Job DescriptionWe'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.
What You'll Do:- 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.
On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working
on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions: - Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment.
- May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
- May access other facilities in various weather conditions.
Required Skills and Education- BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 2 or more years of related experience.
- Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master's Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree 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.
- A 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.
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Preferred Skills and 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.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
Multiple positions may be available on this opening.
