Senior Space Mission Ops Lead - Real-Time, Equity

Turion Space Corp.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Turion Space

Health Insurance

Retirement Plans

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Emotional Wellbeing program

Professional Development

Team Building Activities

Job summary

Turion Space in Irvine, CA is seeking a Senior Mission Operations Engineer to lead the development, integration, and execution of mission operations across the spacecraft lifecycle. You will interface between engineering and flight teams to define procedures, constraints, risk mitigations, and readiness activities.

The role requires 3+ years in space ops, strong cross-disciplinary communication, and demonstrated ability to execute real-time operations and anomaly response, with mentoring

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in mission operations or related aerospace roles.
• Deep understanding of mission operations concepts including constraints, procedures, ground systems, anomalies, and test-to-flight workflows.
• Experience developing or contributing to operational processes, procedures, flight rules, or constraints.

Responsibilities

• Serve as subject-matter expert across mission operations and support real-time execution with minimal oversight.
• Coordinate cross-team activities with systems engineering, GNC, software, and ground teams to capture operational implications in interfaces and planning products.
• Define, evaluate, and validate operational constraints across mission phases and update when requirements or designs change.
• Lead development and validation of flight rules, operator workflows, and procedures for reliable execution.
• Contribute to mission risk assessments by identifying operational risks and mitigations.
• Mentor and train Mission Operations Engineers and support readiness activities.

Skills

Mission operations

Real-time decision making

Cross-team communication

Autonomous problem solving

US citizenship eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering

Tools

Python scripting

Job description

Turion Space in Irvine, CA is seeking a Senior Mission Operations Engineer to lead the development, integration, and execution of mission operations across the spacecraft lifecycle. You will interface between engineering and flight teams to define procedures, constraints, risk mitigations, and readiness activities.

The role requires 3+ years in space ops, strong cross-disciplinary communication, and demonstrated ability to execute real-time operations and anomaly response, with mentoring