Space Operations Engineer (Embedded Software)
Description For Space Operations Engineer (Embedded Software)
Orbital Sidekick (OSK) is on a mission to harness the power of hyperspectral imagery (HSI) for global environmental, health, and safety needs while supporting companies' sustainability goals. As a Space Operations Engineer (Embedded) in the Payload Engineering Team, you'll create services to control satellites, working directly under the VP of Payload Engineering. Your role involves modeling tasking scenarios for hyperspectral satellite constellations, performing orbit positioning studies, interfacing with operations and software teams, testing on ground hardware, and optimizing camera and optical systems. You'll also work on implementing onboard algorithms, developing data processing capabilities, and incorporating payload and spacecraft bus command and control schemes. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in aerospace engineering or computer science, with experience in embedded systems, spacecraft operations, and data processing. This role offers an opportunity to work at the cutting edge of space technology, contributing to real-time monitoring, detection, and risk management solutions.
Responsibilities For Space Operations Engineer (Embedded Software)
- Model tasking scenarios for a constellation of hyperspectral satellites
- Perform trade studies on orbit positioning and maneuvers to maximize satellite coverage
- Interface with the operations and software team to successfully execute targeted tasking with multiple space-based sensors
- Test operations plans on ground hardware testbeds, and improving ground software test processes
- Work with the OSK product team to deliver high fidelity constellation tasking plans
- Verify and Validate tasking plans and spacecraft health and status
- Troubleshoot and resolve payload on-orbit anomalies and findings
- Optimize camera and optical systems to extract critical insights
- Develop detailed understanding of onboard flight software hardware and software interfaces
- Work with OSK's algorithm team to implement onboard algorithms to high-bandwidth data-streams
- Develop OSK's data ingestion and processing capabilities for satellite as well as aerial hyperspectral images
- Work with GPU cores to implement on-the-fly data corrections using a neural network
- Incorporate payload and spacecraft bus command and control schemes
Requirements For Space Operations Engineer (Embedded Software)
- BS in Aerospace/Mechanical/Astronautical engineering or Computer Science
- 3+ years of experience in the Aerospace/Space industry
- Strong skills in C, C++, Linux Operating System on ARM
- Spacecraft operations experience, downloading and uploading spacecraft control parameters
- Ability to code in python for scripting, automation and algorithm integration purposes
- Experience using software APIs to receive and send telemetry data
- Knowledge of embedded communication protocols to control hardware sensors
- Strong skills in data processing pipelines and algorithm runtime optimization
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