Aerospace Engineer with Security Clearance

Infinity Systems Engineering; Welcome Acres (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Company Culture

Health Benefits

Work-life balance

Three weeks vacation

Job summary

Infinity is actively seeking a spacecraft engineer to monitor and support space assets, focusing on health status, recovery operations, and anomaly resolution at the Blossom Point facility in Welcome, Maryland. The role requires collaboration with RF/digital teams, software, and ground/space interfaces to ensure on-orbit reliability and mission success.

Ideal candidates have a engineering degree, TS/SCI clearance, and experience with mission planning, telemetry analysis, and cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science discipline or related field.
• TS/SCI clearance required.
• 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 O&C systems.
• Ability to analyze telemetry data, system logs, and performance trends for spacecraft status.

Responsibilities

• Monitor health status of spacecraft and provide support for spacecraft in operation, including recovery and anomaly response.
• Support spacecraft operations and configuration changes.
• Develop mission plans, check logs for day and overnight activity, compile statistics, write/modify perform files, and trend spacecraft performance.
• Coordinate with spacecraft factories, RF/digital technicians, network engineers, software teams, and others during integration and testing for ground and space architectures.

Education

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

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 environmentRequires 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