Spacecraft Operations Engineer — On-Site MD/DC (TS/SCI)

Qwaltec, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Qwaltec is seeking an Aerospace Engineer (Spacecraft Engineer) to support on-orbit spacecraft operations for a Department of War customer. In this role, you will monitor spacecraft health, support anomaly resolution and recovery, and help evolve ground command and control architectures as new spacecraft are integrated.

You will work with spacecraft factories, RF and digital technicians, network engineers, and software teams across the full mission life cycle — from design reviews and integration

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, a science discipline, or related field.
• 5 years of relevant aerospace experience.
• Active TS or TS/SCI clearance required.
• Ability to work fully on-site in the Maryland/DC Metro area.

Responsibilities

• Monitor spacecraft health and status; provide support for anomaly resolution and recovery.
• Support spacecraft operations and configuration changes.
• Develop mission plans, review logs for day and overnight activity, and compile system and network statistics.
• Write or modify procedure files; evaluate and trend spacecraft performance.
• Work with spacecraft factories, RF and digital technicians, network engineers, software teams to integrate existing and new spacecraft into ground command and control architectures.
• Participate in spacecraft design reviews, integration, and ground and on-orbit testing.

Skills

Spacecraft operations

Anomaly investigation

Ground command familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or related field

Tools

Telemetry, TT&C systems

Job description

Qwaltec is seeking an Aerospace Engineer (Spacecraft Engineer) to support on-orbit spacecraft operations for a Department of War customer. In this role, you will monitor spacecraft health, support anomaly resolution and recovery, and help evolve ground command and control architectures as new spacecraft are integrated.

You will work with spacecraft factories, RF and digital technicians, network engineers, and software teams across the full mission life cycle — from design reviews and integration