Group Lead - Ground Software Systems (GSS)

Employment Type: Full Time

Work Experience : 812+ years of relevant experience (including 3+ years in engineering leadership)
Education: Bachelors / Masters in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field ;

Role Description :
We are looking for an Engineering Manager Ground Software Systems to lead the development of scalable, reliable, and mission-critical ground software platforms that power satellite operations.

You will lead a 12+ member engineering team across frontend, backend, DevOps, and infrastructure , delivering ground software across multiple satellite programmes including internal commercial missions and customer-supplied missions that support:

• Mission Operations Software

• Acquisition Planning

• Flight Dynamics

• Payload Data Processing

This role requires a strong combination of technical leadership, product thinking, and people leadership , with ownership of delivery, architecture, team growth, and execution excellence .

You will work closely with mission engineering, operations, product, and commercial teams to translate complex mission needs into robust software systems.

Key Responsibilities

1. Engineering Leadership Delivery

• Own end-to-end delivery of ground software systems, including planning, execution, and release timelines

• Define engineering roadmaps aligned with mission, product, and business priorities.

• Provide accurate estimates, timelines, and risk assessments to stakeholders.

• Ensure high standards of code quality, reliability, scalability, and system performance .

• Drive engineering execution with a strong focus on accountability, predictability, and velocity .

• Support program execution, reviews, and stakeholder communication.
  
  

1. Team Management Development

• Lead and manage a cross-functional team (1012 engineers) across frontend, backend, DevOps, and infrastructure.

• Hire, mentor, and develop engineers across experience levels.

• Demonstrates a servant leadership mindset, enabling teams to succeed through support, clarity, and empowerment.

• Handle team dynamics, resolve conflicts, and foster a high-performance engineering culture .
  
  

1. Product Technical Strategy

• Collaborate with product, mission planning, operations and commercial teams to define product vision and roadmap.

• Translate mission and operational requirements into scalable software architectures and features .

• Define and drive product and variant strategy for ground systems across different mission/customer needs.

• Balance short-term delivery goals with long-term platform strategy .

• Enable rapid prototyping and iteration for new mission concepts and capabilities.
  
  

1. Architecture, Infrastructure Systems Design

• Guide system architecture for Mission planning, Flight dynamics, acquisition planning and Ground segment systems

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