Mission Operations Engineer

Role: Mission Operations Engineer

Employment Type: Full Time

Educational Qualification:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Physics, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Electronics, or a related field of study.

Work Experience:
2 years of experience in space mission operation, operations preparation, understanding of ground segment and mission control systems.

Role Description:
Broader role encompassing mission planning, coordination, Reviews passes from the controllers, and analysis, with an emphasis on ensuring mission success through strategic oversight.

Responsibilities & Duties: 

• Develop spacecraft mission operations plans, including nominal operations procedures and contingency procedures.
• Write procedures in documentation as well as in automation infrastructure.
• Meticulously test and validate both manual and automated procedures.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of subsystems and payload performance. Document the findings in comprehensive reports.
• Investigate anomalies. Prepare and execute recovery operations as needed. Participate in spacecraft on-call support.
• Coordinate with flight dynamics, ground software support and subsystem teams to raise issues, gather required input.

Desirable Skills & Certifications:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Physics, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Electronics, or a related field of study.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in space mission operation, operations preparation, understanding of ground segment and mission control systems.
• Proficiency in Python programming.
• Strong competence in working with the Unix (Linux) platform and writing shell scripts.
• Experience in conducting system validation tests, including the incorporation of flight-like scenarios into the test environment.
• Systems engineering background in satellites and ground systems.
• Team player with positive and professional attitude.
• Excellent communication skills in English in both writing and speaking.

Candidate Acumen:
Mission Operations Engineer should possess strong analytical skills, a solid understanding of spacecraft systems, and the ability to develop and execute operational plans effectively.

Benefits:
Health insurance coverage
Unlimited leaves & flexible working hours
Role-based remote work and work-from-home benefit
Relocation assistance
Professional Mental Wellness services
Creche facility for primary caregivers (limited to India)
Employee Stock Options for all hires

About Pixxel

Pixxel is a space data company, building a constellation of hyperspectral earth imaging satellites and the analytical tools to mine insights from that data. Pixxel’s constellation is designed to provide global coverage every 24 hours and help detect, monitor, and predict global phenomena across agriculture, mining, environment and energy use cases.

Pixxel is on a mission to build a health monitor for the planet through a constellation of cutting-edge hyperspectral small satellites. This unique hyperspectral capability will be the key to unearth underlying, unseen problems that are invisible to satellites in orbit today. 

Pixxel has collaborated with prominent organizations such as the Indian Space Research Organization, NASA JPL, and SpaceX among other leaders in the space industry. The organization is backed by Lightspeed, Radical Ventures, Relativity's Jordan Noone, Seraphim Capital, Ryan Johnson, Blume Ventures, Sparta LLC and Accenture among others.

Recently, Pixxel successfully raised $36 Million in its Series B funding round, with participation from new investors like Google, alongside existing investors, bringing the company's total venture funding to $71 Million.

To know more about us, visit https://www.pixxel.space.

Culture

Pixxel is an organisation where we enable our employees to work on world-changing problems that they are passionate about, and a place where they can be their best selves day in and day out while ensuring they have fun every day.

Central to our employee-first ethos is a commitment to ensuring that every team member feels valued and heard. We nurture a healthy and supportive work environment where we prioritise well-being and growth in all aspects of life

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