GOES/SWFO Satellite Engineer Intern

SUMMARY

ASRC Federal Data Network Corporation is seeking a GOES/SWFO Satellite Engineer Intern to work a full year term. Within the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) satellite constellation engineering group and Space Weather Follow-On (SWFO) group, as part of the Engineering and Mission Operations Support Services VI (EMOSS-VI) contract, this position working from the Suitland, MD and Greenbelt, MD locations require proven education and experience to demonstrate capacity to perform GOES satellite engineering at a high-performance level. Our client is responsible for engineering and mission operations support for environmental monitoring satellites managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO).

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

The GOES/SWFO Satellite Engineer Intern will perform duties as assigned. Applicant will gain detailed knowledge and skill to perform assigned satellite operations disciplines. Specific tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Perform operational validation of flight operations products such as command procedures, telemetry displays, trend plots

• Verification of mission operations plans and procedures

• Operational validation of the ground segment, including interface tests, end-to-end tests and mission simulations

• Analyze short term and long term trending to detect potential problems with the spacecraft or instruments

• Perform real time troubleshooting and analysis during anomalies, including real-time problem identification and resolution, support in case of any in-orbit anomaly and participate in the investigation of satellite anomalies

• Propose new or execute improvements to tools that will increase long-term reliability, monitoring, and anomaly detection capability

• Develop and improve products used to command, control, communicate and monitor the spacecraft

• Develop changes to flight and mission operations products based upon changes to spacecraft configuration

• Support various ground system software testing and verifications

• Provision of on-call support to real-time operations

• Preparation of regular reports and liaison with internal and external personnel

• Coordinate and perform training of NOAA personnel

We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefit packages. This position is offering a pay range of $20.00 - $23.00 per hour depending on experience, seniority, geographic locations, and factors permitted by law. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401k; education assistance; paid time off including Paid Time Off, holidays and any other paid leave required by law.

Requirements :

Qualifications :

• Experience: 0 years

• Education: Sophomore or Junior year in pursuit of a Bachelor's Degree in relevant field

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Must be able to work at least 20 hours per week during normal business hours, Monday through Friday.

• Work location is on-site at the Suitland, MD NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF). Some work from home possible, if schedule and remote access allows.

• Work a full year term.

Desired Qualifications :

• Understanding of satellite ground systems and flight operations

• Linux experience

• Familiarity with simulator configuration and operation

• Some programming experience

• High interest in aerospace engineering

• Internship, course work/projects in space dynamics, satellite remote sensing are a big plus

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

• Work in typical office building during a standard 40-hour week. Twenty four hour on-call for satellite and ground system emergencies. Occasional deadlines or operational conditions require non-standard hours and longer hours.

ASRC Federal and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, religion, marital status, ancestry, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law.