Satellite Operations & Scheduling Engineer

maxar; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 59,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Mental health resources

Student loan repayment assistance

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor is seeking an Operations Support Engineer to join a mission-focused technical operations team supporting satellite ground systems and 24x7 operational readiness. This role emphasizes scheduling backend ground systems and antenna resources, monitoring health, and coordinating anomaly response with customers, vendors, and engineering teams.

You will participate in a rotating schedule including day, swing, overnight, weekend, and standard office hours, while building tools and dashboards to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field; four additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware and software issues and investigate unfamiliar technical problems.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams, customers, and external vendors in a time-sensitive operational environment.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and coordinate backend ground systems, antennas, and related resources with external vendors to meet mission contact requirements and operational priorities.
• Provide operational coverage through a rotating schedule that includes day, swing, overnight, weekend, and standard office-hour shifts.
• Monitor system health and analyze telemetry and operational data to identify anomalies, validate equipment performance, and determine appropriate escalation paths.
• Coordinate with vendors, service owners, and engineering teams to investigate and resolve hardware, software, antenna, and system-integration issues.
• Track investigations, maintenance activities, corrective actions, system degradations, upgrades, and operational risks through resolution.
• Develop and maintain metrics, reports, and dashboards covering ground system and antenna availability, contact performance, data capture, and other key operational indicators.

Skills

Troubleshooting hardware/software

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Linux

Python

AWS

Kibana

Elasticsearch

GitHub

CI/CD

Job description

Vantor is seeking an Operations Support Engineer to join a mission-focused technical operations team supporting satellite ground systems and 24x7 operational readiness. This role emphasizes scheduling backend ground systems and antenna resources, monitoring health, and coordinating anomaly response with customers, vendors, and engineering teams.

You will participate in a rotating schedule including day, swing, overnight, weekend, and standard office hours, while building tools and dashboards to