Spacecraft Engineer II

EchoStar•Gilbert, AZ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

EchoStar is seeking a Spacecraft Engineer II to join their DISH Technology team. This role involves planning, supporting, executing, and overseeing TT&C and spacecraft subsystem operations, including commanding and stationkeeping. The engineer will analyze spacecraft health data, prepare reports, and communicate status updates across the organization. A key aspect of the role is to optimize spacecraft performance, troubleshoot subsystems, and extend mission life. The position requires maintaining situational awareness of operations and industry advancements, providing support to spacecraft controllers, and performing 24x7 on-call engineering support for anomaly resolution. The engineer will also be responsible for creating, reviewing, and optimizing spacecraft procedures, tools, and processes, as well as managing the operations activity schedule and status reports. Additionally, the role involves planning complex payload reconfigurations, supporting new spacecraft development, analyzing design documentation, participating in ground testing, and managing in-orbit test and evaluation. The engineer will investigate performance trends, establish monitoring standards, oversee spacecraft maneuvers, and direct orbital relocation operations. Training material development and the conceptualization of new processes and tools are also part of the responsibilities. The role may involve assisting with hiring, onboarding, and mentoring junior engineers and interns. The engineer will apply professional judgment to create and implement innovative strategies for dynamic operational needs and organize cross-functional projects. Coordination with external parties is also required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (B. S.) in engineering, physics, or math from an accredited four-year college or university.
3+ years of spacecraft engineering experience working directly with or on a spacecraft within satellite industries.
Must be a U.S. Person (a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident) as the position requires access to U.S. export-restricted materials.
Able to fulfill a 24x7 on-call rotation and respond onsite within 30 minutes.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability, statistical inference, calculus, differential equations, and fundamentals of plane/solid geometry and trigonometry.
Ability to use and apply concepts such as integration, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to solve problems and reach conclusions.
Ability to apply engineering principles and scientific methods, such as laws of mechanics of particles and solid bodies, and application of these laws to real-world engineering problems.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, apply visual and spatial reasoning, and draw valid engineering conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Ability to utilize mathematical and computational tools to solve engineering problems.
Attentive to details, proactive, and confident personality with good communication skills.
Able to collaborate in a multi-team environment to plan and accomplish tasks and meet objectives.
Ability to understand, analyze, and interpret business periodicals, technical procedures, or government policy.
Able to write reports, correspondence, and operations procedures.
Uses effective written, visual presentation, and oral strategies to communicate technical problems and concepts to a range of technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice To Haves

Spacecraft engineering experience with MAXAR FS1300 or Lockheed Martin A2100 spacecraft is highly desired.
Experience working with Kratos ISI EPOCH TT&C and OASYS, MATLAB, and AGI STK software a plus.
General or specialized knowledge in one or more of the following spacecraft subsystems: Attitude Control, Propulsion, Power, Data Handling/Onboard Processing, Thermal, Mechanisms, TT&C, Payload, Flight Dynamics, and Orbit Mechanics a plus.

Responsibilities

Plan, support, execute, and oversee TT&C and spacecraft subsystem operations, including spacecraft commanding and stationkeeping activities according to scheduled and dynamic operational requirements.
Perform trending and analyzing spacecraft health data, prepare reports, and communicate the status of spacecraft, projects, and operational activities to all levels of the organization while focusing on customer service.
Conduct and manage activities to increase team and personal job skills and professional knowledge.
Evaluate spacecraft performance and troubleshoot the operation of all spacecraft subsystems to optimize quality of service and extend spacecraft mission life.
Maintain and re-enforce situational awareness of spacecraft and broadcast operations, company objectives, and advances in the spacecraft and communication industry.
Provide direction and support to spacecraft controllers during operational activities.
Perform 24x7 on-call engineering support on a rotating basis; respond to anomalies, provide direction to controllers, and initiate and support anomaly resolution efforts.
Create, review, manage, evaluate quality, and optimize spacecraft procedures, tools, and processes needed for the safe and efficient execution of operational activities.
Review, edit, and publish the operations activity schedule.
Update and review spacecraft status reports.
Plan and direct complex payload reconfigurations to support broadcast operations.
Support new spacecraft development efforts.
Analyze design documentation to verify requirements, participate in ground testing of new spacecraft, and manage in-orbit test and evaluation activities.
Investigate and analyze long- and short-term spacecraft performance trends.
Establish standards used for monitoring all spacecraft subsystems.
Oversee, plan, and execute spacecraft maneuvers and perform maneuver reconstruction, orbit determination, and prepare long-term orbit strategies.
Direct planning and execution of spacecraft orbital relocation operations, as necessary.
Research, develop, and present intermediate-level training materials to meet initial or recurring requirements.
Conceptualize, develop, and review new processes, methods, scripts, and other tools used by both the engineering and operations teams.
May assist with hiring, onboarding, and mentoring interns or junior-level engineers including guiding and assigning work on occasion.
Apply experience and professional judgment to evaluate, create, and implement innovative strategies to support dynamic operational needs.
Organize projects involving multiple subsystems or functional areas.
Coordinate with external parties.