Mission Engineer

About the Company

Aalyria is a leading technology company that supplies laser communications technology and temporospatial software-defined networking platforms to the aerospace industry. With technology acquired from Google, Aalyria is at the forefront of innovation in satellite and airborne mesh networks, as well as cislunar and deep-space communications.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-fidelity system models within Spacetime to orchestrate dynamic wireless communication networks
• Design and write production-ready adapter layers in Python or Go to connect Spacetime with customer hardware
• Create and optimize data schemas using Protobuf, JSON, and gRPC to map complex external network topologies
• Perform wireless communication system link budget analyses, wave propagation modeling, and coverage simulations
• Act as the tier-3 escalation lead for live networks to diagnose and resolve complex system integration issues
• Collaborate with Product and Software Engineering teams to translate custom integration patterns into reusable product features

Requirements

• Strong software engineering fundamentals paired with a solid understanding of physical-layer communications
• Hands-on software development experience and comfort passing an entry-level SWE coding assessment
• Experience with wireless communication systems, including RF path loss, propagation, network topology, and link budgets
• Practical experience developing or working with system/network simulation and modeling tools
• B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of professional engineering experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with software-defined networking (SDN), BGP, or cloud infrastructure environments (GCP/AWS)
• Experience delivering high-stakes technical integrations for defense, aerospace, or commercial telecommunications enterprise clients

Benefits

• Competitive salary benchmarked to UK aerospace and defence technology market rates
• Equity participation to share in Aalyria's growth
• Comprehensive benefits including pension, private health insurance, and generous annual leave
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Opportunity to work on novel technology with real-world impact across national security and deep-space programmes