Space Operations Engineer (Embedded Software)
Summary
This person operates satellite constellations, develops embedded flight-software interfaces and command-and-control schemes, plans and validates tasking, monitors spacecraft health, and troubleshoots on-orbit payload anomalies. The work also spans data-ingestion pipelines, onboard algorithms, ground testbeds, camera and optical optimization, and neural-network data corrections.
- Build data ingestion and processing pipelines
- Conduct orbit trade studies
- Deliver constellation tasking plans
- Develop onboard flight software interfaces understanding
- Execute targeted satellite tasking
- Implement command and control schemes
- Implement onboard algorithms to data streams
- Improve ground software test processes
- Model satellite tasking scenarios
- Monitor spacecraft health and status
- Optimize camera and optical systems
- Perform on the fly data corrections with neural networks
- Test operations plans on ground testbeds
- Troubleshoot payload on-orbit anomalies
- Verify and validate tasking plans