Orbital Operations jobs

Stage Development Engineer II, Vehicle Build Long Beach, California At Relativity Space, we're building rockets to serve today's needs and tomorrow's breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that's just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known. Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven't been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you're in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you'll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we're writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it's early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us. About the Team: The Systems Engineering team ensures that Terran R comes together as a cohesive, high-performing, and scalable system. Within the department, one team focuses on building tools and processes to manage requirements, track decisions, and identify and mitigate risk -

Sr. Payload Integration & Test, Amazon Leo Redmond, Washington, USA Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. As a Sr. PIT RF Payload Integration and Test Engineer, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary team to design and test innovative product solutions. You will work closely with colleagues throughout Amazon Leo's inter-disciplinary team and engage third party suppliers in order to drive key aspects of product definition, execution, and optimization. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within a collaborative and fast-paced environment. As a member of the Payload Integration and Test team, you will be responsible for verification and validation of the entire wireless system composed of multiple wireless components. This includes testing, analyzing, and optimizing RF systems from baseband modems to RF transceivers to phased-array antennas. Responsibilities · Working within a project team and taking responsibility for a high bandwidth, low earth orbit communications satellite constellation. · Deep-dives into component and subsystem designs to document expectations, evaluate tests, remedy test failures, and provide quick feedback to improve performance. · Collaborating with diverse technical teams such as software, mechanical, modem, and compliance teams to validate expectations for system-level and network-level operations, from concept through execution. · Integrating the end-to-end RF communications system. Meeting with customers internally and externally to select components. · Defining test plans and procedures for lab and RF chamber testing, based on

GNC Engineer, Beam Planning (Starshield) Hawthorne, CA SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. GNC ENGINEER, BEAM PLANNING (STARSHIELD) Starshield leverages SpaceX's Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. As a GNC engineer on this team, you will bring a passion and expertise in areas like state estimation, spacecraft systems design, optimization, and software development to join the Starshield GNC team. Engineers on this team support various payloads through initial conception to on-orbit operation, with a focus on beam planning and algorithm development. You will be driving future hardware design and optimizing current payload performance through modeling and simulation. We are looking for engineers who enjoy solving complex problems, can work effectively in a fast-paced environment, and are passionate about advancing the space industry. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Develop highly reliable and performant GNC algorithms, flight software, simulations, tools, and services using C++ or Python - Conduct analyses, recommend designs, and write GNC software that balances competing requirements - Build software tools and construct scenarios to analyze system performance - Write high-quality technical documentation of programs, algorithms, or analysis - Develop software models

Power Electronics Engineer, Amazon Leo Power Team Redmond, Washington, USA Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity. The Power Electronics Design team provides power solutions across the entire satellite, working with hardware programs to deliver designs that end up on orbit. Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Key job responsibilities -Work directly with hardware design teams across multiple satellite subsystems to define power requirements, interfaces, and power budgets. -Integrate validated power converter blocks into customer board designs, owning schematic integration and working with the power integrity team on stackup, routing, and decoupling strategy. -Drive prototype builds through PCBA manufacturing, assembly, and initial validation. -Conduct and support design reviews for schematic, layout, and thermal considerations. -Support board bring-up, lab testing, debug, and design verification activities. -Provide consulting and root cause analysis for power-related issues across programs. -Maintain block documentation, application notes, and derating summaries. -Collaborate with the broader power team on standards, tooling, and reusable design assets. -Support designs through their full lifecycle as needed, from concept through qualification and into production. -Contribute to new converter

Manager, Materials Management (Starship) Starbase, TX SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. MANAGER, MATERIALS MANAGEMENT (STARSHIP) The Materials Management team is a critical element of the Supply Chain organization and is responsible for supplying the materials needed to manufacture SpaceX's rockets and spacecraft. Our goal is to become a leader in inventory accuracy and material flow efficiency. The Manager will provide extreme ownership of all aspects of material flow by working to exceed customer expectations and leading continuous improvement and execution of inventory activities within their network. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Perform administrative duties, including but not limited to project implementation and oversight, periodic reviews with team members, one-on-one mentoring, personnel training, customer alignment, system compliance, supply ordering, and area upkeep - Support and maintain data driven goals and objectives for receipt, stow, pick, pack, and final mile delivery to work centers within their network - Understand the processes, procedures, and needs of the business to develop strategy, business metrics, and goals to successfully guide execution - Lead by setting an example, taking feedback from all levels of the organization, and motivating your organization to achieve the highest level of results - Monitor and improve operations, ensuring a safe work environment with the goal of zero OSHA recordables annually - Ensure

Business Intel Engineer II, ORBIT Austin, Texas, USA Have you ever ordered a product on Amazon and when that box with the smile arrived you wondered how it got to you so fast? Have you wondered where it came from and how much it cost Amazon to deliver it to you? If so, the WW Amazon Logistics, Last Mile team is for you. We manage the delivery of tens of millions of products every week to Amazon's customers, achieving on-time delivery in a cost-effective manner to deliver a smile for our customers. Amazon Logistics is looking for a customer focused, analytically and technically skilled Business Intelligence Engineer to drive effective performance measurement and management, innovation and execution in last mile delivery. This position will be responsible for leading a BIE team building out analysis and visualization tools and processes' to support our growing Amazon Logistics business. The successful candidate will be able to effectively retrieve, integrate, visualize and present critical data to improve the efficiency of the package delivery network, and enable efficient management of a large global logistics system. This individual will work with technical and business teams to optimize planning, execution, process improvement and track progress against goals. This role requires an individual with excellent analytical abilities, business acumen and comfort with technical teams and systems. The successful candidate will be a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, with strong attention to detail, and enjoy working with large scale of data. Key job responsibilities Partner with internal stakeholders across multiple

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Sr. Radiation Effects Engineer Redmond, WA SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. SR. RADIATION EFFECTS ENGINEER As a member of our fast-paced Radiation Effects team, you will be responsible for ensuring avionics hardware performance across our fleet of vehicles (Dragon, Falcon, Starship, Lunar Human Landing System, etc.) through some of the harshest and varied radiation environments imaginable. In order to ensure maximum reliability in an ionizing radiation environment, the Radiation team at SpaceX performs exhaustive analysis, design, and test at the component, board, unit, and subsystem levels with extensive opportunity to interact with a vast array of rocket and spacecraft hardware and electronics. As one of the few teams required to interface with the design, manufacturing, integration, and mission operations teams, we play a critical role in the development of our systems as we advance our efforts towards broadband satellite internet and safe, reliable, inexpensive, and innovative access to space. This work all supports our fundamental goal of expanding human space exploration capabilities and establishing a permanent human presence on the moon and Mars. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Support a cross-discipline team of design and system engineers in providing radiation test and analysis results, advice on requirements flow down, modeling and analysis reports, and recommendations for mitigating radiation effects - Develop

Chief of Staff - East Coast Edison, New Jersey Position Summary This is not a Chief of Staff role in the traditional sense. We are not looking for a glorified executive assistant, and we are not looking for a strategist who is too senior to roll up their sleeves. We are looking for a right-hand operator with the ambition, range and commercial instinct to help run the engine room of Render Networks as we scale toward a 2028 exit. The relationship is a working partnership. You will be close to the CEO day-to-day, but the job is about making the company run better, not about orbiting one person. You will represent the company in rooms where the CEO cannot be, hold the operating rhythm together, and own HR, Business Operations and Change Management as a single integrated function. You will sit at the centre of the Leadership Team and be measured on how well the business executes. This role exists because we are doing something specific and ambitious. Render builds the operating system for large-scale infrastructure deployment across utility sectors, including fibre, electric, gas and water. The same software backbone that runs a fibre build for a national carrier runs grid hardening for an electric utility and asset management across a regional water network. We are transforming the company into an AI-first business, building a digital operating model that lets us scale without scaling headcount linearly, and preparing for a high-multiple exit in 2028. That requires someone who can hold

RF System Engineer, Amazon Leo Redmond, Washington, USA Amazon LEO is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Amazon LEO will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity. As a Sr. RF Systems Analysis and Design Engineer, you will own end-to-end modeling and performance analysis of complex satellite links and RF sub-system design, spanning modem, RF front-end, phased array, and space/ground channel models. You will build, maintain, and validate system-level link models that drive architecture, hardware requirements, and on-orbit performance, working closely with phased array, RF communications, EMC, and calibration teams. This role blends analytical modeling, software development, and engagement with real hardware to ensure we hit stringent performance targets at scale. Key job responsibilities - Develop and maintain end-to-end RF system and link models (3GPP style link analysis, access, and feeder links), including link budgets, impairment modeling, and performance trade studies. - Perform system-level simulations of digital phased array architectures and RF signal chains, and correlate against lab and field measurements. - Define and flow down system performance requirements (EIRP, G/T, EVM, ACLR, NF, linearity, beam metrics) to hardware, RFIC, antenna, and firmware teams. - Work with modem, waveform, and MAC/PHY teams to optimize the RF system for throughput,

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Diamond Turning Machinist (Starshield) - Level 4/5 Hawthorne, CA SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. DIAMOND TURNING MACHINIST (STARSHIELD) - LEVEL 4/5 Starshield leverages SpaceX's Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on three areas: Earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. Designed to meet diverse mission requirements, Starshield satellites are capable of integrating a wide variety of payloads, offering unique versatility to users. With the proven ability to iterate rapidly, SpaceX's unique full-stack approach in developing end-to-end systems, from launch vehicles to user terminals, enables the deployment of capabilities at scale with unprecedented speed. Starshield's proliferated low-Earth orbit architecture provides inherent resiliency and constant connectivity to on-orbit assets, while SpaceX's proven rapid launch capability provides expedient and economical access to space. As a Diamond Turning Machinist - Level 4/5 on the Diamond Turning team, you are responsible for the manufacturing and development of sub-micron level tolerance diamond turned parts at production volumes. This is a unique and challenging opportunity to use world-class equipment, learn/expand a diamond turning skillset, and work with some of the best and brightest in their fields. The scope of this team is to

Technical Operations Engineer, Customer Success (Starlink) Redmond, WA SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. TECHNICAL OPERATIONS ENGINEER, CUSTOMER SUCCESS (STARLINK) One of the most ambitious missions that SpaceX has undertaken to date, the Starlink satellite constellation, is committed to providing reliable, high-speed internet access to the entire world. SpaceX is looking for an ambitious, driven operator who can help define our customer experience and product strategy and drive that vision to reality. This person will have an opportunity to leverage strong business acumen, technical competence, and excellent execution and delivery skills to define the next generation of broadband access across the globe. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Understand and drive core user metrics: Net Promoter Score, Customer Contact Ratio, Cancellation Ratio, Customer Satisfaction Score, and others. - Work cross-functionally to triage, prioritize, and eliminate root causes of poor user experience across organizations (Network, physical product, UI/UX, support/customer success, billing, shipping, marketing, legal, communications, and more), and feedback loops to prevent the problems. - Fix, delete, automate, or create new processes for fixing structural and emerging issues. - Serve as product manager/project owner for feature launches and software automation projects. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: - Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline. - 2+ years of professional experience in venture capital, management consulting, or operations/product management

Electrician, Solar Cells (Starlink) - Day Shift Bastrop, TX SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. ELECTRICIAN, SOLAR CELLS (STARLINK) - DAY SHIFT At SpaceX, we are building the next generation of space infrastructure to enable large-scale AI data centers in orbit. These orbital AI platforms require massive amounts of reliable, high-efficiency solar power to support intensive computing workloads in space. To make this possible, we are standing up one of the largest solar cell manufacturing facilities in the world. We are seeking an Electrician to install, maintain, and repair electrical distribution, controls, and power systems for both facility infrastructure and solar cell production equipment. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Install, maintain, and repair electrical distribution, controls, lighting, and power systems for facility infrastructure and production equipment - Support power systems for cleanroom tools, utility equipment, and process areas including PECVD, PVD, texturing, and metallization lines - Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on electrical systems to ensure reliability and minimal downtime - Troubleshoot electrical issues down to the component level using schematics and diagnostic tools - Collaborate with facilities and production teams to develop and follow work instructions and safety procedures - Ensure compliance with National Electrical Code (NEC), OSHA, and all applicable safety standards - Participate in continuous improvement initiatives for electrical

Inventory Specialist - Multiple Shifts Vandenberg, CA SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. INVENTORY SPECIALIST - MULTIPLE SHIFTS RESPONSIBILITIES: - Pick, lift, organize, and move standard hardware, raw material, purchased parts, machined details, and assemblies to support inventory control for the F9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft production - Assemble racks, look for parts, organize supplies, and any other tasks directed by inventory control lead and manager - Perform picking function to create necessary kits of parts, material, and hardware as required and assuring that all parts are accounted for and available in kits - Maintain strict material handling practices in accordance with good practice/procedures - Monitor shelf-life storage and maintain proper rotation of stock - Perform daily cycle counts - Effectively utilize ERP system BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: - High school diploma or equivalency certificate - 1+ years of inventory control experience PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: - Bachelor's degree - 5+ years of inventory control experience in a warehouse - ERP system experience (SAP, Oracle, etc.) - Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) - Experience and understanding of inventory and kitting processes - Capability to operate a forklift and other related inventory equipment - Experience within the aerospace, automotive, semiconductor, or electronic fields ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: - Ability to

Day Porter Los Angeles, CA K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit. Backed by $450M from leading investors including Altimeter Capital, Redpoint Ventures, T. Rowe Price, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alpine Space Ventures, and others - with an additional $500M in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers - we're mass-producing the highest-power satellite platforms ever built for missions from LEO to deep space. The rise of heavy-lift launch vehicles is shifting the industry from an era of mass constraint to one of mass abundance, and we believe this new era demands a fundamentally different class of spacecraft. Engineered to survive the harshest radiation environments and to fully capitalize on today's and tomorrow's massive rockets, K2 satellites deliver unmatched capability at constellation scale and across multiple orbits. With multiple launches planned through 2026 and 2027, we're Building Bigger to develop the solar system and become a Kardashev Type II (K2) civilization. If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and you're excited about contributing to the success of a groundbreaking Series C space startup, we'd love for you to apply. The Role You will be responsible for ensuring the smooth functioning of our HQ environment and adjacent corporate apartments. You will play a crucial role in providing basic maintenance services, maintaining the employee kitchen, stocking snacks and beverages, handling package deliveries, and supporting a variety of other office optimization projects. This is a