# Spacecraft Mission Operations Engineer, Space

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $146,000-$194,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

Anduril's Space team is dedicated to expanding AI-powered capabilities into space, enhancing Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control for U.S. military and allied partners.

As a Spacecraft Mission Operations Engineer for our Space team, you own the satellite operations and mission control center for each of Anduril’s on-orbit systems.

### Responsibilities

- Own the mission operations plans and procedures for various spacecraft programs in all orbital regimes

- Integrate with legacy systems to unlock 21st-century capabilities

- Develop modern, software-defined approaches to autonomous spacecraft operations

- Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality

- Create and analyze metrics that are leveraged for debugging and monitoring

- Triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next-steps

- Coordinate with end-users, other operators and customers to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints

- Train other operators on the use and operation of Anduril spacecraft

- Support challenging schedules during ground testing, launch windows and on-orbit operations of the spacecraft systems

- Work with other teams and government agencies to achieve the required licenses (FCC, NOAA, etc) and comply with regulations for operating spacecraft

### Required Qualifications

- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

- Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or other engineering degree

- 4+ years of professional satellite or spacecraft operations experience

- Experience conducting spacecraft operations and satellite command and control with an emphasis on system reliability and uptime

- Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements

- Capable of solving complex technical problems with little oversight

- Clear communication and organizational skills including documentation and training material

### Preferred Qualifications

- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

- Experience operating government, DoD, or IC spacecraft

- Experience with Python and Linux systems

- Experience with MATLAB, Simulink, or STK

- A desire to work on critical software in the space domain

- Experience developing Fault Management Systems Architecture

- Experience with testing/validation leveraging FlatSats, Hardware-in-the-Loop testbeds

- Exposure to ground station operations and providers

### Benefits

- Competitive salary: $146,000-$194,000 USD

- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

- Income protection: life and disability insurance

- Generous time off: highly competitive PTO plans

- Family planning and parenting support

- Mental health resources

- Professional development

- Commuter benefits

- Relocation assistance

- Retirement savings plan

## Skills

### Required
- spacecraft operations
- satellite command and control
- system reliability
- uptime
- complex systems
- technical problem-solving
- communication
- organizational skills

### Nice to have
- Python
- Linux systems
- MATLAB
- Simulink
- STK
- Fault Management Systems Architecture
- FlatSats
- Hardware-in-the-Loop testbeds
- ground station operations

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