Spacecraft Mission Operations Engineer — LEOP & Readiness

Sateliot; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

On-site parking

Catering

Life outside work activities

Job summary

Sateliot, a Barcelona-based satellite company, seeks an experienced Mission & Systems Engineer to shape end-to-end mission operations from design to LEOP and commissioning. You will bridge spacecraft design, flight software, and ground segments, producing validated procedures, tests, and readiness evidence.

You will work on operational baselines, flight rules, TM/TC databases and end-to-end simulations, coordinating with engineers to ensure observability, control, and recoverability of critical

Qualifications

• Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Telecommunications, Physics or a related discipline.
• 4+ years in spacecraft systems and mission-operations engineering.
• Experience supporting LEOP, commissioning or similar critical mission phases.
• Experience developing and validating FOPs, flight rules, TM/TC databases, MCS displays, alarms or end-to-end tests.
• Strong understanding of spacecraft subsystem interactions and problem diagnosis during critical activities.
• Clear technical writing with rigorous configuration control.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate operational concept based on inter-satellite links and onboard autonomy.
• Own the operations handbook, FOP catalogue, flight rules, mission databases and handover procedures.
• Define spacecraft configuration, command sequences and readiness criteria with engineers.
• Coordinate end-to-end tests and simulations, ensuring readiness evidence for ORR.
• Elaborate and execute LEOP and commissioning plans until handover to Operations.

Skills

LEOP experience

MCS operations

Flight rules

Diagnostics

Python

Technical writing

Education

Aerospace Engineering degree

Systems Engineering degree

Tools

ECSS PUS

CFDP

CCSDS

Spacecraft simulators

Job description

Sateliot, a Barcelona-based satellite company, seeks an experienced Mission & Systems Engineer to shape end-to-end mission operations from design to LEOP and commissioning. You will bridge spacecraft design, flight software, and ground segments, producing validated procedures, tests, and readiness evidence.

You will work on operational baselines, flight rules, TM/TC databases and end-to-end simulations, coordinating with engineers to ensure observability, control, and recoverability of critical