Senior Satellite Operations Engineer - Automation & Launch

Astranis Space Technologies; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Astranis Space Technologies in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Senior Mission Operations Engineer to work closely with hardware engineers to plan and operate satellite systems. You will develop procedures, test and execute operations, and automate processes to ensure reliable fleet performance.

You will lead design efforts for the satellite operations system, handle anomaly investigations, and contribute to ground software tooling.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in satellite operations.
• Experience scripting in any language, Python preferred.
• Experience performing telemetry analysis and anomaly investigation.
• Experience designing and executing satellite operations.
• Basic understanding of satellite subsystems (hardware and software).
• Highly motivated, self-starting, able to perform duties without supervision.
• A passion for working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on development and testing.

Responsibilities

• Play a large role in the design and development of our satellite operations system and team.
• Support satellite engineers to design, create, test, and execute satellite operations procedures, including commissioning procedures and nominal operations procedures.
• Investigate anomalies and work with the mission operations and engineering team to safely resolve them.
• Automate manual processes using scripting and software tools.
• Work with our ground software team as the user and requirements owner for tools that will help us operate our fleet of satellites.
• Responsible for commanding activities during the launch and commissioning of our first production satellite.
• Develop tools and processes to enable the Mission Operations team to maintain a high level of service uptime for our customer.
• Support in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.

Skills

Python scripting

Telemetry analysis

Anomaly investigation

Satellite operations

Hands-on development and testing

Autonomy / self-motivation

Tools

Git

Phabricator

Job description

Astranis Space Technologies in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Senior Mission Operations Engineer to work closely with hardware engineers to plan and operate satellite systems. You will develop procedures, test and execute operations, and automate processes to ensure reliable fleet performance.

You will lead design efforts for the satellite operations system, handle anomaly investigations, and contribute to ground software tooling.