Senior Mission Operations Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level technical and operational expertise across all mission operations activities, serving as a subject-matter expert during testing, rehearsals, anomalies, and on-call operations.
• Plan and coordinate cross-team project and mission execution activities, ensuring alignment between operations, systems engineering, GNC, software, and ground teams.
• Define, evaluate, document, and validate operational constraints across mission phases; drive updates when requirements, risks, or design changes dictate.
• Lead development, improvement, and validation of operational procedures, flight rules, and operator workflows to ensure accurate, consistent, and reliable execution.
• Conduct and contribute to mission risk assessments, supporting identification of hazards, proposing mitigations, and ensuring risks influence design and operational decisions.
• Support tactical operational execution with minimal oversight, including command sequencing, real-time decision-making, and interface with cross-disciplinary technical teams.
• Maintain mission readiness by identifying prep risks early, coordinating closures, validating tools and processes, and ensuring teams are prepared for rehearsals and flight.
• Drive closure of operational gaps such as constraint updates, procedure improvements, workflow issues, and readiness blockers.
• Coordinate interfaces with adjacent teams, ensuring operational implications are captured in system interfaces, requirements, and mission planning products.
• Contribute to operator training, certification processes, onboarding materials, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor Mission Operations Engineers, providing guidance, technical development, and constructive feedback to elevate the broader operations team.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in mission operations, spacecraft operations engineering, or related aerospace operations roles.
• Deep understanding of mission operations concepts including constraints, procedures, ground systems, anomalies, and test-to-flight workflows.
• Strong cross-disciplinary communication skills with the ability to interface effectively between engineering and operations teams.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and solve complex technical and operational issues.
• Experience leading operational activities, rehearsals, or real-time operations.
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience across the full lifecycle of a space mission (design → integration → testing → rehearsals → commissioning → operations).
• Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Hands-on experience with mission operations systems, ground software, or operations simulation environments.
• Experience contributing to or developing procedures, flight rules, or constraints.
• Familiarity with mission risk frameworks (hazards, FMEA, fault trees) or readiness assessments.
• Scripting experience (Python, MATLAB) for operations automation, analysis, or workflow improvements.
• Experience with mission planning, console operations, or operations process development.
• Enthusiasm for working on small, fast-paced teams in rapidly evolving mission environments.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary: $140,000–$190,000
• Equity in Turion Space
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) plan with 3% Employer Direct Contribution
• Generous vacation, personal, sick days, and holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Professional development opportunities
• Team building activities