Space Software Engineering Internship (paid)

Arlula is changing the way earth observation data is accessed and managed. Satellite imagery and related data are used across climate management, agriculture, mining, defence and journalism, helping people understand changes to our planet as seen from space. 

We are looking for final-year students or recent graduates to take ownership of expanding our constellation orchestration product’s ground station support over a focused 12-week project. You will work across the full software lifecycle: research, design, build, test and release.

As part of our internship program, we will provide educational opportunities to help you upskill in areas such as:

• Full stack development with Go and Typescript,
• Software design and delivery,
• Astrodynamics and RF communications systems modelling,
• Collaboration as part of an agile engineering team in a fast paced startup environment.

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The Project

Your core deliverable is expanding Arlula's ground station support inside our constellation orchestration product, with hands-on astrodynamics and API development work at its centre.

Along the way you will also get exposure to adjacent areas of the platform, including attitude systems, machine learning, and UI development, so you leave with a broad picture of how a space software product fits together.

Parts of this work will require self-guided research with support from our team.

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TITLE: Space Software Engineer Intern.

TYPE: Full time, 12 weeks (part time may be possible for the right candidate).

LOCATION: 477 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW.

SUPERVISOR/MANAGER: Senior Engineer, Space Systems Lead.

PATHWAY: Strong performers may be considered for an on-going role at the end of the project.

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Skills and Experience

We welcome final-year students and recent graduates working towards (or recently completed) a degree in a space, aerospace, software engineering, computer science or related physical sciences / engineering discipline. We are happy to support industry/workplace placement requirements.

Required

• Permanent residency or Australian citizenship
• Strong programming and mathematical foundations
• Experience with at least one statically typed programming language
• Willingness to self-direct through unfamiliar material with mentorship
• Interest in the new space and earth observation sectors, and in startups

Nice to Have

• Experience with TypeScript or the Go programming language
• Knowledge and/or experience with RF communications systems, attitude systems, astrodynamics, API design, and/or web development.

Personal Attributes

• Curious and creative
• Enjoys problem solving and self-directed learning
• Enjoys working collaboratively across disciplines
• Passion for the new space industry

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About Arlula

Arlula is a fast growing space technology startup.

We facilitate organisations and individuals managing their growing bodies of earth observation data, delivering better utilisation of these unique assets. This support has allowed our customers to build new types of geospatial tools and insight engines that simply weren’t feasible without scaled, automated data management tools. Fundamentally we are building an automated solution that is disrupting entrenched industry practices that traditionally limits who can access this unique type of data.

We are passionate about creating new commercial opportunities in a rapidly evolving space industry. We work with a range of international space agencies including NASA and ESA, while partnering with commercial satellite operators such as Vantor, Planet and emerging operators. Our customers utilise our solutions across a range of industries for tasks such as climate and bushfire monitoring, insurance assessment, environmental planning and journalism to simplify both their acquisition and management needs.

Interested?

If this is something that seems interesting to you, we’re keen to learn about your background and see if there is a good fit. Please send your resume to harrison@arlula.com