Mission Operations Engineer II

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity's reach into the solar system.

As a Mission Operations Engineer II, you will work closely with hardware engineers to figure out how their hardware should be operated, and write procedures to safely and reliably operate the satellite.

Responsibilities:

• Play a large role in the design and development of the satellite operations system and team
• Work with satellite engineers to design, create, test, and execute satellite operations procedures
• Investigate anomalies and work with the mission operations and engineering team to safely resolve them
• Automate manual processes using scripting and software tools
• Work with the ground software team as the user and requirements owner for tools to operate the fleet of satellites
• Lead commanding activities during the launch and commissioning of the first production satellite
• Develop tools and processes to enable the Mission Operations team to maintain a high level of service uptime for customers

Requirements:

• 2-6+ years of experience with satellite or spacecraft mission operations
• 1+ year of experience with on-console spacecraft operations
• Experience scripting in any language (Python preferred)
• Experience with telemetry analysis and anomaly investigation
• Experience designing and executing satellite operations
• Basic understanding of satellite subsystems (hardware and software)
• Highly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties autonomously without supervision

Bonus skills:

• Experience building operational software tools and user-friendly UIs
• Experience with software development tools such as Git and Phabricator
• Experience operating GEO satellites

We offer:

• Base salary: $130,000-$170,000 USD
• Equity package via incentive stock options
• High-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals