications:
Essential education and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of experience with embedded systems, system troubleshooting, or reliability engineering
• Versatile skills across Linux, Python, CI/CD frameworks, and system-level debugging
• Experience with telemetry and data visualization tools is a plus
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Base Salary Range: $130,000 - $170,000 annually

HawkEye 360 offers a compensation package that includes a competitive base salary plus annual performance bonus and benefits. We consider many factors when determining salary offers, such as candidate's work experience, education, training & skills, as well as market and business considerations. We are also open to considering candidates with experience and qualifications at a different level than required in a job posting, which may affect the compensation package offered.

Company Overview:
HawkEye 360 is delivering a revolutionary source of global knowledge based on radio frequency (RF) geospatial analytics to those working to make the world a safer place. The company operates a commercial satellite constellation that detects, geolocates, and identifies a broad range of signals & behaviors. We employ cutting edge AI techniques to equip our global customers with high-impact insights needed to make decisions with confidence. HawkEye 360 is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.

HawkEye 360 is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

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