Mission Operations Engineer

Aule Space; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation including ESO

Job summary

Aule Space in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced space mission operations professional to manage rendezvous, proximity operations and docking (RPOD) across all mission phases, including LEOP, commissioning and post-docking operations.

The role involves preparing and executing procedures, validating flight-like scenarios, anomaly investigation and supporting mission control with robust operations infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of space mission operation experience or equivalent
• Ability to write and validate nominal and contingency procedures
• Experience validating against flight-like scenarios and performing anomaly investigations

Responsibilities

• Develop spacecraft mission operations plans, including nominal and contingency procedures
• Test and validate both manual and automated procedures
• Analyze subsystems and payload performance and document findings
• Investigate anomalies and perform recovery operations
• Coordinate with flight dynamics, ground software support and subsystem teams

Skills

Programming languages

Technical writing

Communication skills

Job description

In this role, you will operate our spacecraft for Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking (RPOD) across all mission phases - LEOP, commissioning, RPO maneuvers, docking, and post-docking operations - developing and executing the procedures that run each phase.

You will be responsible for operations preparation and execution including writing and validating nominal and contingency procedures, validating them against flight-like scenarios, performing anomaly investigation and recovery and developing overall operations infrastructure to support the mission.

Responsibilities

• Develop spacecraft mission operations plans, including nominal operations procedures and contingency procedures
• Meticulously test and validate both manual and automated procedures
• Conduct in-depth analysis of subsystems and payload performance. Document the findings in comprehensive reports
• Investigate anomalies, prepare and execute recovery operations as needed and participate in spacecraft on-call support
• Coordinate with flight dynamics, ground software support and subsystem teams to raise issues, gather required input

What We Look For

• 2+ years of experience in space mission operation, operations preparation, understanding of ground segment and mission control systems
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python / Java / C++)
• Experience in conducting system validation tests, including the incorporation of flight-like scenarios into the test environment
• Strong technical documentation and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior operational mission support or flight dynamics experience
• Understanding of satellite systems and subsystem interdependencies
• Experience across the full lifecycle of LEO spacecraft missions

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation including ESOPs