Mission Control Engineer

Job description

Team & Reporting Line: Flight Operations - Reporting to Lead Satellite Systems

Our Mission 

At constellr, we use thermal intelligence from space to understand what is happening on Earth - where, when and at scale. Our satellite constellation delivers high-resolution land surface temperature data, giving governments, defence organisations, commercial operators and global institutions the intelligence they need to monitor change, assess risk and make better-informed decisions.

From national security and critical infrastructure to agriculture and climate resilience, constellr turns temperature into actionable intelligence for a changing world.

Your Role

As a Mission Control Engineer, you will be central to operating and scaling our Earth Observation satellite constellation. You will monitor, control, and optimise spacecraft performance while working closely with the Flight Operations team and collaborating with Flight Dynamics, Payload, Software, Data, and Product teams across the company.

This role offers the opportunity to build and operate mission control systems from the ground up in a fast-paced startup environment, with direct impact on the reliability, availability, and quality of the data we deliver to customers.

At constellr, you will help shape how our constellation and operations scale, owning critical operational capabilities, influencing system design, and seeing the immediate real-world impact of your work. The role also provides a clear growth path into hands-on satellite operations, with opportunities to take on real-time spacecraft commanding and monitoring responsibilities and contribute directly to mission success in orbit.

Key responsibilities

Core Role

• Build core mission planning services and algorithms that power mission planning applications for a growing satellite constellation

• Shape the architecture and design of mission planning systems to ensure scalability, reliability, and long-term operability

• Run, monitor, and maintain mission planning systems in live production environments

• Define engineering standards for reliability, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, observability, safety, and operational compliance

• Collaborate across Flight Operations, Flight Dynamics, Payload, Satellite Operations, and Product leadership to turn mission needs into technical direction and system design

• Drive adoption of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and robust deployment practices across mission-critical systems