Orbit Analyst

ASRC Federal•Boulder, CO

2d•$76,000 - $105,000•Onsite

About The Position

ASRC Federal Data Networks Corporation (DNC) is seeking an Operations Support, Orbit Analyst for a position supporting the Office of Space Commerce, Space Operations Division, TraCSS Operations Branch in Boulder CO. The analyst will play a critical role to ensure the safety and stability of the space operating environment. The analyst will join a team staffing the operations center and performing monitoring and analysis of space traffic products and computational processes. The operations center will be staffed 24/7 so the candidate should expect shift work. The Office of Space Commerce (OSC), is developing the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) to fulfill Space Policy Directive 3 (SPD-3). SPD-3 instructed relevant US government agencies to begin re-assigning many aspects of space traffic management (STM) and space traffic coordination (STC) serving non-military US space operators. OSC, under the US Department of Commerce (DOC), was identified to lead many of these efforts as part of a ‘whole of government’ approach. TraCSS is the Office of Space Commerce’s cloud-based enterprise solution for ingesting, archiving, processing, and disseminating Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data and products. It will provide conjunction analysis and warning services to commercial satellite Owner/Operators (O/O) to foster economic growth and technological advancement of the US commercial space industry. The system will store data from the Department of Defense (DoD), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), commercial SSA data providers, commercial and civil satellite O/O, and select international civil partners. The TraCSS system will operate 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.

Requirements

Active Secret Clearance
B.S. Degree in Engineering, Physics/Astronomy, Computer Science, or related field and at least 1 – 4 years of experience related to flight dynamics, orbital mechanics
A.S. Degree in Engineering, Physics/Astronomy, Computer Science, or related field; 3-8 years of experience related to flight dynamics, orbital mechanics
Excellent verbal and written skills
The candidate must have knowledge of space domain awareness, space situational awareness (SSA), space traffic coordination (STC), or space traffic management (STM) related topics.
Examples of desired knowledge and skill sets may include, but are not limited to: orbital mechanics, astrodynamics, common analytical methodologies utilized in SSA/STC/STM, satellite operations, conjunction analysis, and data management.
Personnel will be certified as qualified to perform duties on a yearly basis to ensure proficiency of skill set.

Nice To Haves

Current DoD, DOC, NOAA, or NASA authorization to work (badge)
Experience performing shift work
Experience working in support of a U.S. government institution
Use of Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence, Bitbucket and other Atlassian platform tools
Coding skills to develop or modify job aid tools

Responsibilities

Monitor the flow of input data from the DoD, satellite owner/operators, and commercial SSA data providers into the TraCSS system, propagation and conjunction assessment processing, and the formatting and delivery of Conjunction Data Messages (CDM) and other products to TraCSS users and the space community.
Respond, as required, to operational issues relating to space traffic coordination, and to technical issues associated with the OSC Operations Center or the TraCSS system to ensure the safety and stability of the space operating environment.
Participate in the development and evolution of TraCSS to ensure that procedures, operational displays and other job aids are in place for operational needs, technical troubleshooting, and to coordinate with owner/operators.
Take appropriate actions (including resolution of technical issues) to ensure continued provision of SSA safety services.
Coordinate with DoD, satellite owner/operators, TraCSS System Integrator and Presentation Layer vendors, and other stakeholders as required in the execution of TraCSS mission operations.
Participate in the development of training materials and training activities to support onboarding of members of the government and commercial satellite operational teams.