Jpss Satellite Engineer, Associate

SUMMARY
ASRC Federal Data Networks Inc. is seeking a JPSS Satellite Engineer, Associate. Within the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellite constellation engineering group, as part of the Engineering and Mission Operations Support Services VI (EMOSS-VI) contract, this position working from the Suitland, MD and Greenbelt, MD locations requires proven education and experience to demonstrate capacity to perform JPSS Satellite Engineering at a high performance level. Our client is responsible for engineering and mission operations support for environment monitoring satellites managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO).
The candidate will participate in spacecraft integration and test and contribute to the development and verification of command procedures and mission operations plans and procedures. The candidate will participate in the operational validation of the ground segment, including interface tests, end-to-end tests and mission simulations.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
The JPSS Satellite Engineer, Associate will perform assignments to support Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) satellite, JPSS-1 (NOAA-20), JPSS-2 (NOAA-21) satellites on-orbit operations and preparations for JPSS-3 (NOAA-22) on-orbit operations. Applicant is expected to gain detailed knowledge and skill to perform assigned subsystems. Specific tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Analyze short term and long term trending to detect potential problems with the spacecraft or instruments.
• Perform real time troubleshooting and analysis during anomalies, including real-time problem identification and resolution, support in case of any in-orbit anomaly and participate in the investigation of satellite anomalies.
• Propose new or execute improvements to tools that will increase long term reliability, monitoring, and anomaly detection capability.
• Develop and improve products used to command, control, communicate and monitor the spacecraft.
• Develop changes to products based upon changes to spacecraft configuration.
• Support various ground system software testing and verifications.
• Provision of on-call support to real-time operations.
• Preparation of regular reports and liaison with internal and external personnel.
• Coordinate and perform training of NOAA personnel.

ASRC Federal and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, religion, marital status, ancestry, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related disciplines and 0 to 2 years of relevant experience. Highly Desired:
• Preferably with high interest in aerospace engineering and experience in software development and validation. Internship, course work/projects in space dynamics, satellite remote sensing are a big plus and can be considered as experience but will be evaluated on the case by case basis
• Programming in languages such as C++, Visual basic, PERL, JAVA
• Experience using multiple operating systems, including Unix, Windows, and RedHat
• Advanced use of Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Access
• Ability to create and conduct informative and high-quality presentations on complex operational subjects.
• Current NOAA or NASA security badge.

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

• Work in typical office building during a standard 40-hour week. Twenty four hour on-call for satellite and ground system emergencies. Occasional deadlines or operational conditions require non-standard hours and longer hours.

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