Senior Web Developer (part-time)

Job Description

Job Description

Do you want to help a small company make a BIG difference in space? Do you take ownership of your job and responsibility for your actions? Then come work for Red Canyon and help us continue our mission of helping humankind reach the stars!

Red Canyon Software is seeking a part-time Web Developer to support a 6 month aerospace contract. This team is leading humanity back to the Moon and pioneering innovative solutions in the space industry. Based in Westminster Colorado, this incredible team is looking for a PT Senior Web Developer to lead the full stack rebuild and enhancement for our Flight Dynamics Services (FDS) tool.  FDS is currently flying the CAPSTONE satellite at the Moon and will be the primary planning tool used for many future deep space missions.  This job is offered on a contract basis varying between half-time and full-time for 6+ months with possible follow on work.

The end product user experience involves :

• Configuration and upload of parameters and files / filesets to initialize the tool on a case-by-case basis.
• Command iterative execution of cloud-based back-end scripts for spacecraft orbit determination and maneuver design.
• Allow end-users to distribute and retrieve products over external interfaces such as SFTP.
• Allow end-users to maintain their data set in an organized database / datastore.
• Generate interactive plots on user-specified data.
• Allow end-users to select data sets from plots for iterative task execution.
• The front-end will allow for varied sets of user permissions via secure login.  There may be need for a "basic" user-friendly experience for rudimentary jobs and a more full-featured experience for advanced use cases.

Essential Duties :

Required Skills :

Preferred Skills

Eligibility Requirements :

Must be a U.S. Person

Security Clearance desired but not required.  Applicants must be a US Citizen for security clearance

Red Canyon Engineering and Software : “Exploring Other Planets, Improving our Own”

Red Canyon contracts with NASA, NOAA, NREL, JPL, and DOD, in addition to customers such as Lockheed Martin Space, Raytheon, Sierra Space, a.i. solutions, Walt Disney Imagineering, SAIC, Sidus Space, Ball Aerospace, SpaceX, Honeywell, KBRwyle, Peraton, LASP, Maxar, Blue Origin, and Moog. We specialize in building spacecraft, developing renewable energy technologies to help make our planet a better world and cutting edge research and development. Our disciplines include embedded flight software, software testing, GN&C, systems engineering, mechanical design, structural analysis, real time flight and ground software, simulation software, user interface software, and mission management software. We help our contractors with the full life cycle of product development from requirements to test and delivery.

Some of the programs we have previously or currently worked on include : Human Lander System, Artemis I-II, WorldView Legion V, Perseverance Rover, InSight, GeoXO, Tranche-1, LizzieSat, Dream Chaser, Psyche, Mars 98, Odyssey 01, Stardust, Genesis and Deep Impact, Mars Phoenix, Joint Polar Satellite System, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Orion, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, GOES-R, OSIRIS-REx, Maven, JUNO, Grail, and the MarsFlight and LunarSIM Simulation.

Red Canyon’s home office is located in scenic Denver, Colorado, and our regional office, Launch Now, is in historic downtown Titusville, Florida. We are a small company that maintains a flat organization to decrease our overhead and costs to our customers. Our number one focus is to solve some of the most complicated engineering problems humankind is facing.

Does it sound like you want to join our mission?

Red Canyon Software, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Red Canyon Software, Inc does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.