Lead Mission Operator

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 Feb 2025

💰 $165,000/yr($100,000/yr – $165,000/yr)

About the role

Ready to make connectivity from space universally accessible, secure, and actionable? Then you’ve come to the right place!
At E-Space, we’re focused on bridging Earth and space with the world’s most sustainable low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network. We’re a team of bold thinkers, ambitious leaders and dynamic doers—and we’re disrupting NewSpace by fundamentally changing the design of legacy LEO space systems to deliver entirely new satellite capabilities at a fraction of the cost.
We’re intentional, we’re unapologetically curious and we’re 100% committed—to saving space, to protecting our planet and to turning connectivity into actionable intelligence.

What you will be doing:

Ideally, this person plays as a key role with testing of the spacecraft during development, has a deep understanding of how to operate the spacecraft(s), what to monitor, and how to mitigate issues
Work with all engineering disciplines to help develop CONOPS, perform Day-in-the-lift testing (DITL), and support day-to-day operations of mission post-launch
Lead operator any manual commanding and spacecraft health monitoring,
Enhance automation tools and workflows to improve operational efficiency
Clearly convey the progress of mission and any anomalies to key stakeholders
Develop scripts for automation

What you bring to this role:

Failure Mode Analysis (FMEA) and fault injection testing
Scripting knowledge (Python, MATLAB, Bash, etc.)
Experience with Linux environment
Excellent documentation, communication, and written skills

Bonus points:

Prior operations experience in aerospace

This is a full time, exempt position, based out of our Saratoga office. The target base pay for this position is $100,000 - $165,000 annually. The total compensation packaged will be determined by various factors such as your relevant job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. We are redefining how satellites are designed, manufactured and used—so we’re looking for candidates with passion, deep knowledge and direct experience on LEO satellite component development, design and in-orbit activities. If that’s your experience – then we’ll be immediately wow-ed. E-Space is not currently able to provide employment sponsorship for candidates who do not hold work authorization for the location of this role.

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Company

E-SPACE

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