Satellite Systems Crew Chief (SCCH)
Location: Boulder, CO.
Required Clearance: Top Secret/SCI
U.S. Citizenship Mandatory: Due to our US federal government contract, candidates for this position are required to be a US Citizen and will be subject to a background investigation.
Job Description:
The SCCH must be able to perform the Satellite Systems Operator (SSO) and Ground Control Operator (GCO) functions, after being trained. The SCCH oversees the SSO and GCO while performing satellite operations.
Job Responsibilities:
The SSO portion of the SCCH job will perform all commanding and State of Health (SOH) activities for one or more space assets and provide real-time evaluation of the satellite TT&C application while also being able to perform the following SSO functions:
- Configure and monitor the TT&C application for proper monitoring of all satellites supporting the NGG mission.
- Monitor the satellite telemetry for proper vehicle performance.
- Evaluate TT&C alarms for possible anomalous conditions onboard the satellites and report any abnormal findings.
- Perform all satellite commanding for daily operations as approved by the SCCH or Space Force customer.
- Coordinate with the GCO for the configuration of ground hardware for satellite commanding.
The GCO portion of the SCCH job provides the technical capability in the area of Ground Control (GC) and will configure and maintain the GC application while also being able to perform the following GCO functions:
- Perform all ground system activities.
- Conduct positional changeover.
- Configure ground system assets to maintain mission operations.
- Inform the SCCH of upcoming scheduled activities or maintenance.c
- Monitor ground software/hardware status.
- Provide ground status to the appropriate operational team members.
- Perform Fault Detection Fault Isolation (FDFI) recovery actions when required.
- Provide real-time configuration changes to prohibit data interruptions.
- Notify the SCCH of all ground system reconfigurations and problems.
- Support playbacks for analysis.
- Conduct Satellite Control Network and Relay Ground Station supports to collect satellite positional information.
- Resolve real-time scheduling conflicts in coordination with the SCCH.
The SCCH will also be responsible for other assignments such as performing as the Team Lead, Satellite Systems Engineer (SSE), and developing and delivering the Changeover Briefing.
Required Skills:
- Previous satellite on-console support.
- Must be willing and able to work rotational shift work.
Desired Skills:
- Previous experience with Satellite Ground System and TT&C.
- Previous satellite on-console support experience.
- Previous experience with Launch and Early Orbit Testing.
- Well-organized, self-starter able to take direction and works well both independently and in a team environment.
- Ability to work with limited supervision while leading teams to include collaborating across the environment.
- Ability to navigate multiple competing priorities.
- Ability to make recommendations on operational and engineering improvements.
- Experience leading technical teams.
- Willingness to take on any task regardless of complexity.
- Ability to communicate effectively with local management, both customer and program, and remotely.
- Previous operational certification is considered a plus.
- Demonstrated behaviors of a systems thinker; selects and applies appropriate systems thinking skills.
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