Senior Space Mission Ops Lead — Own On-Orbit Missions

Telemetry Today LLC; El Segundo (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Medical Insurance

Relocation Support

Equity Incentives

Gym Wellness Stipend

Job summary

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, CA seeks a Senior Mission Operations Engineer to lead on-orbit missions and own the ops development cycle for mission-unique payloads.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in real-time spacecraft operations, strong leadership, and experience with avionics, GNC, software, and thermal design. Join a startup-like environment building Winnie Spaceship and scalable mission frameworks.

Qualifications

• BS in Aerospace, Electrical, or CS with strong real-time ops background.
• Experience leading spacecraft operations teams.
• Knowledge of avionics, GNC, software, and thermal design for spacecraft.

Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, execute, and lead on-orbit missions.
• Own mission profiles from creation to execution.
• Collaborate across teams to improve operations and ensure mission success.
• Automate operations by building web tools.
• Scale capabilities to support growing flight cadence.

Skills

Real-time operations

Leadership experience

Spacecraft systems familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical, or Computer Science

Tools

Git

Atlassian tools

Job description

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, CA seeks a Senior Mission Operations Engineer to lead on-orbit missions and own the ops development cycle for mission-unique payloads.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in real-time spacecraft operations, strong leadership, and experience with avionics, GNC, software, and thermal design. Join a startup-like environment building Winnie Spaceship and scalable mission frameworks.