Spacecraft Proximity Operations Systems Engineer (RPO)

Anduril Industries; Colorado; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Spacecraft Operations Systems Engineer for RPO to own spacecraft planning, rehearsals, and software design while designs can still change. You will partner with customers to deploy reliable capabilities in proximity operations and autonomous space systems.

You will drive mission operations across LEOP to on-orbit operations, validate sequences on flatsats and hardware-in-the-loop testbeds, and feed constraints back to design teams. A TS clearance is required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional spacecraft operations, mission planning, or flight dynamics experience.
• Direct RPO experience on a flown or near-flight mission, on either the planning or execution side: relative orbit design, proximity operations trajectory planning, maneuver planning and reconstruction, or close-approach execution on console.
• AI&T support, procedure validation, mission rehearsals, day-in-the-life testing, and operational readiness reviews.
• Clear written communication, including procedures, flight rules, and training material.
• Familiarity with regulatory licensing and ground testing environments.

Responsibilities

• Author the flight rules and procedures that govern close approach: keep-out volume enforcement, go/no-go gates, abort and breakout criteria, custody handoffs, and conjunction screening against both the target and third parties.
• Own the mission operations plans and procedures for spacecraft programs across all phases, including LEOP, commissioning, on-orbit checkout, and operations.
• Work with AI&T as the operations voice, validating procedures and command sequences on flatsats and hardware-in-the-loop testbeds before they touch flight hardware.
• Feed operational constraints back into GNC, flight software, ground software, and comms design.
• Create and analyze the metrics used to debug and monitor vehicle and campaign performance.
• Support demanding schedules during ground testing, launch windows, and on-orbit operations.
• Work with other teams and government agencies to obtain required licenses (FCC, NOAA) and comply with regulations for operating spacecraft, including proximity operations coordination.
• Top Secret security clearance.

Skills

Spacecraft operations background

Mission planning experience

Flight dynamics

Python

Linux

Education

Aerospace Engineering

Astrodynamics

Computer Science

Tools

STK

Astrogator

ODTK

MATLAB

Simulink

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks a Spacecraft Operations Systems Engineer for RPO to own spacecraft planning, rehearsals, and software design while designs can still change. You will partner with customers to deploy reliable capabilities in proximity operations and autonomous space systems.

You will drive mission operations across LEOP to on-orbit operations, validate sequences on flatsats and hardware-in-the-loop testbeds, and feed constraints back to design teams. A TS clearance is required.