Dish Spacecraft Operations is looking for an experienced Spacecraft Engineer who will plan, support, execute, and oversee flight dynamics operations on a fleet of geosynchronous spacecraft. Duties include performing spacecraft commanding, stationkeeping, spacecraft subsystem procedures, anomaly response, and trending and analysis of vehicle health data, with a primary focus on flight dynamics. Additional responsibilities include preparing reports and communicating status of spacecraft, projects, and operational activities to all levels of the organization while focusing on customer service. This position is available in Gilbert, AZ or Cheyenne, WY.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Oversees, plans, executes, and monitors spacecraft maneuvers. Performs maneuver reconstruction, orbit determination, and prepares short-term station-keeping strategies.
Participates in the planning and execution of spacecraft orbital relocation operations, close approach analysis, and deorbit activities, as necessary
Evaluate spacecraft performance and troubleshoot operation of all spacecraft subsystems to optimize quality of service and extend spacecraft mission life
Maintain situational awareness of both spacecraft and broadcast operations while coordinating and implementing routine and non-routine spacecraft commanding requirements
Provide direction and support to spacecraft controllers during operational activities
Perform 24x7 on-call engineering support on a rotating basis. Respond to anomalies, provide initial direction to controllers, initiate and support anomaly resolution efforts.
Create, review, and maintain spacecraft operational procedures in accordance with established operational policies and practices.
Review, edit, and publish operations activity schedule. Update spacecraft status reports.
Plan and direct basic payload reconfigurations to support broadcast operations
Support new spacecraft development efforts. Review requirements, participate in ground testing of new spacecraft, and support in-orbit test and evaluation activities.
Investigate and analyze long- and short-term spacecraft performance trends. Manages and approves criteria used for monitoring all spacecraft subsystems.
Research, develop, and present basic-level training materials to meet initial or recurring requirements
Conceptualize, develop, and review new processes, methods, scripts, and other tools used by both the engineering and operations teams
May assist with hiring, onboarding, and mentoring interns including guiding and assigning work on occasion
Skills, Experience and Requirements
Basic Requirements:
Bachelor's degree (BS) in engineering or physics from an accredited 4-year college or university
Minimum of 3-7 years of spacecraft engineering experience
Must be U.S. person (e.g., U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident) as position requires access to U.S. export restricted materials
Ability to fulfill a 24x7 on-call rotation and respond onsite within 30 minutes
Preferred Qualifications:
Mathematical Skills-Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability, statistical inference, calculus, differential equations, and fundamentals of plane/solid geometry and trigonometry. Uses and applies concepts such as integration, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to solve problems and reach conclusions.
Engineering Skills-Ability to apply engineering principles and scientific methods, such as laws of mechanics of particles and solid bodies and application of these laws to real-world engineering problems
Reasoning Skills-Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, apply visual and spatial reasoning, and draw valid engineering conclusions. Ability to interpret and extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Ability to utilize mathematical and computational tools to solve engineering problems
Flight Dynamics experience with MAXAR FS1300 or Lockheed Martin A2100 spacecraft highly desired
Spacecraft engineering experience with MAXAR FS1300 or Lockheed Martin A2100 spacecraft highly desired
Experience working with Kratos ISI EPOCH TT&C and OASYS, MATLAB, AGI STK software a plus
General or specialized knowledge in one or more of the following spacecraft subsystems: Attitude Control, Propulsion, Power, Data Handling/Onboard Processing, Thermal, Mechanisms, TT&C, Payload, Flight Dynamics and Orbit Mechanics a plus
Attentive to details, proactive, and confident personality with good communication skills
Able to collaborate in a multi-team environment to plan and accomplish tasks and meet objectives
Communication Skills-Ability to understand, analyze and interpret business periodicals, technical procedures, or government policy. Able to write reports, correspondence, and operations procedures. Uses effective written, visual presentation, and oral strategies to communicate technical problems and concepts to a range of technical and non-technical audiences.