Mission Operations Engineer

Responsibilities

• Monitor spacecraft bus telemetry, trends, and limits to ensure vehicle health and mission success
• Coincide closely with payload, power, thermal, avionics, and ground systems groups
• Aid in anomaly response and resolution
• Maintain operations product development for satellites and the operations knowledge base for satellite systems at IMP
• Participate in simulations and other training events
• Provide matrixed support across IM programs as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and at least 5-10 years of experience in spacecraft systems (satellites, human-rated vehicles, etc.)
• Strong working knowledge of spacecraft bus subsystems (power, thermal, avionics, etc.)
• Ability to make technical decisions in potentially time-critical conditions
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Excellent situational awareness and systems thinking
• Ability to mentor and lead other console operators
• Experience with documentation and collaboration tools such as Confluence, Jira, MS Office (MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel)

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of or exposure in one of the following technical disciplines is highly desired:
• Real-time shift operations of technical systems such as satellite operations or equivalent
• Familiarity with fault management systems, FDIR, and spacecraft autonomy
• Familiarity with automation/artificial intelligence