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About the Role
The Mission Test and Operations team is responsible for mission execution, proving readiness on the ground, and guiding spacecraft to the Moon. As a Senior Mission Operations Engineer, you will manage operational preparations and certify as a Flight Director, overseeing activities from the design phase through to decommissioning.
Responsibilities
- Author and validate mission-critical flight products including checklists, procedures, scripts, telemetry displays, and alarms
- Develop operational workflows and processes
- Design concepts of operations, requirements, and subsystem manuals in coordination with design engineers
- Identify flight and console rules to enforce operational safety
- Create training materials and evaluate crew performance via simulations
- Execute rehearsals to validate mission requirements and operational readiness
- Collaborate on mission scenario testing using the test-as-we-fly principle
- Test and validate the flight segment through system-level test campaigns
- Operate the spacecraft on-console in a fast-paced environment, including 24/7 shift work and on-call duties
- Lead real-time anomaly resolution and coordinate root-cause analysis under time constraints
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience executing complex operations in the aerospace field
- Professional level English proficiency
- Deep technical understanding of at least one subsystem such as Propulsion, Thermal, Flight Software, GN&C, Systems, Flight Dynamics, or Communications
- Demonstrated proficiency in writing technical documents for mission-critical systems
- Must be able to relocate to Japan
- Prioritization given to candidates currently in Japan with a valid working visa
Skills
- Situational awareness
- Detail-oriented
- Decision-making under pressure
- Adaptability
- Crew Resource Management (CRM) principles
- Leadership
- Mission Control Software (Yamcs, Grafana, Mission Databases)
- Software configuration control tools (Git, Gitlab)
- Scripting test automation (Python)
- Linux/terminal environments
- Project management tools (Jira)
- Real-time on-console operations
- Lunar, deep-space, or planetary mission experience
Location
- Tokyo, Japan
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid (at least twice a week on-site)
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Salary/Compensations
- Compensation provided in JPY aligned with local market benchmarks
About the Company
- ispace, inc is a company focused on lunar exploration and mission execution.