Job Description
Mission Architect (Remote Sensing)
On-site in El Segundo, CA
Target salary range: $164,050 - $276,250
Mission Architect job in El Segundo, California is available with Moseley Technical Services Top Space / Defense company! In this full time, direct hire, salaried job you will join a fast, agile satellite company focused on national security as an OPIR/Tracking Systems Subject Matter Expert, overseeing mission architecture and spacecraft/constellation design across many programs. Manage all aspects of design, development, and fielding Remote Sensing (RS) space segments, including integration with ground and user segments; modeling and simulation to validate mission scenarios and system performance against Key Performance Parameters (KPPs); assessing sensor design, development, and performance; decomposing requirements for payload / algorithm vendors; and writing proposals, requirements definition, system design, integration, test and on-orbit operations.
- Responsibilities:
- Define architecture and system requirements for OPIR missions
- Lead modeling and simulation efforts to assess system performance
- Develop CONOPS at the spacecraft, constellation, and mission level
- Architect and implement Mission Data Processing (MDP) algorithms (onboard and ground-based)
- Oversee mission level budgets and KPPs (e.g. LOS knowledge, jitter/smear, optical transmission, latency, etc.)
- Ensure space system (including Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) payloads and bus components) meet mission level requirements
- Qualifications:
- U.S. Citizenship is required by Federal Law Active Secret Clearance required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or physical / computer science
- 12+ years of experience in the design, development, delivery, and operation of space-based remote sensing missions
- Subject Matter Expertise in earth-observing EO/IR missions
- Expertise in development of mission modeling and simulation tools to assess sensing mission performance
- Expertise in the design and performance of EO/IR sensors
- To apply, send a resume to: [email protected]
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