Specialist, Systems Engineer – Spacecraft Operator

🔥 12 hours ago

🐊 Florida – Remote

🐊 Florida – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

⚙️ Systems Engineer

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L3Harris Technologies

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10,000+ employees

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Manufacturing • Consulting • Logistics

L3Harris Technologies is a global aerospace and defense technology innovator, specializing in providing advanced solutions across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. The company focuses on delivering capabilities in areas such as autonomous systems, command and control, electronic warfare, and resilient communications, supporting both national security and commercial markets. Committed to innovation, L3Harris Technologies aims to advance technologies that enable their customers to effectively tackle the most complex challenges.

📋 Description

• Support mission-critical national security space operations within the Spectral Solutions Enterprise • Support day-to-day operations of a LEO satellite with an infrared payload • Coordinate with the primary operations team at the Palm Bay operations facility • Serve as a remote operational interface for data transfers, operational guidance, mission briefings, customer coordination, and operational product development and testing • Assess spacecraft and ground-system information independently and provide technically sound operational recommendations • Coordinate activities among geographically separate operations teams, engineering organizations, and the customer • Monitor spacecraft health and status and perform spacecraft commanding • Conduct telemetry analysis to identify trends, off-nominal conditions, and anomalies • Develop and execute operational plans, procedures, timelines, test plans, readiness activities, and verification events • Identify, troubleshoot, investigate, and support resolution of spacecraft, payload, ground-system, and mission anomalies • Develop, validate, maintain, integrate, verify, and test operational products • Prepare and deliver technical and operational briefings to leadership, operators, engineers, and customers • Provide remote support to the primary mission operations location

🎯 Requirements

• Experience supporting spacecraft or satellite operations, preferably in an operational command-and-control or satellite operations center environment • Experience performing Telemetry, Tracking & Command (TT&C) activities, including spacecraft commanding and monitoring spacecraft health and status • Experience conducting telemetry analysis to identify spacecraft performance trends, off-nominal conditions, and potential anomalies • Experience supporting spacecraft commanding, including command preparation, validation, execution support, and post-command verification • Experience supporting LEO spacecraft operations; small satellite experience highly desirable • Experience developing and supporting spacecraft operational plans, procedures, timelines, and mission activities • Experience identifying, troubleshooting, and supporting resolution of spacecraft, payload, ground-system, or mission anomalies • Ability to interpret operational data and provide real-time or near-real-time technical and operational guidance • Experience supporting operational data transfers between geographically separated sites • Ability to develop, validate, and maintain operational products, procedures, checklists, plans, briefings, and technical documentation • Experience supporting product development, integration, verification, and testing before operational implementation • Ability to prepare and deliver technical and operational briefings • Ability to operate effectively with a geographically distributed operations team and provide remote support • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree and minimum 2 years of prior related experience, or minimum 8 years of prior related experience in lieu of a degree • 2+ years’ experience developing and executing operational test plans, test procedures, readiness activities, and verification events • 2+ years’ experience operating in a SOC or relevant operational environment executing space operations • Active Secret Clearance required • Previous experience supporting similar on-orbit infrared satellite missions preferred • Experience working directly with government customers and cross-functional engineering, operations, and program teams preferred • Experience developing professional presentations using Microsoft Office applications preferred • Experience conducting anomaly investigations, root-cause analysis, and developing operational workarounds or corrective actions preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• 9/80 schedule (every other Friday off) • Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities