Amazon Flight Dynamics Operations Manager Project Kuiper 

United States, Washington, Redmond 

232469815

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.This position requires experience in leading teams to perform GNC duties for on-orbit satellites. This position is in Redmond, Washington.Working with the Kuiper GNC engineering team and Kuiper Mission Operations team, you will:
• Lead a dedicated operations team to perform Flight Dynamics functions of maneuver planning, navigation, conjunction assessment and risk mitigation.
• Manage shift and on-call support for Flight Dynamics constellation operations from local and international locations.
• Train Flight Dynamics Operations staff for mission operations duties.
• Devise procedures and mechanisms for compliance with Space Traffic Coordination agreements with various operators and space agencies.
• Support software tool development efforts to improve workflow
• Support transition from human operations-centric processes to automated workflow for flight dynamics tasks such as navigation and maneuver planning.
• Support solutions to manage the risk posed by conjunction traffic in Low Earth Orbit.
• Develop anomaly response procedures and best practices for Flight Dynamics functions.
• Work closely with Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) engineers to manage on-orbit performance and verify and validate new capabilities.

- Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace or Mechanical engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science.
- 7 years of experience in operating and developing engineering tools in an operations environment (shift work or on-call)
- 7 years of experience in mission analysis and/or satellite operations
- Basic understanding of the flight dynamics engineering roles such as orbit analysis, trajectory calculation, orbit determination, and operations
- Experience in planning and executing Risk Mitigation Maneuvers (aka Collision Avoidance Maneuvers)
- 5 years of Technical Leadership experience
- Excellent communication skills

- 7 years of experience in satellite operations
- 7 years of experience in any of the operations roles in satellite navigation, conjunction risk assessment, and maneuver planning.
- Experience in cloud-based software systems development
- Experience in conducting Space Traffic Coordination activities
- Comprehensive hiring manager experience