Remote Spacecraft Operations Engineer - RPO Planning

Anduril Industries, Inc.; España; Remote; EUR 113,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Remote work option for Colorado-based?

Job summary

Anduril Industries, Inc. is seeking a Spacecraft Operations Systems Engineer for RPO to own how our spacecraft plan, rehearse, and fly close to other objects.

You will validate procedures against hardware-in-the-loop testbeds and push ops constraints back into the GNC, flight software, and ground software designs while those designs can still change. This role supports Colorado-based applicants as a remote position, working with DoD and IC partners to ensure robust and timely fielding of

Qualifications

• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
• Strong engineering background in Aerospace, Astrodynamics, Computer Science, or related field.
• 4+ years of professional spacecraft operations, mission planning, or flight dynamics experience.
• Direct RPO experience on a flown or near-flight mission: proximity operations trajectory planning or close-approach execution.
• Experience with pre-launch operational readiness: AI&T support, rehearsals, day-in-the-life testing, and ORR.
• Ability to navigate complex systems and write clear procedures, rules, and training material.

Responsibilities

• Design and own RPO mission plans and timelines tied to ground passes and communications.
• Build passive safety into every approach to avoid collision scenarios.
• Author flight rules, gates, abort criteria, and conjunction screening.
• Own mission operations plans across all phases: LEOP to on-orbit operations.
• Drive pre-launch campaigns: day-in-the-life rehearsals, failures injections, procedure changes.
• Validate procedures on flatsats and hardware-in-the-loop testbeds before flight hardware.

Skills

RPO operations

Mission planning

Flight dynamics

Python

Linux systems

Clear written communication

Education

Aerospace engineering or related

Tools

STK/Astrogator

ODTK

MATLAB

Simulink

Flatsats

Hardware-in-the-loop

Job description

Anduril Industries, Inc. is seeking a Spacecraft Operations Systems Engineer for RPO to own how our spacecraft plan, rehearse, and fly close to other objects.

You will validate procedures against hardware-in-the-loop testbeds and push ops constraints back into the GNC, flight software, and ground software designs while those designs can still change. This role supports Colorado-based applicants as a remote position, working with DoD and IC partners to ensure robust and timely fielding of