Flight Controller​/Flight Operations Lead; Space Robotics Industry

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MDA) is a trusted mission partner to the global space industry. A robotics, satellite systems and Geointelligence pioneer with a 55-year+ story of world firsts and more than 450 missions, MDA Space is a global leader in communications satellites, Earth and space observation, and space exploration and infrastructure. The MDA Space team of more than 3,000 space experts in Canada, the US and the UK has the knowledge and know-how to turn an audacious customer vision into an achievable mission – bringing to bear a one-of-a-kind mix of experience, engineering excellence and wide-eyed wonder that’s been in our DNA since day one.

For those who dream big and push boundaries on the ground and in the stars to change the world for the better, we’ll take you there.

Are you ready to launch the next stage of your career in the new space economy? We would love to hear from you!

We are on the hunt for robotic Mission Systems & Operations Engineers to join the Robotics & Space Operations team at our Brampton (Ontario, Canada) office as well as our team in St Hubert (Quebec, Canada- on site at the Canadian Space Agency) who will focus on the on-orbit operations of our space manipulator systems controlled from the ground and by astronauts.

The Flight Operations Leads will support user-centric development of robotic space systems and ground infrastructure for government and industry customers, stand up and lead a robotic operations teams, and define & test tools and processes that support a variety of manned and unmanned spaceflight operations. Destinations include Lunar Outpost (Gateway), the International Space Station, Commercial LEO space station, on-orbit servicing customers and deep space exploration initiatives.

In this exciting role, you will have a direct impact in supporting and enabling the success of human spaceflight exploration and commercial on-orbit servicing initiatives. Duties would include some or all of the following:

• Lead a flight operations team and make decisions which can have consequences for human lives and multi-billion dollar commercial and international space assets. Manage risk in building a mission and resolving issues pre-flight and real-time
• Make decisions during spaceflight missions and manage robotics assets, ground resources and associated payload operations to ensure crew and vehicle safety
• Lead development of human and unmanned spaceflight missions through coordination with programs, technical discipline experts, the CSA/NASA Astronaut Office, safety organizations, international partners, commercial customers, Payloads Operations, and other mission-specific stakeholders
• Define and enforce user centric design principles across all aspects of space & ground robotic system software and hardware through coordination with technical teams, definition of requirements, testing, and support of agile development cycles
• Develop and evaluate mission objectives according to programmatic guidelines and constraints. Develop and execute Flight Plans according to programmatic mission requirements. Develop and enforce Mission Rules to ensure crew and vehicle safety
• Responsibility for the development, coordination, and execution of testing for certification of flight readiness of space hardware, software, and ground systems
• Responsibility for the definition, development, coordination, certification, and approval for flight execution of all needed operational procedures, manuals, and flight rules for operating critical space hardware
• Identifying staffing needs for mission control facilities that balances cost effective measures with maintaining the high standards and safety requirements of human space flight and commercial mission operations
• Overseeing the recruitment and development of highly skilled staff to remotely and safely operate complex, mission-critical robotic systems
• Directing and helping to develop certification plans for flight operators and support staff within MDA’s Mission Control Facilities- including:
  • Adapting Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and National Aeronautics Space Administration’s (NASA) Human spaceflight…