Mission Operations Engineer

Qwaltec is seeking a Mission Operations Engineer to provide ground system sustainment and operations support for the NASA NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) on GSMO 3 contract.

As part of our team, you’ll be asked to:

• Become the Subject Matter Expert (SME) responsible for JPSS Mission Management (MM) software item
• Evaluate, assess, and propose functional operability enhancements for MM
• Support design and development reviews regarding future builds and capabilities for MM
• Influence regression tests and associated artifacts to ensure operability for MM
• Provide technical and operational feedback for future releases
• Maintain situational awareness of operations as relates to mission planning
• Review, assess, and propose edits or enhancements to operational tools and scripts in support of mission planning process for JPSS Supported missions (NPP, J1, & J2)
• Participate in the Ground Project Discrepancy Report Board (DRB)
• Ensure discrepancies are documented and addressed according to severity and priority
• Track Discrepancy Reports (DRs) though the DR lifecycle to ensure timely delivery of fixes to operations
• Validate fixes and recommend closure of DRs to the DRB Chairs
• Review updates to operational products and processes to support operations
• Mature MM Tasks for use in operations
• Present test results and artifacts to end customer for review and approval
• Ensure the data integrity to future builds are completed to support mission requirements
• Support Sprint Demos for MM to assess functionality and operability of proposed software changes
• Provide feedback on DR priorities to MM developers via Sprint Demos, quarterly Planning Increment Meetings and Program Monthly Reviews
• Develop and execute Functional Check Out (FCO) test procedures against ops simulators for current missions (NPP, J01, & J2)
• Develop and execute FCO test Procedures for follow-on missions (J3 & J4) in coordination with Mission Readiness team
• Provide technical analysis of simulated and operational data to verify functionality of future releases

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Space Systems)
• Previous experience with satellite operations, specifically mission planning, preferably on NASA or NOAA programs (preferred)
• Experience using mission planning and scheduling tools such as MM (JPSS) or STK (preferred)
• Experience using configuration management tools and services such as SharePoint and JIRA (preferred)
• General understanding of weather products produced from Polar satellites (preferred)
• Familiarity with analysis software, such as Matlab and Simulink (preferred)
• Good awareness of satellite operations
• Good awareness of orbital mechanics
• Good ability to grasp and apply new information quickly
• Good ability to handle more complex assignments as experience progresses
• Shows initiative on assignments, and professionally executes projects with little direction
• Clear understanding of Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills

About Qwaltec

Qwaltec is a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) that specializes in space systems operations. We provide expertise in operations and engineering, mission readiness, technical training, and systems engineering for satellite mission control centers. Our vision is to make a difference on and off the planet, by focusing as much on our customers and team members as we do on the mission. We strive for excellence and accountability, and we do everything we can to exceed expectations while acting with integrity and compassion. We invest in relationships, and we value openness, honesty, and fairness in all our endeavors.

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, Qwaltec is committed to hiring a diverse and talented workforce. For more information, visit qwaltec.com.