C Spire

C Spire

Senior Systems Operations Engineer

Boulder, Colorado, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$131k-$171kDetected 75 days ago
PythonAlgorithmsGitSQLSite Reliability EngineeringCustomer SupportSystems EngineeringAerospace EngineeringLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • Your work will ensure that decisions affecting constellation performance are made with technical insight.
  • LI-MK1 Spire operates a hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three days per week in the office.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical quality of mission operations during the on-orbit service period, ensuring Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are well defined, monitored, and maintained.
  • Assess and design strategies to address underperformance, providing detailed technical insight and coordinating resolution strategies in collaboration with Systems Engineering, Mission Design, and SRE.
  • Support SRE, Platform, and Customer Service leads in triaging constellation or satellite issues that deviate from nominal asset profile definitions, ensuring escalation paths and responses are technically justified.
  • Lead the rollout of complex fleet-wide changes when CONOPS are being updated, ensuring risks and dependencies are managed.
  • Collaborate across SRE, Platform, and Systems teams to codify lessons learned into reusable operational standards, documentation, and improved design practices for future missions.
  • Support configuration control during service, helping manage the versioned operational baseline (limits, parameters, tasking configurations) and working with SREs, System Owners, and Customer Service to prevent configuration drift across the fleet.
  • Define and manage the high-level structure and performance requirements of asset profiles, ensuring they accurately represent mission needs and provide a clear basis for verification.
  • Derive and maintain Operational Requirements by helping project teams translate mission and system-level requirements into operational-level non-functional requirements (SLOs, latency, freshness, availability), with verification methods and traceability.
  • Spire Global is a space-to-cloud analytics company that owns and operates the largest multi-purpose constellation of satellites.
  • Bridge the gap between Systems Engineering, Mission Design, Program Management, Customer Service, and SRE by providing technical leadership during the mission service period.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in system performance monitoring, root cause analysis, and anomaly resolution.
  • Ability to translate system-level engineering context into clear operational guidance and tooling requirements.
  • Familiarity with SLA-driven architectures, system observability, and mission assurance principles.
  • Familiarity with software tools and frameworks used in operations, including strong Python, SQL skills and GitHub-based workflows.
  • To help maintain a safe and secure workplace for Spire employees, all candidates who receive a conditional offer will be required to complete a background check.

Nice to have

  • 3+ years of experience supporting operations of multi-satellite constellations.
  • Knowledge of asset profiling approaches and system models (including fault profiles, mode transitions, and performance boundaries).
  • Understanding of ground-segment tooling, SRE practices, or telemetry/telecommand systems.
  • Experience working with cross-functional, multi-time zone teams across engineering and operations.
  • Access to US export-controlled software and/or technology may be required for this role.
  • If needed, Spire will arrange the necessary licenses-this is not something candidates need to have before applying.
  • 🛰️ Name Your Satellite Program (NYSP)
  • 🚀 Launch Attendance

Compensation

  • $130,500 - $171,000 USD

Benefits

  • Define the tooling and functional monitoring needs that enable the SRE team to maintain constellation health and respond effectively to deviations.
  • Support the definition and coverage of FDIR (Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery) logic, ensuring coverage against top failure modes and reducing residual operational risk over time.
  • 🌴 Generous Time Off Policy
  • 🎓 Education Assistance Program
  • 📈 Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
  • 👣 Family Leave
  • 💪 Fitness Reimbursement
  • In addition to its constellation, Spire's data infrastructure includes a global ground station network and 24/7 operations that provide real-time global coverage of every point on Earth.
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