Space Operations Specialist

Job Description
BAE Systems, a top ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, federal law enforcement officials, and troops deployed around the world.

At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed. We are all about trust, camaraderie and a shared ambition to lead the world in defense technologies and national security services. Be a part of a company that is part of the community; driven to improve our future and protect our freedom.

BAE Systems is seeking Space Operations Specialists to support a mission critical intelligence customer. Our Space Operations Specialist I provides leadership and direct support to ensure health and safety, longevity, and daily mission support to on orbit space vehicle(s). This includes space vehicle command and control, telemetry analysis, trending, orbit analysis, sensor calibrations, and anomaly resolution.

This work is performed primarily in an office environment at a government site near Denver, Colorado. Some travel and local commute between BAE campuses and other possible non-BAE locations CONUS and OCONUS locations may be required.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide space operational and vehicle engineering support as a subject matter expert for:
  • Space vehicle payload and bus operations
  • Space vehicle command and control
  • Space vehicle telemetry trending and analysis
  • Space vehicle operational planning and execution
  • Space vehicle anomaly resolution
  • Space vehicle operational capability assessment
  • Customer working groups and reviews
  • Space vehicle calibrations
• Maintain space vehicle trending software
  • Understand, use, and modify MATLAB-based trending scripts
  • Support models and simulations and interfacing systems
  • Track and plan technical refresh hardware and software
• Develop and update
  • Reports, status updates and presentations
  • Operational technical orders
  • Recommended operational procedures (ROPs)
  • Training materials and references
  • Analysis tools (Matlab, etc)
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the SBU/SSU and the Company. Interact appropriately with others to maintain a positive and productive work environment