Mission Operations Deputy Lead - SV Engineering - Mission Operations

Partner with the Mission Operations lead to plan and execute mission operations activities across the full lifecycle. Contribute to systems engineering activities including requirements development, verification planning, integration, test, and operational readiness reviews. Collaborate with spacecraft, ground systems, flight software, and payload engineering teams to support operational interface development and system integration. Own the development of assigned portions of mission operations architectures, concepts of operations, operational plans, and supporting documentation. Develop and maintain operational products including spacecraft checklists, command scripts, customer training materials, and console documentation. Participate in mission rehearsals, simulations, and table-top exercises to validate operational concepts and ensure mission readiness. Develop and apply telemetry analysis, trending, modeling, and software tools to evaluate spacecraft health and mission performance. Support anomaly investigations through multidisciplinary systems analysis using telemetry, command history, and engineering data. Perform real-time spacecraft operations during launch, early orbit, commissioning, and routine on-orbit operations. Provide technical mentorship to junior team members and serve as the Mission Operations Lead when delegated. This role assumes increasing ownership of mission operations activities throughout the program lifecycle.