Senior Spacecraft Engineer

Spacecraft Operations Engineer

Echo Star is reimagining the future of connectivity. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products. Today, our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV.

Our DISH Technology team challenges the status quo and reimagines capabilities across industries. Whether through research and development, technology innovation or solution engineering, our team members play vital roles in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.

Position Summary:

Plan, support, execute, and oversee TT&C and spacecraft subsystem operations, to include spacecraft commanding and station keeping activities according to scheduled and dynamic operational requirements. Perform trending and analyze spacecraft health data, prepare reports, and communicate status of spacecraft, projects, and operational activities to all levels of the organization while focusing on customer service. Conduct and manage activities to increase team and personal job skills and professional knowledge

• Evaluate spacecraft performance and troubleshoot operation of all spacecraft subsystems to optimize quality of service and extend spacecraft mission life
• Maintain and re-enforce situational awareness of spacecraft and broadcast operations, company objectives, and advances in the spacecraft and communication industry
• Provide direction and support to spacecraft controllers during operational activities
• Perform 24x7 on-call engineering support on a rotating basis. Respond to anomalies, provide direction to controllers, initiate and support anomaly resolution efforts.
• Create, review, manage, evaluate quality, and optimize spacecraft procedures, tools, and processes needed for safe and efficient execution of operational activities
• Review, edit, and publish operations activity schedule. Update and review spacecraft status reports.
• Plan and direct complex payload reconfigurations to support broadcast operations
• Support new spacecraft development efforts. Analyze design documentation to verify requirements, participate in ground testing of new spacecraft, and manage in-orbit test and evaluation activities.
• Investigate and analyze long- and short-term spacecraft performance trends. Establish standards used for monitoring all spacecraft subsystems.
• Oversee, plan, and execute spacecraft maneuvers and perform maneuver reconstruction, orbit determination, and prepare long-term orbit strategies. Direct planning and execution of spacecraft orbital relocation operations, as necessary.
• Research, develop, and present intermediate-level training materials to meet initial or recurring requirements.
• Conceptualize, develop, and review new processes, methods, scripts, and other tools used by both the engineering and operations teams
• May assist with hiring, onboarding, and mentoring interns or junior-level engineers including guiding and assigning work on occasion
• Apply experience and professional judgment to evaluate, create, and implement innovative strategies to support dynamic operational needs.
• Organize projects involving multiple subsystem or functional areas. Coordinate with external parties.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (B. S.) in engineering, physics, or math from an accredited four-year college or university
• 6+ years of spacecraft engineering experience working directly with or on a spacecraft within satellite industries
• Able to fulfill a 24x7 on-call rotation and respond onsite within 30 minutes

Skills and

Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. Person (a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident) as the position requires access to U.S. export-restricted materials
• Mathematical Skills—Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability, statistical inference, calculus, differential equations, and fundamentals of plane/solid geometry and trigonometry. Uses and applies concepts such as integration, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to solve problems and reach conclusions.
• Engineering Skills—Ability to apply engineering principles and scientific methods,…