Mission Planner: Spacecraft Ops & Trajectory

Blue Origin; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off

Education Support Program

Job summary

Blue Origin, located in Reston, VA, is seeking a Mission Planner to develop and maintain integrated mission schedules for the Blue Ring lifecycle. You will coordinate with engineering teams, payload customers, and operations personnel to translate mission objectives into executable plans while optimizing resources and ensuring customer satisfaction.

The role requires a BS in engineering or related field and 2+ years in systems engineering, spaceflight operations, flight dynamics, or mission

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in engineering or equivalent technical field.
• 2+ years in systems engineering, spaceflight operations, flight dynamics and/or satellite mission planning.
• Knowledge of satellite tasking, ground contact planning, activity planning, flight dynamics, orbital mechanics, and/or orbit analysis.
• Experience with command and control systems or mission planning software platforms.
• Software development experience in Python or equivalent programming language.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Strong communication and coordination skills for interfacing with customers, engineering teams, and operations personnel.
• Ability to earn trust and collaborate with diverse backgrounds to achieve mission success.

Responsibilities

• Support real-time Blue Ring mission operations execution as an on-console flight crew member; nights, weekends, holidays as required by mission objectives, and on-call availability.
• Develop and maintain schedules for spacecraft operations, balancing priorities, customer activities, engineering tasks, and resources.
• Perform tactical scheduling of ground network resources and spacecraft activities to maximize mission effectiveness.
• Generate and validate command sequences and mission planning products for routine operations and events.
• Coordinate with astrodynamics, flight dynamics, and engineering teams to integrate trajectory planning into timelines.
• Support customer mission planning activities, translating requests into executable schedules with constraints.
• Perform deconfliction analysis to ensure compliance with constraints and priorities.
• Collaborate with mission planning software developers to capture constraints in planning tools.
• Support development of mission planning tools and automation capabilities to improve efficiency.

Skills

Mission planning

Orbital mechanics

Scheduling

Python

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

B.S. in engineering or related field

Tools

Mission planning software

Command and control systems

Job description

Blue Origin, located in Reston, VA, is seeking a Mission Planner to develop and maintain integrated mission schedules for the Blue Ring lifecycle. You will coordinate with engineering teams, payload customers, and operations personnel to translate mission objectives into executable plans while optimizing resources and ensuring customer satisfaction.

The role requires a BS in engineering or related field and 2+ years in systems engineering, spaceflight operations, flight dynamics, or mission