Constellation Automation & Optimization Lead, Space Operations (CS- 49)
Job Description
Capella is at the forefront of making vital information about our world accessible in a timely manner. Were leveraging proven technologies and building new capabilities to create a constellation of SAR satellites that can collect information about any spot on the planet within an hour.
At Capella youll work in a collaborative team environment, alongside smart people with a history of space mission success. No prior space experience is neededwere looking for people excited about tackling seemingly impossible challenges, learning new skills and concepts, and helping each other achieve success.
Our mission and our products are meant to understand the whole world and help everyone in it, regardless of race, creed, or any other distinction. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspective to help make us stronger.
We value diversity at Capella and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position, but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply
ABOUT THE TEAM
The tasking and scheduling team is responsible for building, maintaining, and improving the software and systems responsible for constellation management and activity scheduling. You will be working cross-functionally with Capellas Space Operations, Spacecraft Engineering, Product Engineering, and Sales teams to build an industry-leading Earth observation satellite tasking system. As part of the space operations team, you will be interacting on a daily basis with other software engineers, spacecraft operators, satellite engineers, and data product engineers to develop a highly autonomous spacecraft operations system. You will have a demonstrable track record of working with complex systems, understanding system capabilities and setting the engineering development path for making complex technologies easy to use.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As the automation and optimization lead you will set direction and mentor the tasking and scheduling team responsible for the building the constellation management systems responsible for scheduling Capella spacecraft activities. We are a team of flexible engineers, addressing challenges across the Guidance, Navigation, and Control, optimization, mission analysis, satellite task planning, and software engineering domains. This includes scheduling algorithm development, RESTful API development, system testing, mission performance and capacity analysis, and operations optimization. Day-to-day responsibilities are providing technical expertise and guidance in the areas of mathematical optimization, software engineering, helping set team objectives, establishing best practices, ensuring quality is maintained, and assisting with spacecraft operations activities. The position is available in San Francisco or Boulder.
REQUIREMENTS
BASE QUALIFICATIONS:
Past project leadership and mentoring experience
Good communications skills, ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, and enjoyment of learning from and teaching other team new skills.
5+ years of professional engineering work history
3+ years of experience in a technical leadership role, managing projects and engineers.
Experience with multiple mathematical optimization fields such as convex optimization, integer programming, and dynamic programming.
Expertise in software engineering with preferred experience in building backend systems using RESTful APIs
Experience in space mission analysis, modeling complex space systems in particular interacting subsystems and constraints
Knowledge of space mission tasking and scheduling systems and operational considerations.
Experience developing and supporting high availability applications
A willingness to learn new skills and take on new responsibilities
Enjoyment of teaching and learning from other team members
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
BENEFITS
In addition to an opportunity to take part in an innovative and fast-growing business with a highly motivated and skilled team, we also take pride in taking care of our employees. Here are just a few ways that we show our appreciation: