Ground Systems · Ground Systems
Ground Segment Engineer
Architect mission-control, ground-station, networking and data-processing systems connecting operators, spacecraft and customers.
Role mandate
Build the capability for the era ahead.
This team member will combine subject-matter depth, sound judgment and disciplined execution to move the mission from architecture to measurable results.
Responsibilities
- Own the Ground Systems workstream for Ground Segment Engineer and deliver measurable technical or operating outcomes.
- Design and operate the command, telemetry, network and workflow systems supporting continuous missions.
- Develop procedures, automation, monitoring and anomaly-response playbooks.
- Protect command authority, data integrity and service availability.
Required qualifications
- Experience with ground systems, TT&C, mission control, network operations or satellite operations.
- Strong operational judgment, troubleshooting ability and procedural discipline.
- Ability to support readiness exercises and time-sensitive incident response.
Preferred experience
- Experience with constellation operations, secure command systems or autonomous operations.
- Familiarity with ground-station scheduling and customer data delivery.
Scientific and technical requirements
Physics, mathematics and engineering foundations
- Space communications, orbit/attitude products, distributed systems, network reliability, human factors and operational risk.
- Probability, queueing, time synchronization, signal detection and anomaly trending.
Mathematics and working equations
- Use link-budget C/N0 and Eb/N0 margins for command and telemetry availability in nominal and degraded conditions.
- Ranging converts timing/phase observables to distance; state estimation combines measurements and dynamic propagation.
- Service availability A = MTBF/(MTBF + MTTR); command-path designs must include recovery-time and loss-of-contact budgets.
Hardware, flight and infrastructure components
- Ground antenna/optical station, RF/optical front end, modem, timing, tracking mount, mission network and secure command gateway.
- Mission-control system, telemetry archive, procedure/automation engine, flight-dynamics service, scheduler and customer data-delivery interface.
Software, laboratory and analysis tools
- Mission-control and ground-station consoles, CCSDS packet tools, network monitoring, time-series dashboards, GMAT/STK and secure procedure repositories.
Verification and mission skills
- Run end-to-end mission rehearsals for launch, commissioning, handover, safe mode, loss of contact, bad telemetry, unauthorized command and ground-site outage.
Authoritative technical references
The hiring sequence will follow operating milestones and project requirements. The position may begin through advisory, consulting or project-based work before moving into a full-time role.
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