Real-Time Satellite Mission Operations Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

4x10 schedules

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Corporation is seeking a mission operations professional for real-time spacecraft flight operations from Fort Belvoir, VA. You will develop plans for orbit dynamics, satellite performance, and on-orbit command and control to maximize mission support.

Responsibilities include using telemetry for failure analysis, validating software performance, and performing orbit adjustments and special event studies; TS/SCI w Poly clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Experience or understanding of spacecraft operations.
• Experience supporting critical operations.

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

Spacecraft operations

Critical operations

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Lockheed Martin Corporation is seeking a mission operations professional for real-time spacecraft flight operations from Fort Belvoir, VA. You will develop plans for orbit dynamics, satellite performance, and on-orbit command and control to maximize mission support.

Responsibilities include using telemetry for failure analysis, validating software performance, and performing orbit adjustments and special event studies; TS/SCI w Poly clearance is required.