Space Mission Planner II - Real-Time Orbit Ops Equity

Blue Origin; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Job summary

Blue Origin, based in Reston, VA, seeks a mission scheduling professional to support real-time Blue Ring operations and develop schedules for spacecraft activities, balancing priorities with engineering input.

You will coordinate with astrodynamics and flight dynamics teams, translate customer requests into feasible timelines, and help evolve planning tools to improve efficiency and scalability.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in engineering or equivalent technical field.
• 2+ years of experience in systems engineering, spaceflight operations, flight dynamics or satellite mission planning.
• Knowledge of satellite tasking, ground contact planning, activity planning, flight dynamics, orbital mechanics, or orbit analysis.
• Experience with command and control systems or mission planning software platforms.
• Python development experience or equivalent programming language.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Strong communication and coordination skills for interfacing with customers, engineering teams, and operations personnel.

Responsibilities

• Support real-time Blue Ring mission operations execution as an on-console flight crew member; operations primarily occur during business hours, with periods of shift work including nights, weekends, and holidays as required by mission objectives, and on-call availability for operational support.
• Develop and maintain schedules for spacecraft operations, balancing operational priorities, customer activities, engineering tasks, and resource constraints.
• Perform tactical scheduling of ground network resources and spacecraft activities to maximize mission effectiveness.
• Generate and validate command sequences and mission planning products for routine operations and mission-critical events.
• Coordinate with astrodynamics, flight dynamics, and engineering teams to integrate trajectory and maneuver planning into operational timelines.
• Support customer mission planning activities, translating customer requests into feasible, executable schedules while ensuring alignment with operational constraints.
• Perform deconfliction analysis to ensure all scheduled activities comply with spacecraft operational constraints, resource availability, and mission priorities.
• Collaborate with mission planning software developers and operations development teams to ensure operational constraints and requirements are properly captured and integrated into planning tools, supporting continuous alignment between system capabilities and mission execution needs.
• Support development of mission planning tools and automation capabilities to improve operational efficiency and scalability.

Job description

Blue Origin, based in Reston, VA, seeks a mission scheduling professional to support real-time Blue Ring operations and develop schedules for spacecraft activities, balancing priorities with engineering input.

You will coordinate with astrodynamics and flight dynamics teams, translate customer requests into feasible timelines, and help evolve planning tools to improve efficiency and scalability.