Senior Satellite Mission Planning Engineer - Hybrid

Leonardo; Roma; Hybrid; EUR 37,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th-month salary

Performance bonus

Welfare vouchers €250/year

Meal vouchers €9

Continuous learning

Job summary

Leonardo Space Division's Telespazio unit in Rome seeks a Mission Planning System Engineer with 5–7 years of experience to design and coordinate Mission Planning solutions for satellite ground segments. You will ensure plans meet power, thermal, guidance, platform and payload constraints while collaborating across Agile teams.

You will work with Java, Python and microservices, integrating external models and following security standards in a hybrid environment. Fluency in English is essential.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with competences in Flight Dynamics.
• Proven experience in Mission Planning system design and implementation.
• Strong knowledge of Java and Python and security coding standards.
• Experience with microservices and container orchestration (Kubernetes/OpenShift).
• Excellent written and verbal English communication; AI agent integration experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyse mission requirements and satellite models to define planning strategies.
• Design and coordinate software solutions for mission planning in large constellations.
• Integrate external satellite models into the mission planning system.
• Contribute to technical project documentation and participate in reviews.

Skills

Flight Dynamics

Agile methodologies

English communication

Education

Master’s Degree in Aerospace/Automation/Information Engineering

Tools

Java

Python

OWASP

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Git

GitLab

LangChain

Semantic Kernel

CrewAI

Job description

Leonardo Space Division's Telespazio unit in Rome seeks a Mission Planning System Engineer with 5–7 years of experience to design and coordinate Mission Planning solutions for satellite ground segments. You will ensure plans meet power, thermal, guidance, platform and payload constraints while collaborating across Agile teams.

You will work with Java, Python and microservices, integrating external models and following security standards in a hybrid environment. Fluency in English is essential.