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Senior Flight Operations Engineer

endurosat · Remote (US) · Remote

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About endurosat

Enabling profitable LEO satellite constellations with standardized satellites and fixed-cost space service. 100+ satellites deployed to orbit. Backed by Founders Fund and GV.

About the role

As a Senior Flight Operations Engineer at our space operations center, you will play a leading role in our Satellite Operations team. You will own the flight operations of our growing spacecraft fleet end to end: setting operational standards, making key decisions during critical mission phases, and helping the team through complex on-orbit challenges. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Lead flight operations for multiple missions, including LEOP, commissioning, nominal operations and end-of-life phases
  • Act as the operational authority during critical events and anomalies, making time-sensitive decisions and coordinating the response across engineering teams
  • Lead anomaly investigations and root-cause analyses, and drive corrective and preventive actions into design, procedures and tooling
  • Define, review and approve flight procedures, operational concepts and contingency plans
  • Drive the development of operations automation and tooling to support a scalable, multi-satellite fleet
  • Identify, assess and mitigate operational risks at mission and fleet level
More about this role

We are EnduroSat! A fast-growing space scale-up at the forefront of satellite innovation, specializing in advanced software-flexible satellites for commercial, governmental, and scientific endeavors.

  • This is more than a job, it’s a mission

We are making space universally accessible and redefining what’s possible.

  • We get things done

We take ownership of what we do, and we work hard to make a difference.

  • We are fearless

Transparency is our only way forward. We dare to address and resolve issues head-on.

  • We learn from our mistakes

We deliver, take informed risks, and evolve to achieve our goals. We compare with the best version of ourselves.

As a Senior Flight Operations Engineer at our space operations center, you will play a leading role in our Satellite Operations team. You will own the flight operations of our growing spacecraft fleet end to end: setting operational standards, making key decisions during critical mission phases, and helping the team through complex on-orbit challenges. Beyond hands-on operations, you will shape how we operate at scale by driving process maturity, automation and cross-team alignment to ensure mission success and long-term fleet...

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