Senior Space Operations Engineer — Ground & Mission Systems

Socket.dev; Suitland (MD); On-site; USD 151,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Relocation assistance

Education assistance

Professional growth

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation is a premier space systems engineering partner, delivering satellite, ground, and mission support services. The Senior Space Operations Engineer role sits in the Mission Operations and Engineering Department, focusing on operations systems engineering for NOAA/NESDIS and related programs.

Onsite in Suitland, MD with a requirement to work at least four days per week, you will lead engineering studies, manage trades, and provide technical leadership across space and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or related STEM discipline
• 10+ years of progressively responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including space and/or ground systems
• Experience with NOAA, and/or NASA and/or commercial space systems and operations
• High level working knowledge of NOAA procurement processes and management support of moderate to large systems acquisitions
• Working knowledge of space to ground systems communications, including RF link budgets and ground antenna systems
• Ability to provide systems-based engineering and technical leadership in space and ground systems
• Experience with international and interagency space/ground mission systems and agencies
• Technical leadership in engineering studies and evaluations of proposed and existing hardware and software architectures

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, perform, and analyze work across multiple engineering areas of an organization’s operations.
• Collaborate across the organization to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.
• Apply knowledge of spacecraft and satellite operations, mission support and related engineering concepts, approaches, methods, tools, and technology.
• Interact with customer technical support on ground and space-based services development
• Facilitate project specifics tasking between customers' and Aerospace technical management staff
• Support Design, Integration & Test of space and ground- based solutions
• Examines technology trends, designs new products and processes, modifies and improves existing products/processes, and develops test procedures.
• Support analysis & architecture/systems trade studies
• Participate in NOAA ground studies to recommend cost effective solutions for future Enterprise architectures
• Advise on strategic technology directions to improve the system capabilities, product quality and reduce operational costs.
• Provide direct support to senior government decision makers regarding programmatic and operational schedules, risks and issues.

Skills

Program planning

Scheduling

Risk management

Cost estimation

Contractor evaluation

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/science

Tools

MS Project

MS Excel

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation is a premier space systems engineering partner, delivering satellite, ground, and mission support services. The Senior Space Operations Engineer role sits in the Mission Operations and Engineering Department, focusing on operations systems engineering for NOAA/NESDIS and related programs.

Onsite in Suitland, MD with a requirement to work at least four days per week, you will lead engineering studies, manage trades, and provide technical leadership across space and