Senior Mission Operations Preparation Engineer at Astroscale — Didcot, GBR | Base Career

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This role will allow the right candidate to shape technical solutions for our missions, develop operations concepts, tools, and prepare the team for mission execution.

The candidate will interact extensively with the design and development engineers across functions and support tests conducted in the AIV and operational environments.

The role requires a proactive person who is keen to learn and grow and is happy to get stuck in with all aspects of the Spacecraft Operations team.

Responsibilities

Act as an Operations Technical Lead for the mission under development.
Develop Mission Operations Concept for a standalone mission or a satellite fleet.
Support the Preparation Team Lead in Operations Development Plan and ensure follow through from Preliminary Design until end of mission.
Develop Operability requirement and user stories with close coordination with the Flight Operations team and mission segments.
Contribute to mission interface definitions (e.g. ICDs, data-budget, flight software application)
Contribute to the Subsystem/Unit and Project Reviews.
Act as product owner to the Operations User manual/handbook.
Support the Operations Procedure development for the Mission OPS team.
Support the satellite simulator development and mission database management.
Develop test specification, plan and procedure to conduct System Validation Test.
Support the preparation and participate in Mission Simulation Test or similar system tests.
Identify and specify tools to support the mission execution (e.g. database tool, trending tool, dashboards, context management etc.).
Act as a System-Operations teams interface during mission execution (LEOP, Commissioning, Routine, Disposal).
Support to anomaly resolution of in-flight satellites may be expected, as part of a 24/7 on-call team (TBC).

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Astroscale is the global leader in on-orbit servicing, dedicated to the secure and sustainable development of space.

The company delivers a variety of innovative and scalable on-orbit servicing solutions, including life extension, refurbishment, upgrades, in-situ space situational awareness, end-of-life, and active debris removal.

Since its first successful launch in March 2021, Astroscale has proven rendezvous and proximity operations technologies in orbit during the ELSA-d and ADRAS-J missions.

Astroscale spacecraft have been selected for pioneering missions with JAXA, the U.S.

Space Force, the European Space Agency, the UK Space Agency, and Eutelsat.

As more satellite operators adopt on-orbit servicing to routinely inspect, relocate, remove, and extend the life of spacecraft, the potential of a circular space economy — and a future of no waste in space — is being unlocked.

Headquartered in Japan, Astroscale has a global presence with subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Israel.

Find out more about Astroscale at www.astroscale.com.

At Astroscale UK we pride ourselves on our inclusive culture.

Our essential criteria are based solely on the requirements necessary to perform the role.

If any criteria could present a barrier, we are open to discussing reasonable adjustments and are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process.

Astroscale UK is also open to supporting job share arrangements, to further our flexible working offering.

Note to recruitment agencies: Astroscale UK operates a preferred Supplier List, and we do not accept unsolicited agency approaches.

Please do not forward candidate CVs or details in response to this advert, or to any Astroscale employee.

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