Lead Mission Operations Engineer — Onsite Spacecraft Control

Boeing; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 146,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings accounts

Retirement savings plans

Life and disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, is seeking a Mission Operations Engineer in Colorado Springs to lead on-orbit operations and mission design. You will define operation concepts, build ground segment capabilities, and drive autonomous fault management, ensuring readiness across the mission lifecycle.

The role requires experience in real-time satellite command and control, spacecraft subsystems, and MS/PhD preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a relevant engineering field is required.
• Experience with real-time satellite command and control and spacecraft operations.
• Active TS/SCI clearance is required.
• Background in space systems engineering is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead mission life-cycle activities from proposal to on-orbit operations.
• Define ground and mission operations requirements and concepts of operations.
• Design the ground segment and verify with simulator tests.
• Oversee fault detection, autonomy, and autonomous spacecraft behavior.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams during launch and early operations.

Skills

Real-time satellite C2

Satellite subsystems knowledge

CONOPS design

Autonomy and fault management

Programming: Python/MATLAB/C/C++/Java

Orbital dynamics

Education

Bachelor's degree

MS in Aerospace/Electrical/Software/Computer/Mechanical Eng

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

Java

Job description

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, is seeking a Mission Operations Engineer in Colorado Springs to lead on-orbit operations and mission design. You will define operation concepts, build ground segment capabilities, and drive autonomous fault management, ensuring readiness across the mission lifecycle.

The role requires experience in real-time satellite command and control, spacecraft subsystems, and MS/PhD preferred.