Ground Systems Lead – Mission Control & Operations

Astroscale Holdings Inc.; East Hagbourne; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Hybrid working available

Relocation allowance

Visa sponsorship

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Job summary

Astroscale UK (Harwell) is seeking a Ground Systems Team Lead to own the Ground Segment architecture and lead a small team across the design, integration and operations of ground systems. You will interface with Mission & Systems and Operations teams, guiding requirements, testing, and supplier coordination.

You will contribute to mission control, planning and ground station interfaces, while mentoring engineers and delivering engineering documentation, planning and risk reporting.

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, or other relevant engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of industry experience in the design and development of satellite ground segment products.
• Knowledge of C/C++, Java and Python programming languages.
• Knowledge of the main components of a ground segment and how they interact between them.
• Team leadership – ability to lead small team of ground systems engineers.
• Operations experience and ability to interact with spacecraft operations engineers.
• Knowledge of project life cycle and acceptance procedures.
• Knowledge of ECSS standards and software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Own the Ground Segment system architecture, requirements and technical baseline across all subsystems.
• Lead requirements capture, derivation, allocation, traceability and compliance management.
• Define and lead Ground Segment integration, verification and validation activities, including subsystem, system, simulation and end-to-end testing.
• Ensure coherence of interfaces, data flows, configuration and releases across Ground Segment components.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, technical governance and acceptance of subsystem deliveries.
• Support the development of Ground Segment systems and software, including mission control, mission planning and ground station interfaces.
• Define appropriate engineering and development approaches, and support implementation, solution testing and delivery.
• Act as the technical interface to suppliers and key internal stakeholders across engineering and operations.
• Support mission operations through troubleshooting, maintenance, training and resolution of technical issues.
• Produce and maintain engineering documentation and contribute to bids, planning, risk management and technical reporting.

Skills

C/C++

Java

Python

Ground segment

Team leadership

ECSS standards

Requirements mgmt

System integration

Operations interface

Software development

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

SCOS-2000

CCSDS

Job description

Astroscale UK (Harwell) is seeking a Ground Systems Team Lead to own the Ground Segment architecture and lead a small team across the design, integration and operations of ground systems. You will interface with Mission & Systems and Operations teams, guiding requirements, testing, and supplier coordination.

You will contribute to mission control, planning and ground station interfaces, while mentoring engineers and delivering engineering documentation, planning and risk reporting.