Spacecraft Operations Support Engineer

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Maxar Intelligence is a provider of secure, precise, geospatial intelligence. We deliver disruptive value to government and commercial customers to help them monitor, understand and navigate our changing planet. Our unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and a proven commercial and defense foundation to deploy solutions and deliver insights with unrivaled speed, scale and cost effectiveness.
We are hiring immediately for an Operations Support Engineer (OSE) to join the Spacecraft Constellation Operations, Reliability, and Engineering (SCORE) team in Longmont, CO.
In this role, you will assume an integral role in the day-to-day operations within the Mission Operations Center (MOC) in Longmont, CO.
You will assist the Operations teams with the health and safety, performance optimization, and anomaly resolution of Maxar's Earth Intelligence spacecraft constellation. You will also support design, development, integration, and testing of Maxar's next generation spacecraft. As a Spacecraft Operations Support Engineer, you will work as part of larger multi-disciplinary teams that include spacecraft subsystem engineers, ground system engineers, software engineers and spacecraft operations teams. As Maxar is transitioning to a new cloud-based ground system, you will need to understand and play a significant role using AWS technology.
What You Will Do:

• Support Worldview Legion, Worldview 1-3 and GeoEye-1 sustainment operations by maintaining spacecraft health and safety, optimizing performance, and troubleshooting anomalies.
  • Develop and maintain tools and methods to trend spacecraft health and performance metrics.
  • Perform spacecraft telemetry trending and monitoring, generate spacecraft constellation health metrics and briefings for dissemination to internal SCORE team and management teams.
  • Disposition spacecraft out of limits alarms.
  • Assist with closure of spacecraft operational incidents.
  • Conduct spacecraft constellation state of health briefings.
  • Develop/refine concept of operations to meet evolving mission demands.
  • Define spacecraft anomaly resolution processes and procedures.
  • Troubleshoot/resolve/document spacecraft anomalies.
  • Assist in development and testing of spacecraft commissioning plans/tools.
• Support design, development, integration, and testing of Worldview Legion spacecraft.
• Assist in the development of and participate in launch and mission rehearsals.
• Define, review, and verify spacecraft requirements.
• Attend design reviews.
• Participate in clean-room integration and testing activities.
• Support other Maxar business segments.
• Provide detailed knowledge of spacecraft operations and spacecraft operational capabilities.
• Assist in ground software requirement definition, review, and verification.

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. citizen and be willing and able to obtain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, physics, or a related field.
• Four to six years of experience may substitute for a degree.
• Some professional experience in a business-to-business setting or military experience.

Ability to accommodate working rotational shifts - details below:
Shift Details: 5-week rotational schedule.

• The week starts on a Saturday.
• Week 1: 7 Mid-Shifts, Sat. and Sun. 12 hr. shifts, 7 PM - 7 AM. M- F 11 PM - 7PM
• Week 2: Swing Shift (3 Swing Shifts) Wed. - Fri. 8 hr shifts 3 PM - 11 PM
• Week 3: Swing Shifts (2 Swing Shifts) Mon. and Tues. 8 hrs 3 PM - 11 PM
• Week 4: 5 day shifts Sat. and Sun. 12 hr. shifts 7 AM - 7 PM, Mon. -Wed. 8 hr shifts 7 AM - 3 PM
• Week 5 - 2 day shifts Mon. and Tues. 7 AM - 3 PM

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of professional experience.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Experience as a spacecraft systems engineer or subsystem engineer.
• Strong and innovative computer language skills.
• Experience with Unix/Linux, MATLAB/Simulink, Python, and Github.
• Excellent written & oral communicator.
• Spacecraft operations experience.
• Superb problem-solving skills.
• Calm disposition in stressful situations.

Life With Us:
Built In has recognized Maxar as a "Best Place to Work" in Colorado and Washington D.C., making it a top workplace. This designation is based on an analysis of compensation and benefits and focuses on remote and flexible work options, employee programs, and more. There is a reason we boast awards like Best Employer, Best Place to Work, Top Employer, and Candidate Experience Winner. Our strength is in our people. Each team member makes a unique contribution.
to our collective mission. So, we recognize that with best-in-class benefits like:

• 401K matching and immediate vesting schedule
• Career growth opportunities
• Family-friendly benefits like maternity and paternity leave, adoption reimbursement, flexible hours, hybrid work options
• Programs to help you grow, like tuition reimbursement, hackathons, and career development
• Student loan repayment
• Generous time off
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision at affordable monthly rates

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In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.
• The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $58,000.00 - $96,000.00 annually.
For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits
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