Software Engineer, Manufacturing Systems

• Identify needed improvements to the hardware test framework by participating in test campaigns, developing hardware tests, and working alongside test engineers and technicians.
• Provide input to software requirements, specifications, and implementation plans, then communicate these plans to the engineering teams.
• Implement software infrastructure improvements, bugfixes, and new features.
• Participate in code reviews, brainstorming, root cause analysis, and other collaborative team discussions.

This role directly contributes to Planet's mission of using space to help life on Earth by ensuring the reliability and scalability of spacecraft testing, which is critical for delivering satellite data used in environmental and humanitarian sectors.

• Experience building interconnected software systems that interface with many different hardware components.
• Software project planning skills - demonstrated ability to identify requirements and dependencies, organize the project into units of work, prioritize tasks, and communicate the implementation plan.
• Proficiency with python, ruby, java, C++, or similar.
• Proficiency using GNU/Linux.
• Experience writing unit tests, continuous integration pipelines, and documentation.
• 3+ years of professional software development experience.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity
• Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
• Volunteering Paid Time Off

Salary range: $114,200 - $142,000 USD (San Francisco).

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history, delivering an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a cloud-based platform to commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors.