Senior Mission Operations Engineer

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

You must have experience with satellite operations engineering, and a deep understanding of at least one spacecraft subsystem.

Responsibilities:

• Play a large role in the design and development of our satellite operations system and team
• Support satellite engineers to design, create, test, and execute satellite operations procedures, including commissioning procedures and nominal 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 our ground software team as the user and requirements owner for tools that will help us operate our fleet of satellites
• Responsible for commanding activities during the launch and commissioning of our first production satellite
• Develop tools and processes to enable the Mission Operations team to maintain a high level of service uptime for our customer
• Support in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience working in satellite operations
• Experience scripting in any language (Python preferred)
• Experience doing telemetry analysis and anomaly investigation
• Experience designing and executing satellite operations
• Basic understanding of satellite subsystems (hardware and software)
• Highly motivated, self-starting, committed, and able to perform duties without supervision
• A passion for working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on development and testing

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: $150,000-$195,000 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