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Mission Operations Engineer

United States, El Segundo, California Employment contract 99000.00 - 215000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted May 29, 2026
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Job Responsibility

  • Lead a team of spacecraft and subsystem engineers during launch and early orbit activities to commission the space vehicle(s) for service
  • Perform duties of lead technical authority during mission operations for both the space and ground segments
  • Support every aspect of the mission lifecycle, from proposal/mission modeling, design, integration and test, space vehicle shipment, launch and on-orbit operations, to decommissioning
  • Define ground and mission operations requirements, and flow mission requirements back to the space vehicle team
  • Define mission concept of operation and design reference missions
  • Improve future vehicle designs by cataloguing lessons learned from on-orbit exercises
  • Support the ground segment design, including command and control, mission planning, mission data processing, and the associated infrastructure to support all activities
  • Implement and test space vehicle fault and autonomy, including fault detection and response, autonomous space vehicle behavior, and on-board command and control
  • Develop and implement methods of operational automation, to reduce day-to-day operator responsibilities
  • Create and execute space vehicle simulator tests to validate mission/fault/autonomy design
  • Create and execute in-factory flight vehicle tests to validate mission design compatibility with flight hardware
  • Conduct critical ground segment testing, including radio-frequency compatibility testing, remote ground facility interface testing, and acceptance testing of critical ground assets/locations
  • Forms and leads anomaly response team when off-nominal vehicle conditions arise
  • Contribute to customer briefings/debriefings for orbital events
  • Design and validate the mission “sequence of events” for bus commissioning, payload checkout/calibration, and mission operations
  • Contribute to Mission Rehearsal events to train the mission team and to validate the mission design

Requirements

  • B.S. in Aerospace, Electrical, Software, Computer, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in Mission Operations or similar
  • Experience with real-time satellite command and control
  • Willingness to support occasional off-nominal working hours during critical 24/7 mission operations activities
  • Willingness to apply for a TS clearance with SCI eligibility

Nice to have

  • M.S. in Aerospace, Electrical, Software, Computer, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in Mission Operations or similar
  • Experience in leading multidisciplinary technical teams, especially to resolve anomalous scenarios
  • Deep knowledge of satellite systems engineering, including all satellite subsystems
  • Experience with Spacecraft Command & Control software systems
  • Familiarity with software and scripting tools such as MATLAB, Python, C/C++, Java, etc.
  • Active TS clearance and SCI eligibility

What we offer

  • Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
  • health insurance
  • flexible spending accounts
  • health savings accounts
  • retirement savings plans
  • life and disability insurance programs
  • paid and unpaid time away from work
  • generous company match to your 401(k)
  • industry-leading tuition assistance program pays your institution directly
  • fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits
  • up to $10,000 gift match when you support your favorite nonprofit organizations
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