AST SpaceMobile

AST SpaceMobile

MOPS Automation SW Dev Engineer

Lanham, Maryland, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 24 days ago
PythonDistributed SystemsGitAWSCloud PlatformsSOC OperationsJiraConfluenceIntellectual PropertySystems EngineeringTCP/IPCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoring

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About the role

  • This job description may not be inclusive to the duties and responsibilities listed.
  • Additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time or the scope of the job may change as needed by business demands.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and evolve mission operations processes and concepts of operations (ConOps) across all mission phases (LEOP, commissioning, routine operations).
  • Perform trade studies on Satellite Operations Center (SOC) software tools and operational architectures.
  • Support SOC system design, integration, and evolution with a focus on automation and scalability.
  • Develop, test, and validate satellite operations procedures, sequences of events, and command scripts used for on-orbit operations.
  • Develop telemetry validation logic and expected response checks to support both automated and manual operations.
  • Design, develop, and maintain custom mission operations tools and automation scripts.
  • Develop tooling and lightweight applications to support on-orbit operations, monitoring, and analysis.
  • Build or extend user interfaces, dashboards, or visualization tools that improve operator situational awareness.
  • Support system-level integration tests and end-to-end testing between the SOC and factory satellite.
  • Support mission operations during LEOP and other critical on-orbit activities, including possible periodic rotating shifts.

Requirements

  • 2-5+ years of relevant experience in mission operations, software development, or automation roles.
  • Experience scripting operational procedures or automation workflows using Python or similar languages.
  • Familiarity with satellite command and control operations and mission operations workflows.
  • Experience working with applications deployed in AWS or other cloud environments.
  • Familiarity with Git or other version control systems.
  • Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence).
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Technology, or Math (STEM) field.
  • Education:
  • Comfortable working in a Windows development and operations environment.

Nice to have

  • Experience with multi-satellite LEO constellations.
  • Familiarity with distributed systems, networking protocols, and API-based integrations.
  • Experience creating telemetry displays, monitoring dashboards, or operator UIs.
  • Basic experience with databases or data persistence for operational tooling.
  • Systems engineering experience or coursework (requirements, architecture, integration & test).
  • Experience supporting mission rehearsals, simulations, or critical on-orbit operations.

Skills

  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with evolving system requirements.
  • Self-starter who takes ownership and initiative.
  • Comfortable working to tight deadlines in high-stress operational environments.
  • Strong operational mindset with a bias toward automation and reliability.
  • Python and similar scripting languages for satellite command and control automation.
  • Windows-based development and operations environments.
  • AWS or other cloud environments for deployed applications.
  • Git or other version control systems.
  • Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence).
  • Telemetry validation, dashboard, and visualization tooling for operator situational awareness.
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