Senior Space Mission Operations Trainer & Simulator Lead

The Exploration Company; Bordeaux; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

The Exploration Company in France is seeking a Senior Mission Operations Training Engineer to own and execute our end-to-end mission operations training program. You will be the technical authority for operations training across the program, embedding with software, engineering, flight operations, and recovery teams to prepare personnel and astronaut crews.

This role requires a Master’s degree and 8+ years in spacecraft mission operations training or similar high-risk environments, plus hands-on

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering or science.
• 8+ years of spacecraft mission operations training or a comparable high-risk operations environment.
• Hands-on scripting and running simulation campaigns as a Simulation Supervisor, console operator, or equivalent role.
• Experience working with software development teams to define, review, and accept simulator capabilities or modeling environments.
• Technical knowledge of common spacecraft systems (GNC, avionics, propulsion, life support).
• Ability to translate complex systems engineering into operational training curricula and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Own the training concept of operations, certification pipelines, and long-term training plans for flight controllers and ISS crews.
• Author and maintain the core curriculum, lesson plans, and instructional materials that translate vehicle engineering into operational proficiency.
• Script, orchestrate, and execute high-fidelity nominal and off-nominal simulation campaigns as Simulation Supervisor.
• Partner with Ground Software and Flight Software teams to ensure fault-injection capabilities and training requirements are built into the simulator architecture.
• Coordinate with subsystem engineers, Mission Directors, and external partners (ESA, NASA, CNES) to keep training aligned with current procedures.
• Incorporate flight anomalies, test failures, and operational lessons learned into simulator capabilities, training flows, and vehicle design.
• Mentor and grow junior training engineers and simulation controllers.

Skills

Master’s degree

8+ years experience

Simulation scripting

Software collaboration

Training curriculum

Spacecraft systems knowledge

Education

Master’s degree in engineering or science

Job description

The Exploration Company in France is seeking a Senior Mission Operations Training Engineer to own and execute our end-to-end mission operations training program. You will be the technical authority for operations training across the program, embedding with software, engineering, flight operations, and recovery teams to prepare personnel and astronaut crews.

This role requires a Master’s degree and 8+ years in spacecraft mission operations training or similar high-risk environments, plus hands-on