Flight Operations Engineer

Flight Operations Engineer

Ready to make connectivity from space universally accessible, secure, and actionable? Then you've come to the right place!

At E-Space, we're focused on bridging Earth and space with the world's most sustainable low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network. We're a team of bold thinkers, ambitious leaders and dynamic doers—and we're disrupting NewSpace by fundamentally changing the design of legacy LEO space systems to deliver entirely new satellite capabilities at a fraction of the cost.

We're intentional, we're unapologetically curious and we're 100% committed—to saving space, to protecting our planet and to turning connectivity into actionable intelligence.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Operate spacecraft in real-time and scheduled commands, monitor telemetry and subsystem performance, and ensure system safety and mission success through continuous situational awareness and anomaly detection.
• Conduct deep-dive analysis of spacecraft telemetry to identify trends, diagnose off-nominal behavior, and support root-cause investigations of anomalies across all subsystems.
• Play a critical role in spacecraft integration and test campaigns including functional testing, Day-In-The-Life (DITL), and end-to-end mission rehearsals to ensure operational readiness.
• Develop and execute operational scripts and automation tools. Leverage Python and Bash scripting to build and maintain automation pipelines for telemetry analysis, command sequence validation, and alert generation.
• Contribute to the enhancement of ground software and data visualization dashboards.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary engineering teams to develop and refine CONOPS (Concept of Operations), design test cases, verify procedures, and implement fault mitigation strategies.
• Participate in Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), simulate fault conditions, and conduct fault injection testing to validate spacecraft fault management logic and contingency responses.
• Communicate concise technical updates on spacecraft performance, testing progress, and anomalies to engineering teams, mission management, and stakeholders.

What You Bring To This Role:

• Hands-on experience in spacecraft operations, including functional testing, telemetry validation, and operational procedure development.
• Expertise in Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), fault injection, and validation of fault management logic.
• 2–4 years of experience developing automation tools and data pipelines (telemetry analysis, command validation, system monitoring) using Python.
• Proficiency in scripting languages for process automation, data parsing, and mission operations support.
• Exposure to high volume data processing systems, telemetry decoding, or real-time monitoring frameworks.
• Strong documentation and communication skills to write clear procedures, technical reports, and deliver concise updates to cross-disciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain situational awareness, make data-driven decisions under pressure, and contribute to mission success in dynamic operational environments.

Bonus Points:

• Prior spacecraft or satellite operations experience (LEO, GEO, or deep-space missions).
• Experience working in Linux environments, with familiarity in telemetry processing pipelines, command and telemetry database management, and real-time monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD integration for operational tool deployment.
• Experience querying and managing data from SQL/NoSQL databases and telemetry filestores.
• Experience developing or maintaining automation frameworks or real-time alerting systems.

This is a full time, exempt position, based out of our Saratoga office. The target base pay for this position is $100,000 - $170,000 annually. The total compensation packaged will be determined by various factors such as your relevant job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.