Darwin Recruitment is hiring: Network Engineer in San Francisco
Darwin Recruitment, San Francisco, CA, United States
Network Engineer – Distributed & Space Systems
Full Time | Bay Area
Build the Internet… in Space
This is not traditional networking.
You’ll be working on a system where satellites behave like a distributed cloud , not isolated hardware. The goal is to redefine how data moves in orbit, across spacecraft, and back to Earth.
If you’re someone who cares about how systems actually behave under pressure like latency, packet loss, and broken links, this is where things get interesting.
️ What You’ll Be Doing
Architect and build networking logic across a live satellite constellation
Design routing, service discovery, and orchestration for high-latency, failure-prone environments
Define how TCP/IP, DTN/HDTN, and CCSDS protocols operate in space
Develop multi-ground-station downlink strategies
Test and validate systems in simulation + hardware-in-the-loop environments
Model and solve real-world failure cases:
Packet loss
Intermittent connectivity
Network partitions
Contribute directly to on-orbit deployments and flight missions
Work closely with leadership on core architecture decisions
What You Bring
4+ years working with real-world networking systems
Strong understanding of:
TCP/IP under latency and loss
Routing + congestion control
Network debugging and observability
Software Defined Networking (SDN)
Experience building or running distributed systems
Ability to think critically about:
Failure modes
Scaling challenges
System behaviour in non-ideal conditions
Comfortable in a fast-moving, early-stage environment
Nice to Have
DTN / HDTN or satellite communications experience
Ground station or space systems exposure
Kubernetes, service meshes, or cloud infrastructure (AWS / GCP)
Network simulation tools (OpNET, ns-3, etc.)
Python or similar
Why This Role
Work on real systems that operate in orbit , not just theory
Solve problems most engineers never touch
High ownership, high impact, and direct access to leadership
Be part of building the next generation of space infrastructure
Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Tom Wibberley
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Full Time | Bay Area
Build the Internet… in Space
This is not traditional networking.
You’ll be working on a system where satellites behave like a distributed cloud , not isolated hardware. The goal is to redefine how data moves in orbit, across spacecraft, and back to Earth.
If you’re someone who cares about how systems actually behave under pressure like latency, packet loss, and broken links, this is where things get interesting.
️ What You’ll Be Doing
Architect and build networking logic across a live satellite constellation
Design routing, service discovery, and orchestration for high-latency, failure-prone environments
Define how TCP/IP, DTN/HDTN, and CCSDS protocols operate in space
Develop multi-ground-station downlink strategies
Test and validate systems in simulation + hardware-in-the-loop environments
Model and solve real-world failure cases:
Packet loss
Intermittent connectivity
Network partitions
Contribute directly to on-orbit deployments and flight missions
Work closely with leadership on core architecture decisions
What You Bring
4+ years working with real-world networking systems
Strong understanding of:
TCP/IP under latency and loss
Routing + congestion control
Network debugging and observability
Software Defined Networking (SDN)
Experience building or running distributed systems
Ability to think critically about:
Failure modes
Scaling challenges
System behaviour in non-ideal conditions
Comfortable in a fast-moving, early-stage environment
Nice to Have
DTN / HDTN or satellite communications experience
Ground station or space systems exposure
Kubernetes, service meshes, or cloud infrastructure (AWS / GCP)
Network simulation tools (OpNET, ns-3, etc.)
Python or similar
Why This Role
Work on real systems that operate in orbit , not just theory
Solve problems most engineers never touch
High ownership, high impact, and direct access to leadership
Be part of building the next generation of space infrastructure
Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Tom Wibberley
#J-18808-Ljbffr