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This role is an exciting opportunity to join the Spacecraft Operations team with responsibility to lead space missions from LEO to GEO and beyond. Spacecraft Operations Engineers are involved in the full life of the mission, from the bid phase, supporting mission development, writing procedures for operating craft, right through to LEOP & commissioning, transfer to operations, and end of life operations. They play a vital role, providing valuable specialist knowledge to feed into projects, hands on involvement with spacecraft in orbit, and problem solving in a fast-paced environment. There is also the opportunity to travel globally for commissioning.

• Managing spacecraft operations work packages for new missions:
• Working with the System Engineer to understand and help shape CONOPS for future missions
• Identification and communication of spacecraft operations requirements and constraints for these missions
• Supporting internal and external milestone reviews for projects
• Supporting ground-based spacecraft testing
• Producing spacecraft operations handbooks
• Defining, documenting, and testing operational procedures
• Defining, documenting, and testing spacecraft commissioning procedures
• Planning and managing spacecraft commissioning campaigns
• Customer Engineer support and training
• Supporting operation of existing SSTL on-orbit assets:
• Routine monitoring of, and interaction with, SSTL Spacecraft
• Support anomaly investigation activities
• Support Mission Services in responding to and co-ordinating customer requests for operations support
• Analysis of historical trend data for spacecraft health monitoring
  
  

• Supporting the Spacecraft Operations Centre infrastructure
  
  

• Previous experience in Spacecraft Operations or Space Systems Engineering would be advantageous
• Degree in Space engineering, or similar
• Good understanding of space and ground segment systems
• Good understanding of orbital mechanics
• Understanding of RF communications systems
• Good team working skills, together with the ability to interface with others at all levels
• Excellent written documentation and communication skills
• Attention to detail essential
• Good organisation skills and able to prioritise own workload
• Able to work autonomously and use own initiative to progress tasks
• Proven ability to handle pressure and work to tight deadlines when times are busy
• Decision making and creative problem-solving skills
• Flexible and must be able to work out of hours on occasion
• Foreign travel for a number of weeks will be required during commissioning phases and other customer support activities
• Competence with MS Windows and its components (e.g. registry, networking)
• Good MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint particularly)
• Able to demonstrate company mindsets and behaviours; Be accountable, Drive & delivery, Communicate effectively, Self-manage effectively, Work as one team
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

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