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Job Description
The role involves maintaining and operating a large constellation of Earth observation satellites by supporting daily operations, automating mission processes, analyzing data, and resolving anomalies to ensure satellite health and performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Support day-to-day satellite operations, including assessing data, triaging, and resolving anomalies
- Develop and maintain scripts to automate mission operations and generate performance metrics
- Perform daily checks on the satellite fleet to ensure safety and functionality
- Identify, diagnose, and resolve satellite anomalies in space
- Test and deploy software updates on ground and in space
- Analyze satellite data and metrics to assess satellite health and performance
- Proactively improve operational processes and develop new tools for satellite management
- Lead standalone projects to optimize satellite operations
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering, Software, or Science related field from an accredited college or technical school.
- Software development experience in Python or equivalent programming language.
- Proven ability to proactively tackle problems and bring in their own ideas as a self-starter.
- Data-driven mindset and comfort with statistical analysis.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work in a team environment.
- Ability to support day-to-day operations of satellite constellation, including making assessments based on data analysis, triaging and resolving anomalies, running on-orbit experiments, testing and rolling out software on the ground and in space.
- Experience in developing and maintaining scripts to aggregate satellite data and generate metrics.
- Ability to develop and enhance tools to automate operations.
- Experience in performing daily checks on satellite fleet and identifying, triaging, root causing, and resolving satellite anomalies in space.
- Proficiency in using existing and new metrics for data analysis to assess satellite performance and health.
- Ability to proactively improve existing processes and lead standalone projects to improve satellite operations.
- Understanding of automation and software development tools such as Jenkins, Bash, Git.
- Understanding of DevOps and CI/CD concepts.
- Experience working with large amounts of data and APIs.
- Understanding of space environment and space operations.
- Ability to work in an agile environment.
- Willingness and ability to work in a hybrid role requiring presence in the Berlin office 3 days per week.
- Eligibility to access U.S. and German export-controlled information without additional export licensing, which may require the ability to access all applicable export-controlled information.
Benefits & Perks
Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off
Employee Wellness Program
Home Office Reimbursement
Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
Equity
Volunteering Paid Time Off
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