Orbital Sidekick (OSK) is revolutionizing how the world understands and interacts with our planet. We are the leading hyperspectral satellite data and analytics company building the most advanced space-based infrastructure and proprietary "Spectral Intelligence™" platform. Our constellation of Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellites (GHOSt™) delivers unparalleled, persistent monitoring capabilities, capturing an unparalleled 500 bands of light to reveal the chemical fingerprints of targets on Earth. We provide actionable insights to critical sectors including Energy, Mining, Agriculture & Forestry, Environmental & Emergency Monitoring, and Defense & Security, helping our clients optimize sustainable operations, mitigate risk, and enhance situational awareness globally.
As a Space Operations Engineer (Embedded) in our Payload Engineering Team, you will be working on creating the services to control our Satellites. Reporting directly to our VP of Payload Engineering and working closely with our Analytics, Software and Product Teams, you will help build out the tools, processes and products critical to our customers' success.
What you'll do
Model tasking scenarios for a constellation of hyperspectral satellitesPerform trade studies on orbit positioning and maneuvers to maximize satellite coverageInterface with the operations and software team to successfully execute targeted tasking with multiple space-based sensorsTest operations plans on ground hardware testbeds, and improving ground software test processesWork with the OSK product team to deliver high fidelity constellation tasking plansVerify and Validate tasking plans and spacecraft health and statusTroubleshoot and resolve payload on-orbit anomalies and findingsOptimize camera and optical systems to extract critical insights Develop detailed understanding of onboard flight software hardware and software interfacesWork with OSK’s algorithm team to implement onboard algorithms to high-bandwidth data-streamsDevelop OSK’s data ingestion and processing capabilities for satellite as well as aerial hyperspectral images Work with GPU cores to implement on-the-fly data corrections using a neural networkIncorporate payload and spacecraft bus command and control schemes
What you’ll have
BS in Aerospace/Mechanical/Astronautical engineering or Computer Science3+ years of experience in the Aerospace/Space industryStrong skills in C, C++, Linux Operating System on ARMSpacecraft operations experience, downloading and uploading spacecraft control parametersAbility to code in python for scripting, automation and algorithm integration purposesExperience using software APIs to receive and send telemetry dataKnowledge of embedded communication protocols to control hardware sensorsStrong skills in data processing pipelines and algorithm runtime optimization
You'll stand out as a candidate if you have
MS in Aerospace/Astronautical Engineering or Computer ScienceFamiliarity with scalable software solutionsHealth and Status monitoring of software systemsFirm understanding of optics, optical alignment, and spacecraft controlExperience with remote sensing dataExpertise in python and C++ software development
