Mission Engineering Intern (Aerospace)

TL;DR

Mission Engineering Intern (Aerospace): Designing, creating, testing, and executing satellite operations procedures, including commissioning and nominal operations, and investigating anomalies. Focus on developing tools and processes to maintain a high level of service uptime for customers and automating manual processes.

Location: Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or have refugee/asylee status.

Salary: $29 per hour

Company

hirify.global builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system.

What you will do

• Work with mission engineers to design, create, test, and execute satellite operations procedures.
• Investigate anomalies and work with the mission operations and engineering team to safely resolve them.
• Participate in commanding activities of operational spacecraft.
• Help develop tools and processes to enable the Mission Operations team to maintain a high level of service uptime for our customer.
• Automate manual processes using scripting and software tools.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a B.S. degree in an engineering, physics, or computer science related major.
• Experience in scripting with Python.
• Basic understanding of satellite systems.
• Highly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties without supervision.
• A passion for working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on development and testing.
• U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required.

Nice to have

• Experience doing telemetry analysis and anomaly investigations.
• Experience building operational software tools and user-friendly UIs.
• Experience with software development tools such as Git.

Culture & Benefits

• Belief in a diverse and inclusive workplace, encouraging all people to join the team and bring their unique perspective.