Mission Operations Engineer
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $99,000 - $215,000 per year
About the role
- Lead a team of spacecraft and subsystem engineers during launch and early orbit activities to commission the space vehicle(s) for service
- Perform duties of lead technical authority during mission operations for both the space and ground segments
- Support every aspect of the mission lifecycle, from proposal/mission modeling, design, integration and test, space vehicle shipment, launch and on-orbit operations, to decommissioning
- Define ground and mission operations requirements, and flow mission requirements back to the space vehicle team
- Define mission concept of operation and design reference missions
- Improve future vehicle designs by cataloguing lessons learned from on-orbit exercises
- Support the ground segment design, including command and control, mission planning, mission data processing, and the associated infrastructure to support all activities
- Implement and test space vehicle fault and autonomy, including fault detection and response, autonomous space vehicle behavior, and on-board command and control
- Develop and implement methods of operational automation, to reduce day-to-day operator responsibilities
- Create and execute space vehicle simulator tests to validate mission/fault/autonomy design
- Create and execute in-factory flight vehicle tests to validate mission design compatibility with flight hardware
- Conduct critical ground segment testing, including radio-frequency compatibility testing, remote ground facility interface testing, and acceptance testing of critical ground assets/locations
- Forms and leads anomaly response team when off-nominal vehicle conditions arise
- Contribute to customer briefings/debriefings for orbital events
- Design and validate the mission “sequence of events” for bus commissioning, payload checkout/calibration, and mission operations
- Contribute to Mission Rehearsal events to train the mission team and to validate the mission design
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
- 3-5 years of experience in aerospace or related industry
- Experience with satellite mission operations
- Familiarity with spacecraft design and testing
- Strong problem-solving skills in high-pressure situations
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- Certifications in aerospace engineering preferred
- Experience with automation tools and techniques
Benefits
- Pay Scale: $99,000 - $215,000 a year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
satellite mission operationsspacecraft designspacecraft testingfault detectionautonomous space vehicle behavioroperational automationmission data processingradio-frequency compatibility testinganomaly responsemission design validation
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcollaborationleadershipcommunicationteamworkcritical thinkingadaptabilityattention to detaildecision-makingcustomer engagement
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineeringaerospace engineering certification