NewOrbit Space - Mission & Flight Operations Lead

• Establish and own NewOrbit’s mission operations capability from the start, defining how our spacecraft are commanded, monitored, and operated from the ground. • You will lead the setting up of mission control, define spacecraft-ground and ground-station interfaces, develop real-time flight operations concepts, and support LEOP, commissioning, manoeuvres, nominal operations, and anomaly response alongside Mission Design and Communications. • Mission Operations Ownership • Act as the responsible engineer for spacecraft operations, ensuring the spacecraft, mission control system, ground stations, and engineering teams are aligned for flight. • Mission Control Centre Setup • Define the requirements for NewOrbit’s mission control centre, including mission control software, telemetry displays, command interfaces, alerting, logging, operational dashboards, and access control. • Support the selection, configuration, and validation of tools required for real-time spacecraft operations. • Spacecraft-to-Ground Interfaces • Define and manage the operational interfaces between the spacecraft and ground segment, including telemetry, telecommand, command verification, event reporting, time correlation, file transfer, and mission data routing. • Work with Flight Software and subsystem teams to maintain command dictionaries, telemetry databases, packet definitions, limits, and operational constraints. • Ground Station Operations • Work with the Communications team to define interfaces with external ground station providers, including pass scheduling, uplink and downlink operations, RF link monitoring, data delivery, and anomaly escalation. • Develop operational approaches for short VLEO passes, missed contacts, changing visibility, and rapid orbit updates. • Real-Time Flight Operations • Develop the operational concept for LEOP, commissioning, routine operations, orbit lowering, manoeuvre execution, payload operations, safe mode recovery, and end-of-life activities. • Prepare pass plans, command sequences, operational timelines, and procedures while accounting for spacecraft subsystem and mission design constraints. • Procedures, Validation, and Readiness • Write, validate, and maintain operating procedures, contingency procedures, flight rules, console procedures, and operations documentation. • Support end-to-end spacecraft-to-ground testing, mission rehearsals, operational readiness reviews, ground station interface tests, and commissioning preparation.