Spaceflight Operations Engineer
Ispace Technologies
Operations
Tokyo, Japan
Posted on Sunday, September 10, 2023
The ispace Mission Operations Team is seeking for engineers to participate in our lunar exploration missions, including the HAKUTO-R Mission 2 launching in 2024.The ideal candidate should have a broad experience in mission operations and ground segment in the space industry.
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting Real Time Operations with periods of 24/7 (onshift and on call) during the different ispace missions.
- Development of the Operations engineering knowledge base
- Interfacing with all the other Ground Segment elements, integration team and spacecraft development team.
- Participation in verification readiness reviews and verification testing campaigns at unit and system level.
- Support the integration activities of the ispace Ground Segment.
- Support activities in the area of satellite database infrastructure configuration used by Mission Control applications.
- Support Operation Preparation activity (procedure development and testing).
- Support of the internal training preparation for the operations team as well as the Operator Certification Process.
- Participation in project reviews (e.g. SRR, PDR, CDR).
Basic Qualification
- Master's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or equivalent
- Three or more years’ experience in Spacecraft or payload operations
- Experience in programming in python
- Experience in procedures’ development, verification and validation activity
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
- Ability to work under pressure
Preferred Qualification
- Knowledge of Operational Products and Concepts
- Experience with supporting operations activities including LEOP, Commissioning, Routine for interplanetary missions
- Experience with ground stations and Mission Control System
- Experience with CFS
- Experience with displays development
- Experience with space standards
