Engineer I, Orbit Program 2023
Company: Iridium Satellite LLC
Location: Tempe
Posted on: March 15, 2023
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Job Description:
Engineer I, Orbit Program 2023
Job Locations
US-VA-Leesburg - US-AZ-Tempe - US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID
2022-2448
Category
Engineering
Worker Category
Regular Full-Time[F]
Company Overview
Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications
company with bragging rights to the only network that offers voice
and data connectivity anywhere in the world. For over 20 years,
Iridium's unique network and services have supported critical
communications needs for individuals, businesses, and the evolving
Internet of Things. At Iridium, we understand the importance of
staying connected and the limitations of traditional communications
networks. People across the globe, including first responders,
humanitarians, global militaries, scientific researchers, and lone
workers, as well as ships, aircraft and remote operations all rely
on Iridium to stay connected. We take our responsibility for
providing these essential communications very seriously and pride
ourselves on offering a reliable lifeline when needed. Likewise,
Iridium is committed to providing an exciting and innovative
workplace, where employees are challenged to think outside the box
and collaborate on new, bold ideas and solutions. Our talented
teams are passionate about their work and the impact our company
makes around the world. Iridium fosters an empowering and inclusive
culture that allows employees to genuinely be their best selves. We
are looking for others who want to join this truly unique company
that celebrates our employees and provides the opportunity to truly
make a difference in the world.
Position Summary, Job Requirements & Responsibilities
What We're Looking For:If you are enthusiastic about working in the
space industry, then you will be excited about this unique
opportunity to experience multiple facets of the satellite
communications industry. The Iridium Orbit Program is designed for
those who want to experience a breadth of engineering and
operations environments before committing to a specific career path
at Iridium. As a member of this 18-month program you will spend
time across 2 different states with 3 different teams from within
satellite operations, space engineering, product engineering,
integration and test, gateway operations and customer care. At the
end of the 18 months, you will have a chance to decide which
engineering environment works best for you! Read more here:
https://www.iridium.com/careers/orbital-program/ What You'll Do:For
6 months at a time, you will be integrated into one of the teams
described below, learning the functions of team while gaining
diverse real-world experience. At the end of the program, taking
into consideration the needs of the teams, you will be matched
appropriately with the team that best suit your educational
background, skill-set, and interest! Satellite OperationsThis
Satellite Operations team performs the real time operation,
monitoring, and command and control of the Iridium satellite
constellation and ground system, including execution of planned
activities and recovering from anomalies, as well as performing
orbit determination, mission planning and collision avoidance
functions. Space EngineeringThe Iridium satellites are complex
systems composed of subsystems such as Power, Attitude Control,
Thermal, and Communications, to name a few. The Space Engineering
team consists of subsystem experts who respond to satellite issues,
as well as develop software features that improve performance,
safety, and maintainability of the satellites. Product
EngineeringIridium designs and develops the transceivers that
enable users to connect to the Iridium satellite constellation. The
Product Engineering team is responsible for the overall life-cycle
of the Iridium transceivers from requirements, design, test,
production, and sustainment. The team builds and maintains
development, test and production systems, software tools, developer
kits, and documentation. Customer CareThe Customer Care team
provides real time technical support and customer service
engineering for all Iridium service partners, value-added
manufactures, and value-added retailers. The team participates in
alpha and beta trials as well as testing of enhancements to Iridium
products and services. Gateway OperationsThe Gateway hosts the
critical infrastructure which maintains all the Iridium services.
The team monitors the health of Gateway systems and services in a
24x7x365 environment to respond to any anomalies. Additionally,
they execute system and network preventative maintenance
procedures, and implement system upgrades, updates, and
configuration changes to minimize service disruption. Integration
and TestThe Iridium space and ground systems are constantly
evolving. The Integration and Test team ensures all system changes
are vetted before operational deployment, by testing software
and/or hardware changes in a lab environment. The team interacts
with high fidelity simulators as well hardware in the loop testing
using satellite engineering models.
Experience & Education Requirements / EEO
What You'll Need to Succeed:
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