Spacecraft Constellation Engineer—Ops & Reliability

Vantor; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 74,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Mental health resources

Student loan repayment assistance

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor is seeking a Spacecraft Engineer to join the Spacecraft Constellation Operations, Reliability, and Engineering team in Westminster, CO. You will work with multidisciplinary groups to maintain health and safety of the constellation, optimize performance, and support design, development, and testing of future spacecraft.

The role requires a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a Secret clearance and at least 2 years in aerospace/operations, plus a relevant engineering degree.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Math, Physics, or related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Minimum of 2 years of operations or aerospace-related experience.
• U.S. citizen and ability to obtain U.S. Government Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support Worldview Legion early operations, and Worldview 1-3, GeoEye-1, and Worldview Legion sustainment operations by maintaining spacecraft health and safety, optimizing performance, and troubleshooting anomalies.
• Develop and maintain tools and methods to trend spacecraft health and performance metrics.
• Develop/refine concept of operations to meet evolving mission demands.
• Define spacecraft anomaly resolution processes and procedures.
• Troubleshoot/resolve/document spacecraft anomalies.
• Assist in development and testing of spacecraft commissioning plans/tools.
• Assist in the development of and participate in Launch and Mission rehearsals.
• Support design, development, integration, and testing of future Vantor spacecraft.
• Define, review, and verify spacecraft requirements.
• Attend design reviews.
• Participate in clean-room integration and testing activities.
• Support other Vantor business segments.
• Provide detailed knowledge of spacecraft operations and spacecraft operational capabilities.
• Assist in ground software requirement definition, review, and verification.

Skills

Written & verbal communication

Strong problem-solving

Spacecraft operations experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Math, Physics, or related field

Tools

Unix/Linux

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

Github

Job description

Vantor is seeking a Spacecraft Engineer to join the Spacecraft Constellation Operations, Reliability, and Engineering team in Westminster, CO. You will work with multidisciplinary groups to maintain health and safety of the constellation, optimize performance, and support design, development, and testing of future spacecraft.

The role requires a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a Secret clearance and at least 2 years in aerospace/operations, plus a relevant engineering degree.