Hands-on Satellite Mission Operations Engineer II

Astranis Space Technologies; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Healthcare

401(k) Retirement

Flexible PTO

On-site meals

Job summary

Astranis Space Technologies is seeking a Mission Operations Engineer II to help design, implement, and operate our satellite operations system in collaboration with hardware and software teams. You will craft commissioning and nominal operation procedures, automate processes, and guide command activities during launch and early operations.

You will work on telemetry analysis, anomaly resolution, and drive tools that improve uptime for commercial and US Government programs in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 2-6+ years total experience with satellite or spacecraft mission operations.
• 1+ years experience with on-console spacecraft operations.
• Experience scripting in any language - Python preferred.
• Experience doing telemetry analysis and anomaly investigation.
• Experience designing and executing satellite operations.
• Basic understanding of satellite subsystems (hardware and software).
• Highly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties autonomously without supervision.

Responsibilities

• Play a large role in the design and development of our satellite operations system and team.
• Work with satellite engineers to design, create, test, and execute satellite operations procedures, including commissioning procedures and nominal operations procedures.
• Investigate anomalies and work with the mission operations and engineering team to safely resolve them.
• Automate manual processes using scripting and software tools.
• Work with our ground software team as the user and requirements owner for tools that will help us operate our fleet of satellites.
• Lead commanding activities during the launch and commissioning of our first production satellite.
• Develop tools and processes to enable the Mission Operations team to maintain a high level of service uptime for our customer.

Skills

Python scripting

Telemetry analysis

Anomaly investigation

Satellite operations design

On-console operations

Autonomous work

Tools

Git

Phabricator

Job description

Astranis Space Technologies is seeking a Mission Operations Engineer II to help design, implement, and operate our satellite operations system in collaboration with hardware and software teams. You will craft commissioning and nominal operation procedures, automate processes, and guide command activities during launch and early operations.

You will work on telemetry analysis, anomaly resolution, and drive tools that improve uptime for commercial and US Government programs in a fast-paced