Mission Operations Lead Engineer (Mid) - Onsite

Boeing; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, seeks a Mission Operations Engineer (Mid Level) to lead spacecraft on-orbit operations from proposal through launch and commissioning. You will act as the technical authority for both space and ground segments, handling mission modeling, procedures, and anomaly response in fast-paced environments.

The role requires 3+ years in mission operations, a relevant engineering degree, and willingness to obtain a security clearance.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Aerospace, Electrical, Software, Computer, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Mission Operations or similar.
• Experience with real-time satellite command and control.
• Willingness to support occasional off-nominal working hours during critical 24/7 mission operations activities.
• Willingness to apply for a TS clearance with SCI eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of spacecraft and subsystem engineers during launch and early orbit activities to commission the space vehicle(s) for service.
• Perform duties of lead technical authority during mission operations for both the space and ground segments.
• Support every aspect of the mission lifecycle, from proposal/mission modeling, design, integration and test, space vehicle shipment, launch and on-orbit operations, to decommissioning.
• Define ground and mission operations requirements, and flow mission requirements back to the space vehicle team.
• Define mission concept of operation and design reference missions.
• Improve future vehicle designs by cataloguing lessons learned from on-orbit exercises.
• Support the ground segment design, including command and control, mission planning, mission data processing, and the associated infrastructure to support all activities.
• Implement and test space vehicle fault and autonomy, including fault detection and response, autonomous space vehicle behavior, and on-board command and control.
• Develop and implement methods of operational automation, to reduce day-to-day operator responsibilities.
• Create and execute space vehicle simulator tests to validate mission/fault/autonomy design
• Create and execute in-factory flight vehicle tests to validate mission design compatibility with flight hardware
• Conduct critical ground segment testing, including radio-frequency compatibility testing, remote ground facility interface testing, and acceptance testing of critical ground assets/locations
• Forms and leads anomaly response team when off-nominal vehicle conditions arise
• Contribute to customer briefings/debriefings for orbital events
• Design and validate the mission “sequence of events” for bus commissioning, payload checkout/calibration, and mission operations
• Contribute to Mission Rehearsal events to train the mission team and to validate the mission design

Skills

Mission operations

Real-time ops

Leadership

Anomaly resolution

Education

B.S. Aerospace Engineering

B.S. Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

Java

Job description

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, seeks a Mission Operations Engineer (Mid Level) to lead spacecraft on-orbit operations from proposal through launch and commissioning. You will act as the technical authority for both space and ground segments, handling mission modeling, procedures, and anomaly response in fast-paced environments.

The role requires 3+ years in mission operations, a relevant engineering degree, and willingness to obtain a security clearance.