U.S. defense and space contractor building satellites and flight software
Airbus US Space & Defense supplies satellite, intelligence, cyber and aircraft capabilities to U.S. government defense and space customers. Its stack mixes flight-software tooling (SpaceWire, RS-422, IBM DOORS) with AWS, Terraform and Kubernetes, plus factory automation via SCADA, Ignition and Allen-Bradley PLCs. Hiring skews heavily toward senior engineers, which fits active work on new satellite flight software and C&DH avionics design.
Airbus US Space & Defense, Inc. is an Arlington, Virginia-based aerospace and defense company founded in 2019, with 201–500 employees. It serves the U.S. Department of Defense, national security agencies and space-focused partners. Its portfolio spans satellite manufacturing, LEO constellations, geospatial intelligence, cyber, secure communications and SATCOM terminals, along with military helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and uncrewed aerial systems. Hiring is concentrated in the United States across engineering, operations, manufacturing, security and legal functions.
Its stack includes AWS (Lambda, RDS, ECS, EKS), Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab, Python, SAP, Jira, IBM DOORS, SolidWorks, and SCADA tools like Ignition and Wonderware.
Job posts point to new satellite flight software, mission-critical software for a U.S. government satellite program, C&DH and avionics design for new spacecraft, and a SCADA implementation.
The company is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and hires within the United States, with most open roles in senior engineering.
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