What you will be doing:
- Operate spacecraft in real-time and scheduled commands, monitor telemetry and subsystem performance, and ensure system safety and mission success through continuous situational awareness and anomaly detection.
- Conduct deep-dive analysis of spacecraft telemetry to identify trends, diagnose off-nominal behavior, and support root-cause investigations of anomalies across all subsystems.
- Play a critical role in spacecraft integration and test campaigns including functional testing, Day-In-The-Life (DITL), and end-to-end mission rehearsals to ensure operational readiness.
- Develop and execute operational scripts and automation tools. Leverage Python and Bash scripting to build and maintain automation pipelines for telemetry analysis, command sequence validation, and alert generation.
- Contribute to the enhancement of ground software and data visualization dashboards.
- Collaborate with cross-disciplinary engineering teams to develop and refine CONOPS (Concept of Operations), design test cases, verify procedures, and implement fault mitigation strategies.
- Participate in Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), simulate fault conditions, and conduct fault injection testing to validate spacecraft fault management logic and contingency responses.
- Communicate concise technical updates on spacecraft performance, testing progress, and anomalies to engineering teams, mission management, and stakeholders.
What you bring to this role:
- Hands-on experience in spacecraft operations, including functional testing, telemetry validation, and operational procedure development.
- Expertise in Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), fault injection, and validation of fault management logic.
- 2–4 years of experience developing automation tools and data pipelines (telemetry analysis, command validation, system monitoring) using Python.
- Proficiency in scripting languages for process automation, data parsing, and mission operations support.
- Exposure to high volume data processing systems, telemetry decoding, or real-time monitoring frameworks.
- Strong documentation and communication skills to write clear procedures, technical reports, and deliver concise updates to cross-disciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain situational awareness, make data-driven decisions under pressure, and contribute to mission success in dynamic operational environments.
Bonus points:
- Prior spacecraft or satellite operations experience (LEO, GEO, or deep-space missions).
- Experience working in Linux environments, with familiarity in telemetry processing pipelines, command and telemetry database management, and real-time monitoring tools.
- Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD integration for operational tool deployment.
- Experience querying and managing data from SQL/NoSQL databases and telemetry filestores.
- Experience developing or maintaining automation frameworks or real-time alerting systems.