Aerospace Engineer

Socket.dev; Welcome Acres (MD); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits (company-paid)

Vacation: 3 weeks front-loaded

401(k) company contribution

Education and professional training

Profit-sharing plan

Job summary

Infinity seeks a spacecraft engineer to monitor health and support spacecraft in operation at the Blossom Point facility in Welcome, Maryland. The role includes recovery and anomaly handling, mission planning, and coordination with RF, digital, network and software teams to ensure ground command and control success.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s in engineering or related field and an active TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting spacecraft operations in government or defense environments.
• Ability to analyze telemetry data, logs and performance trends for spacecraft status.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams supporting spacecraft operations and tests.

Responsibilities

• Monitor spacecraft health and support operations, including recovery and anomalies.
• Develop mission plans and review logs, stats, and performance trends.
• Collaborate with spacecraft factories, RF/digital teams, network engineers and software teams.
• Assist integration and ground/space interface testing and reviews.

Skills

Spacecraft operations

Telemetry data analysis

Cross-functional teamwork

Command and control systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science

Tools

Telemetry analysis tools

Ground control tools

RF/digital testing tools

Job description

Infinity’s niche in the aerospace and defense industry is specialized solutions that help bridge the gap between space and ground. This is no small task, and we owe our success to our team who help us fulfill our mission; to match people with their legacies for betterment of the world. There is always a place at Infinity for a motivated, capable individual seeking a career to better the world. We prioritize supporting our team through exceptional benefits, work-life balance, and structured career development. At Infinity, WE ARE MORE - now, come be more with us!

*Please note, this position is Contingent upon award. Position is slated to begin March-June 2027.*

Position Overview

Infinity is excited about the opportunity to support the Mission System Research and Development Support contract at the Blossom Point Satellite Command and Tracking Facility (BPTF) in Welcome, Maryland.

As we prepare for this opportunity, we're looking to connect with members of the incumbent workforce who are interested in joining our team. If you are currently supporting the BPTF mission, we encourage you to submit your resume and explore the opportunity to continue this important mission with us.

We also welcome interest from experienced professionals who are not currently assigned to BPTF but have the skills and passion to contribute to this mission. We'd be glad to hear from you and discuss potential opportunities.

Join us as we continue to make meaningful and positive impacts to critical national security and space operations programs!

The spacecraft engineer will monitor health status and provide support for spacecraft in operation, including recovery and spacecraft anomalies. Support spacecraft operations and configuration changes. Develop mission plans, check the logs for day and overnight activity, compiles system and network statistics, writes or modifies perform files, and evaluate and trend spacecraft performance. Work with the spacecraft factories, RF and digital technicians, network engineers, software teams, and others during existing or new spacecraft into the ground command and control architectures, includes spacecraft designs reviews, integration, ground and on-orbit tests.

Position Requirements:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science discipline or related field.

Clearance Requirement: Active TS/SCI

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience supporting spacecraft operations, mission planning, or satellite/space systems analysis in a government or defense environment
• Familiarity with spacecraft health monitoring, anomaly resolution, and operational command and control systems
• Ability to analyze telemetry data, system logs, and performance trends to assess spacecraft status and operational readiness
• Experience working in cross-functional technical teams supporting spacecraft operations, integration, and test activities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with on-orbit spacecraft operations, including recovery operations and anomaly resolution
• Familiarity with ground command and control architectures and spacecraft networking systems
• Experience supporting spacecraft integration, RF/digital systems, and ground/space interface testing
• Knowledge of spacecraft design reviews, systems engineering processes, and mission lifecycle development

Work Environment/Physical Requirements

• Professional, fast-paced, and team-oriented environment
• Requires adherence to security protocols and DoD regulations

Infinity Benefits

• Great Company Culture.Infinity firmly believes that our success is due to the happiness and personal satisfaction of our employees.
• Health Benefits.100% Company PaidMedical and Dental for you AND your family.
• Work that Stays at Work.Genuine work/life balance and flexibility. We know our employees have lives outside of work and we support you in living them!
• Rest and Relaxation. Three weeks' Vacation - Front Loaded on the day you start, andwe pay for you to go on our company reward trip(ask us about this!)
• Health and Wellness.We offer 48 hours of sick leave, in addition to your Vacation, as well as Flex-Spending options (Medical and Dependent Care)
• Prepare for the Future.401(k) company contribution, with free professional financial planning advisors
• Education and Professional Training Reimbursement. We support our employees career aspirations and growth!
• Profit Sharing Plan. Infinity’s success is due to our employees. Eligible employees are able to participate in our Profit-Sharing Plan.
• And more!

U.S. Citizenship is required.

EOE including disability/vet

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 30 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.