As part of our engineering team at sky360.org, you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects related to UAP detection and data analysis. We are seeking software engineers at various experience levels, from junior to senior, who are comfortable with bleeding-edge full-stack development and passionate about pushing the boundaries of technology. 

If you've already set up your Nix/NixOS, use Tmux, Neovim or Emacs, and maybe even want to Twitch about it, you'll feel right at home with us.

• C/C++/Rust/Python
• Vue.js/OpenMCT
• ROS2
• Nix/NixOS

Join us in our mission to detect and understand UAP phenomena through software development.

If a position is of interest to you, go to our Discord server and say hello!

Sky360 is a citizen science endeavor to develop hard- and software for a comprehensive, yet low cost, sky observation platform. The people working in research and development are community members, who are professionals in their fields of software development, electronics engineering, structural engineering, astronomy, climatology etc. We all contribute our skills and knowledge to create a rigid and precise sensor platform for 24/7 sky situation awareness.

All development work is automatically rendered into 2 different licenses:

• Creative Commons License - "CC BY-NC-ND-SA"
  This license applies to all hardware development and design, including any documentation, papers and visuals, be it still images, or videos.
  
  - credit must be given to the creator(s)
  - only non-commercial uses of the work(s) are permitted
  - no derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted
  - adaptations (on request) must be shared under the same terms
  
  
• MIT
  This license applies to all software development and design, including associated documentation and visuals.
  
  Permission is granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of the software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  
  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  
  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

The workload is distributed over 10 teams:

• All Sky Cam
  - firmware in RUST, fxload for immediate upload
  - image processing (reduced aperture, dynamic exposure)
  - motion detection, kinematics classification, AI identification
  - ROS2 realtime comm
  - simulation and optimization
  - hardware (cooled astrocam, 300-1.100nm, 60/3.5mm fisheye optic)
  
  
• Pan Tilt Zoom
  - firmware in RUST, fxload for immediate upload
  - Bt³s (vectoring ahead and guiding)
  - image processing (reduced aperture, dynamic exposure)
  - motion detection, AI identification
  - ROS2 realtime comm
  - hardware (scope, cooled astrocam, rig, motor controllers, electronics)
  
  
• GUI
  - server
  - frontend (OpenMCT)
  - ROS2 realtime comm
  - external sources
  
  
• Climate Control
  - software (controlling fans and Peltiers)
  - hardware (closed loop with Peltier elements and fans)
  - ROS2 realtime comm
  
  
• Master Control Program
  - ROS2 realtime comm
  - database
  - data merging
  - vectoring
  - priorization
  - archive management
  
  
• Passive Radar
  - omnidirectional antennae
  - guided dish
  - ROS2 realtime comm
  
  
• ADS-B, L-Band
  - ADS-B receiver and logger
  - ROS2 realtime comm
  - RF spectrum analysis
  
  
• Enclosure
  - outdoor housing
  - 3D printable parts
  
  
• Audio
  - stereo sensing MEMs
  - spectrum analysis
  
  
• Documentation
  - "How-to-build a Sky360 Station" document
  - 3D interactive station
  - BOM and procurement
  - papers derived from R&D

• electronics
• engineering
• optics
  
• sensors
• astronomy
• fabrication (3D printing, thermoforming, CNC)

If you want to contribute your skills or knowledge in the mentioned fields, join our community on Discord and talk to developers.
You can also get in direct email contact with our head of development.

• Python
• neo4j
• django
• gstreamer
• RUST
• ROS2
• image processing
• motion detection
• kinematics classification
  
• machine learning and image recognition
• motion controlling
• archive management
• climate controlling
• UI design

If you want to contribute your skills or knowledge in the mentioned fields, join our community on Discord and talk to @Developers.

You can also get in direct email contact with our head of development.
And you can make yourself familiar with the code on Github.