JUNIOR SPACECRAFT OPERATIONS ENGINEER
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22 hours ago
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Job Summary
VisionSpace is an engineering company with business in space and cybersecurity industries exploring the intersection between the two. The company develops activities across a variety of domains ranging from operations ground data systems astrodynamics ground stations and end-to-end engineering. Our motto is the skys the limit space is only the beginning we enable to our customers the future of satellite operations bringing automation and intelligence into autonomous systems.
We are looking for a Junior Spacecraft Operations Engineer to join our mission operations team for various earth and science observation satellites. If you love space as much as we do then you will support our team in everyday spaceraft operations and develop further by automating operations and taking care of the spacecraft health. Willingness to roll up their sleeves while simultaneously planning for scale is critical to success with this role!
At VisionSpace we have a positive diverse and encouraging culture we look for people who are curious inventive and work to be a little better every single day!
What youll be doing (job duties)
- You will support spacecraft engineering activities for interplanetary missions working closely with the missions Operations Manager science team project management and flight software development team.
- Familiarisation with the mission characteristics and supporting the operational analyses of the mission.
- Support to the porting development integration and validation of the ground systems and facilities required for including all elements of the mission data systems.
- Maintain and develop operational procedures and tools used in spacecraft operations for our planetary exploration missions.
- Prepare and validate nominal and contingency procedures for flight and for spacecraft testing on ground
- Support in-flight operations including nominal critical contingency and on-call support
- Participate in pre-launch and post-launch activities including validation of procedures and data analysis.
- Monitor and analyse spacecraft telemetry and use that data to make decisions about the spacecrafts health and safety in real-time.
What we look for in you (job requirements)
- Bachelors degree in aerospace engineering physics computer science or a related field.
- A minimum of 2 years of experience in spacecraft operations preferably with a focus on planetary 1
- Experience with mission planning spacecraft commanding trending and analysis.
- Knowledge of spacecraft subsystems including telecommunications power propulsion attitude control and guidance and instruments.
- Strong proficiency with scripting language development (Python Bash Groovy) repository-based software development..
- Aspiration to take operational responsibility in multi-discipline teams and areas
- Ability to work independently openness and reliability
- Proficiency in English both in speech and writing
Benefits
- 30 days of annual leave Birthday
- Full-time employment contract
- Continuous Learning programs
- Events throughout the year
- Work-Life balance
Key Skills
- Change Management
- Software Deployment
- Cloud Infrastructure
- High Availability
- IaaS
- Firewall
- Linux
- Middleware
- Jboss
- Network Architecture
- Scripting
- Technical Support
