Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer

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

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

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