Job Description

Locations

• Northridge, California, United States
• El Segundo, California, United States
• Northridge, California, United States

Salary

Skills Required

• spacecraft mission operationsintermediate
• Electro-Optical/Infraredintermediate
• performing formal Failure Modeintermediate
• designingintermediate

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (degree in a stem discipline)
• 3+ years of experience in spacecraft mission operations, with demonstrated understanding of subsystems including Command and Data Handling (C&DH), Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C), Power, Thermal, GNC, and Propulsion (experience, 3 years)
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and respond to complex on-orbit anomalies (experience)
• Experience with automated testing of operational procedures using Hardware-In-The-Loop (HITL) (experience)
• Active or ability to obtain a U.S. government security clearance (experience)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) or Radio Frequency (RF) payloads (experience)
• Experience with performing formal Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) methods (experience)
• Experience with designing and implementing onboard Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery (FDIR) mechanisms (experience)
• Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. (experience)

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and monitor spacecraft operations across all mission phases including launch and early orbit phase (LEOP) operations, bus and payload commissioning, nominal operations, contingency response, decommissioning and end-of-life disposal
• Develop and maintain comprehensive Concept Of Operations (CONOPS) knowledge of the spacecraft bus and all subsystems and payloads, including their interactions, constraints, and failure modes
• Design, plan, and participate in mission rehearsals
• Perform both on-console and back office support of spacecraft health assessment, telemetry analysis, and anomaly investigation
• Design, develop, and maintain operational procedures, automation tools, and software utilities to support mission operations workflows
• Conduct testing and validation in hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) environments to verify operational procedures, flight software updates, and command sequences prior to on-orbit execution
• Collaborate with subsystem subject matter experts, flight software developers, and ground systems engineers to resolve on-orbit issues and improve operation
• Participate in on-call operations rotation and support anomaly resolution activities as needed
• Contribute to the improvement of ground system tools, automated testing of operational procedures, and CI/CD pipelines

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