Staff Aerospace Software Engineer Jacobs National Security

Karl Hill

Python mission software at Jacobs: services, shared interfaces, messaging, CI/CD, and release across about 20 repositories. Technical delivery and mentoring for a team of about 10.

NASA Goddard 2017–2025
~10-engineer team
Washington, DC

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01 — Selected Work

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Jacobs is current. NASA Earth science systems from Goddard are still public.

Jacobs · 2025–present

Aerospace mission software

Python services, shared interfaces, messaging, and CI/CD across about 20 repositories. Technical delivery and coaching for a team of about 10.

NASA · 2017–2025

Flood Mapping System

Python and Docker software that processes and distributes satellite-derived flood maps on AWS. The live map is public.

NASA LAADS Find Data — product, time, location, files, and review-and-order wizard for MODIS and VIIRS granules.

NASA · 2017–2025

LAADS DAAC

Find Data search, ordering, and near-real-time access for NASA satellite granules. Perl services with Kubernetes delivery.

02 — How software gets delivered

Software other people depend on, then the checks, integration, and release around it. Select a stage.

Build Code Verify Integrate Release Quality Testing Security Environment Readiness

Build

Packaging so the same change rebuilds elsewhere.

uv Docker packaging

Code

Services, libraries, and interfaces other people depend on.

Python TypeScript Java

Verify

Quality, tests, and security checks on the change.

Ruff mypy pytest coverage mutation testing security scanning

Integrate

Contracts between services: APIs, messages, and schemas.

APIs messaging schemas distributed services

Release

Promotion through environments until the change is operable.

containers CI/CD environment promotion operational readiness

A delivery diagram of current practice. Not a program architecture. Written bar for reviews →

03 — Next step

The kit, the work, or a conversation.

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Recruiter kit

Current engineering system, public NASA software, and resume.
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Selected work

Aerospace mission software, NASA Earth science, and earlier systems.
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Book a conversation

Schedule a conversation or send email.