Satellite Operations Center Director

📋 Description

• Direct daily satellite operations center activities, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient
• Manage shift schedules, staffing plans, operator assignments, and workload distribution across
• Establish, implement, and maintain standard operating procedures, operational checklists
• Serve as the primary operational authority during routine activities and off-nominal events, making
• Oversee mission scheduling, satellite pass planning, payload tasking coordination, and allocation
• Coordinate with systems engineering teams, payload specialists, mission controllers, and external

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience managing or operating a
• Demonstrated experience in satellite operations, spacecraft mission operations, or satellite ground
• Previous experience leading or supervising technical teams, with the ability to establish clear
• Experience managing shift-based operations, on-call rotations, or 24/7 operational teams.
• Strong understanding of mission planning, scheduling, execution workflows, and operational resource
• Familiarity with operator training programs, certification frameworks, qualification tracking, and

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive compensation: Salary and benefits aligned with the role's responsibilities and
• Mission-critical leadership: Direct influence over satellite operations, mission execution, and
• Operational ownership: Opportunity to shape procedures, workflows, staffing models, and operational
• Training and development: Opportunity to establish and improve operator training, certification
• Technical collaboration: Work alongside experienced satellite operations professionals, engineers
• Professional growth: Build leadership experience across satellite operations, ground