Senior Systems Operations Engineer

Spire

Glasgow, United Kingdom
Hybrid (minimum three days per week in the office)
Mission operations technical quality
Sla definition and monitoring
Model-based engineering
Spire is seeking a Senior Systems Operations Engineer in Glasgow, UK, responsible for ensuring the technical quality of on-orbit mission operations and bridging development with operations phases. The role requires experience in system performance monitoring, anomaly resolution, and a solid understanding of space system behavior

Job Summary

  • As a Senior Systems Operations Engineer at Spire, you will be responsible for ensuring that on-orbit mission operations meet and sustain technical and service-level objectives.
  • Your work will ensure that decisions affecting constellation performance are made with technical insight.
  • Spire operates a hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three days per week in the office.

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Spire is seeking a Senior Systems Operations Engineer in Glasgow, UK, responsible for ensuring the technical quality of on-orbit mission operations and bridging development with operations phases. The role requires experience in system performance monitoring, anomaly resolution, and a solid understanding of space system behavior.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • mission operations technical quality
  • SLA definition and monitoring
  • model-based engineering
  • asset profile management
  • technical leadership for mission service
  • operational standards and documentation

Nice-to-have

  • cross-functional team collaboration
  • stakeholder alignment
  • risk identification and mitigation

Key Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience
  • BSc in relevant technical discipline
  • Python, SQL skills and GitHub-based workflows
  • experience supporting multi-satellite constellations
  • knowledge of asset profiling approaches

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