Senior Data Engineer in Houghton, Michigan at ORBION SPACE TECHNOLOGY INC

SENIOR DATA ENGINEER

Orbion is seeking a Senior Data Engineer/Software Developer Orbion help build and maintain Orbion’s internal application platform and enterprise applications supporting manufacturing, test, and engineering for our satellite thruster systems. The data systems under development collect and present Orbion’s manufacturing and test data. We are developing systems to enable faster and deeper insight into manufacturing defects, opportunities for improvement, and anomaly investigations. The ideal candidate will have experience with database and web API development be comfortable with full stack development.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and develop software systems for data collection and investigation based on internal customer requirements
• Execute software development best practices, including CI/CD processes, testing, documentation, and architecture development
• Design and implement full-stack applications (data layer, application layer, web server, and frontend)
• Work closely with our IT team to design the deployment targets and application platform architecture
• Work with and support internal users to retrieve meaningful information that advances company needs
• Work with and support internal test development to populate data systems
• Mentor junior developers in software development projects
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must meet definition of United States Person
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a directly related degree
• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• 3+ years of Python development experience
• Experience building REST API servers with at least one Python framework (e.g. FastAPI, Flask, Django)
• Experience designing SQL databases

Preferred Qualifications:

• HTML and CSS experience, and at least one template engine
• Experience working with at least one YAML-based CI/CD platform (e.g. Github Actions, Azure DevOps, Gitlab)
• Experience using Docker and Kubernetes in production environments
• Experience developing event-based microservices, e.g. with Apache Kafka
• Experience with Javascript or Typescript development, preferably with React
• Some experience building AI/ML systems – finetuning models and preparing datasets, agentic system development with existing frameworks, and/or RAG systems
• Experience with physical data and experimental methods
• Experience in a manufacturing environment

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting or standing at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift/carry up to 40 pound loads from floor level to chest level
• Manual dexterity to evaluate, install, and modify equipment