Senior Spacecraft Mission Operations / Preparation Engineer
Holt Executive
- Oxford
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Act as an Operations Technical Lead for the mission under development.
- Develop Mission Operations Concept for a standalone mission or a satellite fleet.
- Support the Preparation Team Lead in Operations Development Plan and ensure follow through from Preliminary Design until end of mission.
- Develop Operability requirement and user stories with close coordination with the Flight Operations team and mission segments.
- Contribute to mission interface definitions (e.g. ICDs, data-budget, flight software application).
- Support the satellite simulator development and mission database management.
- Develop test specification, plan and procedure to conduct System Validation Test.
- Support the preparation and participate in Mission Simulation Test or similar system tests.
- Identify and specify tools to support the mission execution (e.g. database tool, trending tool, dashboards, context management etc.).
- Act as a System-Operations teams interface during mission execution (LEOP, Commissioning, Routine, Disposal).
- Support to anomaly resolution of in-flight satellites may be expected, as part of a 24/7 on-call team (TBC).
- Engineering, physics or an equivalent degree.
- Several years of demonstrable satellite industry experience in real time operations, spacecraft operations preparation through the complete life cycle.
- Knowledge of space standards (ECSS, CCSDS, ISO).
- Knowledge of mission control systems, SCOS-2000 or similar.
- Experience developing and validating flight procedures.
- Experience of system testing and AIT processes.
- Software coding experience with Scripting languages, e.g. Python, tcl.
- Competitive base salary.
- Opportunity to work with a highly talented, diverse & dynamic international team with cutting edge technology.
- Flexible working around core hours in a friendly and supportive environment.
- Hybrid working available (dependent on individual role requirements).
- 25 days holiday (increasing yearly up to a maximum of 28 days) + 8 days Bank Holiday.
- Life insurance and long-term sick pay.
- Private healthcare (taxable benefit).