Satellite Operations Engineer
Loft Orbital Solutions, Abu Dhabi
About the job
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As a Satellite Operations Software Engineer, you will be a key contributor to the development, automation, and operation of Orbitworks’ satellite programs.
This is a hand on satellite operations role combined with software development and systems engineering to ensure mission success from design to orbit.
You will work across the full stack software, hardware, and operational interfaces to deliver robust, scalable solutions that support satellite commissioning, nominal operations, and anomaly resolution.
About this Role
- Understand and develop customer Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for operational planning and execution
- Interface with customers prior to and during mission deployment
- Create and maintain mission plans, schedules, operational procedures, and data workflows.
- Execute satellite operations, including participating in the on-call rotation as Satellite Controller/Flight Director
- Configure and set up tools for satellite mission operations, including Python procedures, Grafana dashboards for telemetry monitoring, and contribution to improvement and development of internal mission control software ‘Cockpit’