Engineer II - Mission Operations Systems Engineer

About the role

We’re seeking a self-motivated systems engineer to join our Mission Operations team. You’ll help our multi-disciplinary team prepare for launch, initialization, and early operations. You’ll also be a key part of the launch and commissioning team.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and validate mission operations products, timelines, and tools.
  • This may include command execution scripts, alarm limit management, mission system constraints, operator procedures, or operator training material.
• Contribute to the planning and successful execution of rehearsals, test events, launch, commissioning, and early operations; track technical progress associated with the effort.
  • Collaborate with and coordinate subject matter experts to support events – this may include tasks such as staffing plans, working group coordination, account and logistics support, and team briefings & training.
• Support verification and validation of mission operations requirements, products, timelines, and tools through unit, system, and enterprise tests.
  • Prepare and present technical content to peers, management, and customers.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company.
• Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
  • Perform other duties as necessary.

Requirements

• BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 2 or more years of related experience.
• Current, active Top Secret security clearance is required with ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI.
• Experience in mission operations, including one or more of the following areas:
• Operations readiness activities, rehearsals, and launch support activities
• Spacecraft commissioning
• Spacecraft, payload, or subsystem design
• Mission management, command and control
• Operations product development such as command execution scripts, alarm limits, mission system constraints, operator procedures, and/or operator training material
• Ground systems
• Familiarity with systems engineering processes, such as requirements development, requirement allocation, change management, verification and validation
• Effective communication skills
• Ability to interface with technicians, peers, senior-level engineers, business development, management
• Ability to contribute to the success of small teams through excellent teamwork.

Qualifications

• Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education.
• Education must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
• Experience in related disciplines such as software engineering, hardware engineering, integration, test engineering, quality engineering, configuration/data management.
• Experience using simulators, test benches, or FlatSats.
• Knowledge of cloud development environments.
• Knowledge of requirements management tool such as DOORS.
• Knowledge of Atlassian Tools such as Confluence and Jira.
• Project engineering or technical project management experience.

Skills

• Experience in mission operations, including one or more of the following areas:
• Operations readiness activities, rehearsals, and launch support activities
• Spacecraft commissioning
• Spacecraft, payload, or subsystem design
• Mission management, command and control
• Operations product development such as command execution scripts, alarm limits, mission system constraints, operator procedures, and/or operator training material
• Ground systems
• Familiarity with systems engineering processes, such as requirements development, requirement allocation, change management, verification and validation
• Effective communication skills
• Ability to interface with technicians, peers, senior-level engineers, business development, management
• Ability to contribute to the success of small teams through excellent teamwork.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Health savings accounts
• A 401(k) savings plan
• Disability coverage
• Life and accident insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Legal plan
• Other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance
• Recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards
• Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.