The SDA Operations Center Technical Lead is responsible for driving the resolution of daily onsite challenges associated with flying the SDA satellite constellation, integrating new satellites and system capabilities, coordinating subcontractors and mission partners, and providing day-to-day technical direction to the GDMS engineering team.
Locations (3)
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
North Dakota, United States
Compensation
USD $183371.00 - USD $203428.00 /Yr.
Responsibilities
Provides onsite technical leadership for daily constellation operations and associated ground-system activities.
Coordinates GDMS engineering support across mission operations, systems engineering, software, ground systems, networks, cybersecurity, integration, test, and sustainment.
Drives resolution of operational issues, anomalies, engineering dependencies, and mission-impacting risks.
Leads the integration and operational acceptance of new satellites, payloads, ground-system releases, and mission capabilities.
Plans and coordinates operational readiness activities, rehearsals, testing, and transition to sustained operations.
Lead Space Segment Engineer for the Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography (S3 NGT) mission, responsible for development, integration, testing, procurement, and programmatic oversight of the space segment.
Responsibilities
Lead specification, design, procurement, development and verification of spacecraft and subsystems
Monitor industrial progress and design evolution
Consolidate and maintain satellite interfaces and engineering budgets
Define and implement AIV and AIT processes
Coordinate integration and testing activities
Requirements
Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline
Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline
Copernicus Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography Lead Space Segment EngineerESA · Noordwijk, Netherlands