RPO Spacecraft Operations Engineer

Anduril Industries; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 126,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Anduril Industries, space division, seeks a Spacecraft Operations Systems Engineer for RPO to own mission planning, rehearsals, and close-approach execution. You will design and validate procedures, working across AI&T, flatsats, and testbeds to ensure safe operations before flight.

You will lead day-in-the-life campaigns, develop conjunction screening and abort criteria, and guide ops teams through LEOP to on-orbit checkout, collaborating with DoD partners and mission customers.

Qualifications

• Eligible to obtain and maintain a TS clearance.
• Background in aerospace engineering, astrodynamics, CS or related field.
• 4+ years of spacecraft operations, mission planning, or flight dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Design and own RPO mission plans that link maneuvers to comm passes and ground contacts.
• Incorporate safety into every approach to avoid collision risks.
• Create flight rules, go/no-go gates, and conjunction screening procedures.
• Own mission operations plans across LEOP, commissioning, on-orbit checkout, and ops.
• Lead pre-launch campaigns with day-in-the-life tests and rehearsals.
• Validate procedures with AI&T on flatsats and hardware-in-the-loop testbeds before flight.
• Feed constraints back into GNC, flight and ground software and comms design.
• Develop metrics to monitor mission performance and diagnose anomalies.
• Coordinate licenses with FCC, NOAA and regulatory bodies.
• Train operators and mission crews on RPO execution.

Skills

Clear written communication

Analytical problem-solving

Time management under pressure

US TS eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering / Astrodynamics / Computer Science

Tools

STK/Astrogator

ODTK

MATLAB

Simulink

Python

Linux

Job description

Anduril Industries, space division, seeks a Spacecraft Operations Systems Engineer for RPO to own mission planning, rehearsals, and close-approach execution. You will design and validate procedures, working across AI&T, flatsats, and testbeds to ensure safe operations before flight.

You will lead day-in-the-life campaigns, develop conjunction screening and abort criteria, and guide ops teams through LEOP to on-orbit checkout, collaborating with DoD partners and mission customers.