Senior Mission Operations Engineer

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe – large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. 

With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts. Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization.

Astranis has raised over $1.2 billion from some of the world’s best investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, Blackrock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, and Snowpoint, and employs a team of 500 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.

• Play a large role in the design and development of our satellite operations system and team
• Support satellite engineers to design, create, test, and execute satellite operations procedures, including commissioning procedures and nominal operations procedures
• Investigate anomalies and work with the mission operations and engineering team to safely resolve them
• Automate manual processes using scripting and software tools
• Work with our ground software team as the user and requirements owner for tools that will help us operate our fleet of satellites
• Responsible for commanding activities during the launch and commissioning of our first production satellite
• Develop tools and processes to enable the Mission Operations team to maintain a high level of service uptime for our customer
• Support in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team

• 8+ years of experience working in satellite operations
• Experience scripting in any language - Python preferred
• Experience doing telemetry analysis and anomaly investigation
• Experience designing and executing satellite operations
• Basic understanding of satellite subsystems (hardware and software)
• Highly motivated, self-starting, committed, and able to perform duties without supervision
• A passion for working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on development and testing
• Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.

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