LRO Operations Lead

Title:
LRO Operations Lead

KBR is looking for an Operations Lead to support the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team. LRO is a NASA robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the moon in an eccentric polar mapping orbit. LRO data is essential for planning NASA's human and robotic missions to the Moon. This position is within the LRO Mission Operations Team (MOT).

US citizenship required.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor the health and safety of the LRO spacecraft and ground system
• Monitor real-time activities and transmit daily loads to LRO
• Respond to, identify, and investigate spacecraft and ground anomalies
• Write and maintain daily operations records - daily blogs, activity requests, engineering changes, etc.
• Daily mission planning activities
• Daily trending and data analysis activities
• Perform verification testing using the LRO Spacecraft Simulator for all off-nominal activities prior to use on the spacecraft
• Be the MOT resident expert in a specified spacecraft subsystem and science instrument
• Task order management (to be determined)

The LRO Operations Engineer will:

Work off-nominal hours during special operations

Be required to have Ops Lead certification

Required Education/Experience:

• B.S. in engineering, mathematics, physics, or computer sciences
• 2 + years of experience in spacecraft operations: real-time satellite console (command, control, and telemetry analysis)
• In lieu of formal education, 13 years of directly related work experience. Specific contract requirements regarding education and experience will prevail
• Self-motivated; able to work autonomously, with minimal direction
• Works well with a team
• Operations certification

Desired Skills:

ITOS and STOL experience

Experience with data processing, flight dynamics and ground networks

Experience with Ilog rule development

Spacecraft subsystem/instrument performance analysis experience

Windows and UNIX experience

C, BASH, PERL, and Python Languages

XML and SQL databases

In compliance with the U.S. federal government's vaccine mandate, only candidates who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or have a reasonable accommodation or approved medical exception will be considered for this position.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.