Real-Time Satellite Mission Controller

Lockheed Martin; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 79,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Flexible Spending Accounts

Education Assistance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Job summary

Lockheed Martin is seeking engineers to conduct real-time spacecraft flight operations, develop plans and procedures for mission support, and provide technical direction for on-orbit operations. The role involves handling critical malfunctions, telemetry analysis, and software performance validation.

Responsibilities include orbit adjustments, daily event studies, and leveraging system software for spacecraft control, with emphasis on collaboration and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a science and technology related program or equivalent work experience.
• U.S. citizenship and eligibility for access to classified information.

Responsibilities

• Conducts mission/program specific real time spacecraft/satellite flight operations during readiness, execution and evaluation phases.
• Develops detailed plans and procedures to provide maximum mission support in areas such as orbit dynamics, satellite performance analysis, command and control of on-orbit satellites.
• Provides technical direction for on orbit mission support, plans for critical vehicle malfunctions and recommends alternate operating techniques to continue maximum mission support.
• Provides failure analysis of the performance of the orbiting satellites via telemetry data.
• Utilizes system software to accomplish all spacecraft control tasks and recommends improvements.
• Analyzes and validates software performance.
• Performs flight length orbit adjust and daily special event studies.

Skills

Linux

MATLAB

JAVA

C++

PERL

Oracle/SQL

HTML

XML

Education

Bachelor's degree in a science/tech related program

Job description

Lockheed Martin is seeking engineers to conduct real-time spacecraft flight operations, develop plans and procedures for mission support, and provide technical direction for on-orbit operations. The role involves handling critical malfunctions, telemetry analysis, and software performance validation.

Responsibilities include orbit adjustments, daily event studies, and leveraging system software for spacecraft control, with emphasis on collaboration and strong communication skills.