{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"b35dc3bbb82edd9a0234a944","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b35dc3bbb82edd9a0234a944","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b35dc3bbb82edd9a0234a944","title":"Systems Operations Engineer","description":"As a Systems Operations Engineer at Spire, you will be responsible for ensuring that on-orbit mission operations meet and sustain technical and service-level objectives. You will serve as the technical link between the development and operations phases of the mission lifecycle, ensuring that the constellation behaves as expected and that any deviations are rapidly understood, assessed, and resolved with sound engineering judgment.\n\nThis role is central to Spire's strategy to deliver scalable, reliable, and technically assured services using model-based engineering and validated asset profiles. Your work will ensure that decisions affecting constellation performance are made with technical insight.\n\nRole Responsibilities:\n\nOwn the technical quality of mission operations during the on-orbit service period, ensuring Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are well defined, monitored, and maintained.\nAssess and design strategies to address underperformance, providing detailed technical insight and coordinating resolution strategies in collaboration with Systems Engineering, Mission Design, and SRE.\nDefine and manage the high-level structure and performance requirements of asset profiles, ensuring they accurately represent mission needs and provide a clear basis for verification. Work with System Owners and SMEs to ensure subsystem capabilities are properly characterised, and with SREs to ensure ongoing validation of in-orbit performance.\nBridge the gap between Systems Engineering, Mission Design, Program Management, Customer Service, and SRE by providing technical leadership during the mission service period. Define the tooling and functional monitoring needs that enable the SRE team to maintain constellation health and respond effectively to deviations.\nSupport SRE, Platform, and Customer Service leads in triaging constellation or satellite issues that deviate from nominal asset profile definitions, ensuring escalation paths and responses are technically justified.\nAct as a technical reviewer and contributor during Mission Readiness Review (MRR) and pre-launch handover, ensuring operational teams are equipped with validated, well-understood assets and clearly defined expectations for mission performance.\nIdentify operational risks and propose mitigations related to in-orbit performance, platform limitations, or evolving CONOPS.\nEnsure technical consistency and justification for on-orbit changes such as mode transitions, re-tasking, or adjustments to duty cycles or resource allocations. Lead the rollout of complex fleet-wide changes when CONOPS are being updated, ensuring risks and dependencies are managed.\nCollaborate across SRE, Platform, and Systems teams to codify lessons learned into reusable operational standards, documentation, and improved design practices for future missions.\nDerive and maintain Operational Requirements by helping project teams translate mission and system-level requirements into operational-level non-functional requirements (SLOs, latency, freshness, availability), with verification methods and traceability.\nSupport configuration control during service, helping manage the versioned operational baseline (limits, parameters, tasking configurations) and working with SREs, System Owners, and Customer Service to prevent configuration drift across the fleet.\nSupport the definition and coverage of FDIR (Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery) logic, ensuring coverage against top failure modes and reducing residual operational risk over time.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n\nDegree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant technical discipline.\n3+ years of experience in system performance monitoring, root cause analysis, and anomaly resolution.\nSolid understanding of space system behaviour on orbit, including thermal dynamics, power management, RF communications, and tasking impacts.\nAbility to translate system-level engineering context into clear operational guidance and tooling requirements.\nFamiliarity with SLA-driven architectures, system observability, and mission assurance principles.\nClear communication skills to align stakeholders across engineering, operations, and customer delivery.\nFamiliarity with software tools and frameworks used in operations, including strong Python, SQL skills and GitHub-based workflows.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n3+ years of experience supporting operations of multi-satellite constellations.\nKnowledge of asset profiling approaches and system models (including fault profiles, mode transitions, and performance boundaries).\nUnderstanding of ground-segment tooling, SRE practices, or telemetry/telecommand systems.\nExperience working with cross-functional, multi-time zone teams across engineering and operations.\nBackground in satellite mission design, including the transition from development to operations.\nLI-MK1\n\nSpire operates a hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three days per week in the office.\n\nAccess to US export-controlled software and/or technology may be required for this role. If needed, Spire will arrange the necessary licenses—this is not something candidates need to have before applying. LI-MK1\n\nGlobal Perks\n\n️ Name Your Satellite Program (NYSP)\n Launch Attendance\n Generous Time Off Policy\n Education Assistance Program\n Employee Assistance Program (EAP)\n Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)\n Family Leave\n Fitness Reimbursement\n Employee Referral Program\n Healthy snacks & beverages in every office\n\nAbout Spire\n\nWe improve life on Earth with data from space.\n\nSpire Global is a space-to-cloud analytics company that owns and operates the largest multi-purpose constellation of satellites. Its proprietary data and algorithms provide the most advanced maritime, aviation, and weather tracking in the world. In addition to its constellation, Spire's data infrastructure includes a global ground station network and 24/7 operations that provide real-time global coverage of every point on Earth.\n\nSpire is Global and our success draws upon the diverse viewpoints, skills and experiences of our employees. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status.\n\nTo help maintain a safe and secure workplace for Spire employees, all candidates who receive a conditional offer will be required to complete a background check. This may include criminal history and employment verification.\n\nPlease take a moment to review Spire's Global Data Privacy Notice for Employees, Contractors, Candidates and Visitors, as well as Spire's Privacy Policy.\n\nKindly be advised that communication regarding your application may come from @spire.com, @recruiting.spire.com, or from Candidate.fyi (our scheduling tool).","company":"Spire","rawCompany":"spire","city":"Boulder","state":"CO","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-09-08T08:55:05.649Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"17-2011.00","title":"Aerospace Engineers","slug":"aerospace-engineers"},{"code":"17-3021.00","title":"Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians","slug":"aerospace-engineering-and-operations-technologists-and-technicians"}],"industries":[{"code":"927110","title":"Space Research and Technology","slug":"space-research-and-technology"},{"code":"517410","title":"Satellite Telecommunications","slug":"satellite-telecommunications"},{"code":"336414","title":"Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing","slug":"guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Systems Operations Engineer","description":"As a Systems Operations Engineer at Spire, you will be responsible for ensuring that on-orbit mission operations meet and sustain technical and service-level objectives. You will serve as the technical link between the development and operations phases of the mission lifecycle, ensuring that the constellation behaves as expected and that any deviations are rapidly understood, assessed, and resolved with sound engineering judgment.\n\nThis role is central to Spire's strategy to deliver scalable, reliable, and technically assured services using model-based engineering and validated asset profiles. Your work will ensure that decisions affecting constellation performance are made with technical insight.\n\nRole Responsibilities:\n\nOwn the technical quality of mission operations during the on-orbit service period, ensuring Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are well defined, monitored, and maintained.\nAssess and design strategies to address underperformance, providing detailed technical insight and coordinating resolution strategies in collaboration with Systems Engineering, Mission Design, and SRE.\nDefine and manage the high-level structure and performance requirements of asset profiles, ensuring they accurately represent mission needs and provide a clear basis for verification. Work with System Owners and SMEs to ensure subsystem capabilities are properly characterised, and with SREs to ensure ongoing validation of in-orbit performance.\nBridge the gap between Systems Engineering, Mission Design, Program Management, Customer Service, and SRE by providing technical leadership during the mission service period. Define the tooling and functional monitoring needs that enable the SRE team to maintain constellation health and respond effectively to deviations.\nSupport SRE, Platform, and Customer Service leads in triaging constellation or satellite issues that deviate from nominal asset profile definitions, ensuring escalation paths and responses are technically justified.\nAct as a technical reviewer and contributor during Mission Readiness Review (MRR) and pre-launch handover, ensuring operational teams are equipped with validated, well-understood assets and clearly defined expectations for mission performance.\nIdentify operational risks and propose mitigations related to in-orbit performance, platform limitations, or evolving CONOPS.\nEnsure technical consistency and justification for on-orbit changes such as mode transitions, re-tasking, or adjustments to duty cycles or resource allocations. Lead the rollout of complex fleet-wide changes when CONOPS are being updated, ensuring risks and dependencies are managed.\nCollaborate across SRE, Platform, and Systems teams to codify lessons learned into reusable operational standards, documentation, and improved design practices for future missions.\nDerive and maintain Operational Requirements by helping project teams translate mission and system-level requirements into operational-level non-functional requirements (SLOs, latency, freshness, availability), with verification methods and traceability.\nSupport configuration control during service, helping manage the versioned operational baseline (limits, parameters, tasking configurations) and working with SREs, System Owners, and Customer Service to prevent configuration drift across the fleet.\nSupport the definition and coverage of FDIR (Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery) logic, ensuring coverage against top failure modes and reducing residual operational risk over time.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n\nDegree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant technical discipline.\n3+ years of experience in system performance monitoring, root cause analysis, and anomaly resolution.\nSolid understanding of space system behaviour on orbit, including thermal dynamics, power management, RF communications, and tasking impacts.\nAbility to translate system-level engineering context into clear operational guidance and tooling requirements.\nFamiliarity with SLA-driven architectures, system observability, and mission assurance principles.\nClear communication skills to align stakeholders across engineering, operations, and customer delivery.\nFamiliarity with software tools and frameworks used in operations, including strong Python, SQL skills and GitHub-based workflows.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n3+ years of experience supporting operations of multi-satellite constellations.\nKnowledge of asset profiling approaches and system models (including fault profiles, mode transitions, and performance boundaries).\nUnderstanding of ground-segment tooling, SRE practices, or telemetry/telecommand systems.\nExperience working with cross-functional, multi-time zone teams across engineering and operations.\nBackground in satellite mission design, including the transition from development to operations.\nLI-MK1\n\nSpire operates a hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three days per week in the office.\n\nAccess to US export-controlled software and/or technology may be required for this role. If needed, Spire will arrange the necessary licenses—this is not something candidates need to have before applying. LI-MK1\n\nGlobal Perks\n\n️ Name Your Satellite Program (NYSP)\n Launch Attendance\n Generous Time Off Policy\n Education Assistance Program\n Employee Assistance Program (EAP)\n Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)\n Family Leave\n Fitness Reimbursement\n Employee Referral Program\n Healthy snacks & beverages in every office\n\nAbout Spire\n\nWe improve life on Earth with data from space.\n\nSpire Global is a space-to-cloud analytics company that owns and operates the largest multi-purpose constellation of satellites. Its proprietary data and algorithms provide the most advanced maritime, aviation, and weather tracking in the world. In addition to its constellation, Spire's data infrastructure includes a global ground station network and 24/7 operations that provide real-time global coverage of every point on Earth.\n\nSpire is Global and our success draws upon the diverse viewpoints, skills and experiences of our employees. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status.\n\nTo help maintain a safe and secure workplace for Spire employees, all candidates who receive a conditional offer will be required to complete a background check. This may include criminal history and employment verification.\n\nPlease take a moment to review Spire's Global Data Privacy Notice for Employees, Contractors, Candidates and Visitors, as well as Spire's Privacy Policy.\n\nKindly be advised that communication regarding your application may come from @spire.com, @recruiting.spire.com, or from Candidate.fyi (our scheduling tool).","datePosted":"2026-09-08T08:55:05.649Z","dateModified":"2026-09-08T08:55:05.649Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Spire","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Boulder","addressRegion":"CO","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"b35dc3bbb82edd9a0234a944"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b35dc3bbb82edd9a0234a944"}}