Spacecraft Operator

Spacecraft Operator

D-Orbit

Lomazzo, Italy

D-Orbit is looking for new colleagues to join our Flight Operations Team. As Spacecraft Operator, you will be tasked with commanding and controlling D-Orbit's Fleet of Carriers, Reconnaissance, and Servicing Vessels. From D-Orbit's mission control centre, you will conduct end-to-end mission operations, from launch to final deorbiting. Activities such as satellite tasking, telemetry dumping and post-processing, contingency and ground operations, failure detection and recovery, operations planning and scheduling, and flight dynamics will be part of the D-Orbit Flight Operations team's duties.

Tasks:

• Command and control the company's proprietary satellites and their payloads
• On-board anomaly identification and resolution
• Orbital and attitude maneuvers execution
• Flight and Ground Operations Procedures development and validation
• On-Board Control Procedures development and validation on the Engineering Model
• Flight Operations activities planning, scheduling and execution throughout the missions
• Interfacing with all subsystems and the software team to investigate and solve anomalies
• Interface with Flight Operations Segment developers to define user stories and requirements
• Support for ground systems and integration with the space segment
• Authoring of Technical documents

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Knowledge of System Engineering, Orbital and Attitude Dynamics
• Experience of Spaceflight Operations and/or AIV processes
• Experience with scripting languages (Python)
• Experience with code versioning tools (Git)
• Knowledge of flight dynamics tools (Orekit, GMAT, etc.)
• Knowledge of Ground Segment architectures
• Availability to work outside normal office working hours
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proactive attitude and ability to work in a team and individually
• Knowledge of spaceflight dynamics and manoeuvre planning
• Experience with Operations Procedures writing and testing is a strong plus
• Deep knowledge of AI/ML concepts and their application

Education:

• University degree (Master's degree or equivalent), preferably in Aerospace/Space Engineering

Language:

Full professional proficiency in the English language is mandatory

Additional:

Availability to work by shifts is necessary