Senior Mission Operations Engineer: GEO/RPO Lead

Turion Space Corp.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health Insurance

401(k) plan with Employer Direct Cont.

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Professional Development

Team Building Activities

Job summary

Turion Space Corp. in Irvine, CA seeks a Staff Mission Operations Engineer to lead mission operations across spacecraft lifecycle, with emphasis on GEO Rendezvous and Proximity Operations.

You will serve as senior ops integrator between engineering and flight teams, defining procedures, constraints, and readiness activities for safe, successful missions. You will drive real-time operations, develop standards for flight rules and operator workflows, and mentor engineers while coordinating with

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in mission operations, spacecraft operations, or related aerospace operations roles.
• Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Prior GEO operational experience, RPO/RPOD experience, and/or mission planning experience.
• Expert-level understanding of mission operations concepts including constraints, procedures, ground systems, anomalies, and test-to-flight workflows.
• Experience owning and developing operational processes, procedures, flight rules, and constraints.
• Experience leading operational activities, rehearsals, and real-time operations across multiple mission phases.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, including leading operational projects to completion and mentoring engineers.
• Strong cross-disciplinary communication skills with the ability to build alignment between engineering and operations teams.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and solve complex technical and operational issues with little oversight.
• Must be a US citizen with ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as principal subject‑matter expert across mission operations activities and lead tactical execution, including command sequencing, real‑time decision making, and anomaly response during testing, rehearsals, and on‑call operations.
• Lead the operational development and execution of GEO RPO/RPOD missions, including proximity operations processes and procedures, abort and safing FDIR strategies, and constraints and flight rules governing close‑proximity decision making.
• Lead cross‑team project and mission execution activities with systems engineering, GNC, software, and ground teams, influencing spacecraft and ground system design for operability and ensuring operational implications are captured in system interfaces, requirements, and mission planning products.
• Define, evaluate, document, and validate operational constraints across mission phases; drive updates when requirements, risks, or design changes dictate.
• Establish standards for operational procedures, flight rules, and operator workflows, and lead their development, improvement, and validation to ensure accurate, consistent, and reliable execution.
• Lead and contribute to mission risk assessments by identifying operational risks and gaps, proposing mitigations, and ensuring operational considerations influence design and mission decisions.
• Drive mission readiness by identifying prep risks early, leading closure of operational gaps (constraint updates, procedure improvements, workflow issues, readiness blockers), validating tools and processes, and ensuring teams are prepared for rehearsals and flight.
• Mentor Senior and Mission Operations Engineers, lead development of operator training, certification, and onboarding materials, and provide guidance and constructive feedback to build technical depth across the broader operations team.

Skills

Mission operations

Spacecraft operations

Cross-disciplinary communication

Autonomous problem solving

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or related field

Tools

Python

Ruby

Job description

Turion Space Corp. in Irvine, CA seeks a Staff Mission Operations Engineer to lead mission operations across spacecraft lifecycle, with emphasis on GEO Rendezvous and Proximity Operations.

You will serve as senior ops integrator between engineering and flight teams, defining procedures, constraints, and readiness activities for safe, successful missions. You will drive real-time operations, develop standards for flight rules and operator workflows, and mentor engineers while coordinating with