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Summary:
The position supports real time operations by supervising all of the satellite and network planning activities and is responsible for leading all aspects of flight dynamics and satellite maneuvering. Candidate should be an expert in conjunction analysis and lead the team’s efforts in performing collision avoidance. They are also responsible for the trending and analysis of the on-board clocks and propellant sub-systems for the entire Iridium satellite constellation. The candidate shall be an expert in algorithmic development, flight dynamics, maneuver optimization, Monte Carlo simulation, covariance analysis, software development and effective communications. Candidate will work normal business hours and occasionally provide 24x7 on-call support, however, the candidate will also be required to work 12-hour rotating shifts during critical satellite activities.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Flight Dynamics team
- Develop industry standard conjunction analysis best practices.
- Coordinate conjunction activities with external government agencies, such as CSpOC, NASA, and the owner/operator community. Present Iridium’s operations policy at various technical conferences
- Lead real-time conjunction analysis to assess the risk of collision and execute mitigation efforts as deemed necessary
- Develop, monitor and maintain ground antenna tracking algorithms and software accounting for weather attenuation and position uncertainty.
- Leads the team's effort for maneuver planning for ascent, de-orbit, slot swap, station-keeping, collision avoidance, and cross-track maneuvers
- Develop, monitor and maintain long term constellation trending, relative RAAN rate progression, frozen orbit stability, and cross-link pointing performance
- Develop combinatorial optimization scheduling algorithms for make-before-break continuous coverage scheduling
- Develop quick prototypes for one-off analysis projects
- Schedule all satellite and ground resources to accomplish mission objectives. Perform activity deconfliction, resource allocation, and determine optimal load balancing for traffic on the satellite network.
- Supervise the creation, validation, and distribution of all necessary products for the network including satellite and ground site schedules, antenna tracking files, acquisition tables, satellite pointing vectors, and orbital event files.
- Lead real-time satellite state of health evaluation, trending, and analysis for the SV clock and propellant sub-system.
- Conduct atmospheric modeling and trending for drag analysis and forecasting
- Maintain all Mission Planning and Orbit Analysis software products, tools, and applications. Continuously look for ways to improve upon the tools and processes for streamlined operations.
- Support real-time anomaly investigation and resolution, procedure development, software development and product verification pertaining to the Mission Planning and Orbit Analysis domain
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Iridium’s Human Resources organization is looking for a Contract Corporate Recruiter to join our amazing team! This position is responsible for attracting, identifying and sourcing qualified exempt, non-exempt, technical and management employees for both Iridium and our affiliate company Aireon. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned staffing professional with general experience in human resources, staffing and recruitment functions.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Thoughtfully source, recruit, interview, schedule and select highly qualified candidates
- Research and recommend new sources for active and passive candidate sourcing; build networks to identify qualified passive candidates, create industry contacts
- Administer applicant assessment instruments
- Complete reference checks
- Update applicant tracking and EEO data
- Prepare and extend offers of employment; gain necessary position and offer approvals
- Maintain applicant files, appropriate records and statistics
- Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws
- Collect and process pre- and post-employment paperwork including background and reference checks
- Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified candidates
- Other duties as assigned
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Iridium’s Human Resources team is looking for a Compensation and Benefits Analyst to join our amazing team! We are seeking a qualified candidate to assist in the management of HR functions associated with compensation, equity administration, onboarding, administration of the employee benefit programs, compliance, and wellness initiatives. The position will coordinate and administer employee benefits, including medical, dental, vision, short-term disability (STD), long-term disability (LTD), life insurance, flexible spending account plans, health savings accounts, 401(k) retirement plan, and the company’s stock option, RSU and SAR programs. The position will also be responsible for assisting with the planning and administration of our benefits open enrollment process. The ideal candidate will be a champion for innovation in the benefit and wellness space to integrate best-in-class practices to Iridium’s processes.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Conduct FLSA exemption testing for new positions
- Support compensation and salary planning initiatives including market research and analysis
- Assist in annual compensation surveys (Radford, WorldatWork)
- Support all annual compensation activities (merit, bonus, equity)
- Serve as the tier 2 point of contact for escalated benefits issues related to Iridium’s benefits and 401(k) plans
- Audit and process all benefit invoices for payment
- Administer leave of absence program to include FMLA and short term and long-term disability programs
- As the benefits subject matter expert, educate and update the HR team with pertinent benefits information and changes
- Assist in the planning and management of the annual benefits open enrollment process for all employees
- Evaluate and compare existing company benefits with those of other employers through formal surveys (local and industry), local and national HR organizations, as well as other sources of information; analyze results and develop specific recommendations for review by management
- Monitor COBRA elections; ensure additions and removals of employees for COBRA coverage are timely and accurate
- Assist in the administration of FMLA, disability and ADA processes
- Maintain current benefit offerings in HRIS (currently ADP), ensuring employee elections are properly coded
- Audit electronic transmission of employee eligibility information from HRIS to benefit vendors, making corrections as necessary
- Work to resolve any issues that may arise with benefit elections
- Maintain up-to-date benefits information and forms on HRIS and employee intranet
- Ensure annual FSA and HSA limits are monitored and reported accurately
- Ensure Iridium’s compliance with ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) and other benefits related governmental laws and regulations
- Review, finalize and submit yearly ACA reporting (1095-C and 1094-C documents)
- Promote employee wellness program
- Support the administration of Iridium’s equity program including grants, quarterly vests, etc.
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Iridium’s Human Resources organization is looking for a Human Resources Business Partner to join our amazing team in Virginia! The incumbent will have the opportunity to dig into all aspects of Human Resources function as well as take on challenging projects. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, resourceful critical thinker who enjoys a positive team environment where the emphasis is on serving our valued employees and continuous improvement of our processes and procedures. In this position you will be empowered to contribute to the success of our mission by supporting essential functions including staffing, employment on-boarding compensation, benefits, employee relations and other employee-related activities and services. As part of your duties, you will be tasked with developing strong relationships across all levels of the organization and act as a trusted and valued business partner that ensures the integration of HR activities into the organization. This position will also engage in program design and complete HR related projects as assigned. This position will support our two Northern Virginia offices in McLean and Leesburg, Virginia.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Employee Relations
- Work with managers and employees to ensure appropriate resolution of employee issues.
- Provide ongoing HR guidance to management (interviewing, hiring, promotions, coaching, performance management, safety, etc.)
- Support career development initiatives which includes coaching leaders, participating in employee career counseling and feedback sessions, and equipping managers with tools for feedback sessions and planning
- Work with managers and departments/teams to utilize the Predictive Index assessments tools for team building and strengthening communications
- Research and respond to employee inquiries
- Support both employees and managers in the performance management process
Employment, On-boarding and Off-boarding
- Prepare and extend offers of employment, gain necessary position and offer approvals, collect and process pre- and post-offer paperwork, including references and background checks
- Prepare, update and conduct new employee orientation and on-boarding activities
- Conduct employee exit interviews and off-boarding activities
- Assist with Company’s Affirmative Action and EEO program
- Update applicant tracking and EEO data
Staffing and Recruitment
- Assist with Company’s recruitment program to include:
- New position justification, budget and approval process
- Direct and monitor creation of job descriptions
- Source, recruit, interview, and select candidates
- Schedule interviews and coordinate travel when needed
General Administration
- Administer applicant assessment instruments (Predictive Index)
- Administer HR vendors/tools
- Assist in drafting and revising internal HR polices as needed; respond to policy, procedures and program inquiries
- Draft organizational announcements and other employee communications
- Maintain Company organizational charts
- Prepare personnel action forms and other documents pertaining to employment
- Assist with annual benefits open enrollment
- Assist with company sponsored training programs
- Assist with streamlining department processes and procedures, gaining efficiencies through automation, and implementing improvement initiatives
- Work on various projects, events, and initiatives as needed
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Summary:
The Director, Contracts (Government Programs) is responsible for directly and indirectly supporting the Government Programs business development organization and the Operations Program Management Office in developing, negotiating, and managing specialized, complex, and high value U.S. Government prime contracts or subcontracts, assuring such activities are handled in a professional, timely, legally compliant and cost-effective manner. This position also supervises other contract professionals who administer Iridium’s contracts with the U.S. Government.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties include including providing expert contracts management involvement and oversight throughout the entire Government contracting lifecycle, including pre-proposal business development support, proposal preparation, fact-finding, negotiations, contract drafting and/or review, contract award, contract administration, and contract close-out for a variety of complex, high dollar transactions. Assigned contracting efforts will include U.S. Government commercial and non-commercial contracts, covering a variety of telecommunications services, major technology systems acquisition, and engineering support activities. Work requires thorough research, analysis and reviews of all applicable program requirements, policies, guidance, financial considerations, and legal/regulatory requirements.
Specific responsibilities will include:
- Primary Iridium point of contact with U.S. Government contracting officers and DCAA/DCMA representative on all U.S. Government contracts.
- Directly manage a portfolio of assigned Government sales contracts and selected procurement subcontract relationships, representing multi-million dollar, complex, strategic, and/or international proposals, contracts and relationships;
- Coordinate with Government Programs, Operations and Finance personnel to prepare binding Government contract proposals and non-binding planning estimates, subject to Government Requests for Proposal or similar solicitations;
- Analyze, model and participate in the negotiation of financial arrangements and business/operational terms and conditions to meet the company’s technical, quality, schedule, legal and cost objectives;
- Oversee and contribute strategy on contract risk management and proposed pricing, basis of estimates, terms and conditions, legal assertions and/or reservations of rights and other regulatory requirements, as well as required administrative aspects of the proposal;
- Support or perform complex cost and pricing data analysis of the company’s proposed pricing and/or of selected subcontractor pricing;
- Oversee the development of the company’s Small Business Subcontracting Plans as required under select Government proposals and contracts;
- Oversee the close-out of all U.S. Government contracts;
- Consult and work closely with other members of the Legal Department regarding the interpretation of U.S. Government contracting regulations (FAR, DFARS, GSA), as well as other relevant commercial, legal, export, and intellectual property requirements to assure negotiated requirements are accurately documented and fully reviewed;
- Participate in the formation, drafting and defining Government contracts and changes thereto to assure that negotiated requirements are accurately documented and fully reviewed within the company;
- Administer correspondence, reports, contract submittals, and other communications with Government customers and subcontractors to ensure timely and coordinated responses and compliance with contract terms and conditions;
- Assist in the development and negotiation of Incurred Cost Submissions;
- Communicate with senior management on progress, status and recommendations of ongoing contract projects;
- Participate in process improvement projects aimed at improving the overall contract project function within the company;
- Assure that assigned contracts projects are accurately identified and maintained current within the central Company database of contractual agreements.
- Provide strategic contract formation and administration support on critical non-Government programs/contracts, as needed.
- Other projects/assignments as required.
Job Requirements:
Position requires very strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as excellent organizational, analytical and planning skills. The following specific skills are desirable:
- Proven track record in supporting multi-disciplinary Government programs encompassing project conceptualization, technical requirements, schedules, pricing, and contractual implications, consistent with regulations and company policies;
- In-depth working knowledge of federal procurement regulations (FAR, DFARS, GSA) and policies, including FAR Part 15 negotiated contract procedures for cost reimbursable, fixed price, and time and materials contracting, as well as FAR Part 12 requirements for commercial item contracting;
- Able to work effectively with line management, senior management, and Government or corporate representatives and executives;
- Strong working knowledge of legal issues, business development, marketing, sales and financial management;
- Strong mentoring and coaching skills;
- Excellent negotiation skills and ability to translate business agreements into contract language and to interpret contract language to understand technical, schedule, and financial commitments;
- Must have the ability to multi-task and prioritize workload independently and within a team environment;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, sense of teamwork, and professionalism.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
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Summary:
Provides critical ground and satellite operations support for the Mission Real-Time operations team. The support functions include development, test and implementation of processes, procedures, checklists and software tools for ground and satellite operations. The functions also include anomaly and issue resolution, troubleshooting, and identifying root cause and determining corrective actions. Candidate will work normal business hours and provide 24x7 on-call support.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide systems engineering support to maintain and develop new processes, procedures, and software tools focused on continuous process improvement and more efficient operations
- Develop and maintain operational tools and software in order to provide streamlined automated and mechanized satellite ground operations
- Perform systems engineering & real-time analysis. Track, trend and analyze potential problems & anomalous conditions that may affect the ground system, HW, SW, operational LANs, and satellites
- Provide on call support, real-time investigation and troubleshooting for all real-time operations anomalies related to ground and SV operations and real-time software applications.
- Plan and execute Mission Operations Acceptance Testing for all ground software builds.
- Assist with Operational Crew Training and Certification process as well as recurring training scenarios.
- Perform additional duties as assigned
Job Requirements:
- The applicant must be proficient in a LINUX operating system, general programming capabilities, as well as standard PC usage and applications.
- Must have 2 or more years of direct Iridium experience.
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Reporting through the Technology Development and Operations Program Management Office and working with the Iridium Government Programs and Sales Offices will lead multi-discipline engineering project team(s) to identify, gain approval for, propose, and implement engineering solutions for various US Government programs and projects. Candidate will Develop and manage project plans and deliverables, within assigned scope. Will participate in determining objectives and defining required resources through; planning, scheduling, and managing activities as required to accomplish those objectives. Will act as customer point of contact (internal and external) to establish key stakeholder requirements and project objectives and will support continuous improvement efforts for project management processes and business systems support.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Focal point for the company with the customer, internal or external.
- Complete project ownership from award to final delivery while actively managing quality and financial controls
- Identify and manage identified project risks to minimize impact to the program.
- Lead internal and external teams to execute the full spectrum of the project
- Coordinate internal activities to ensure major milestones are progressed in line with the program requirements
- Coordinate and lead major milestone meetings with customer (CIR, SRR, CDR, FAT) and control resulting minutes and actions
- Portray the company's expectations and requirements to the engineering, development, test, and deployment teams to ensure alignment
- Provide weekly status updates, milestone schedule and risk analysis summary
- Initiate pro-active correspondence to communicate project status, on-going financial viability, and identification of key issues to senior management
- Participate in and support pricing negotiations and changes with customers and communicate requirements
- Manage customer changes and follow up on change related costs and supporting proposals for both commercial, government, and technical scope of work deviations
- Initiate invoicing of project payments and follow-up on payment as required
Job Requirements
- Knowledge of Project Management theory, concepts and principles (e.g. theory of constraints, critical path methodology, project risk management, constraints, project scope management, project lifecycle etc.)
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills. Clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence.
- Able to communicate at an appropriate level for the audience.
- Accurately interprets messages from others and responds appropriately.
The ability to review a wide range of processes to identify gaps between requirements and current outputs within own work group.
- Possess skills to consistently tests solutions; gather feedback from own work group, other work groups, and occasionally external customers on effectiveness.
- Capable of making customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions; ability to develop and sustain productive customer relationships.
- Has the capacity to integrate information from a wide variety of sources; detect trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships; create relevant options for addressing difficult problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes.
- Ability to engage and actively support engineering efforts
- Agile development project experience a plus
- Ability to create comprehensive project schedules which identify time frames for key project milestones, direct and manage more complex project schedules, independently identify project resource requirements, collaborate with others on more complex projects assigned, and assist others in complex large scale projects.
- Ability to accept, direct, and perform responsibilities
- Supervise the work of vendor software development and subcontractors
- Proficient in all MS Office applications required
- Experience in MS Project required
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time, international and domestic sometimes at short notice
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The Director of Financial Planning and Analysis drives the preparation and analysis of annual budgets and short-term forecasts and participates in strategic/long-range financial planning. This position will be responsible for providing accurate and timely financial information. The essential duties and qualifications of this position are listed below:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain the annual financial & operating plan, long term strategic plan and the financial forecast model
- Provide monthly and quarterly financials to internal and external customers
- Ensure compliance with company loan requirements and communicate with administrative agent
- Create presentations needed by executive management to communicate to company’s Board of Directors as well as new investors and other relevant parties
- Develop quarterly presentations, assist with earnings press release and script for the quarterly conference call with lenders
- Lead financial due diligence activities for corporate recapitalization and M&A activities
- Monitor and analyze actual performance against budget
- Analyze financial statements with management and participate in strategic financial planning
- Prepare ad hoc analyses for CFO and other senior management
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The revenue assurance analyst is responsible for providing accurate information to customers and management to ensure accurate billing. The individual will be responsible for completing daily, cyclical or monthly billing activities of Iridium’s Products and Services.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Complete pre-billing verification and invoice review
- Send invoices and supporting reports to all customers
- Prepare invoice files for foreign subsidiaries
- Prepare rate update files for uploading into system
- Prepare monthly settlements, GL accruals, and reconciliations of Iridium to PSTN invoicing for net settlements
- Assist with the preparation of monthly accrual worksheets and invoicing for Roaming Partners
- Assist with customer billing inquiries
- Participate in special projects involving pricing, billing, settlements etc. as they arise
- Other activities as deemed necessary
Job Requirements:
- Ability to focus on details
- Understanding and familiarity of back office billing
- Ability to interact with various departments and management
- Ability to prioritize projects, multi task and review workloads to ensure the best use of resources
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to work independently to accomplish tasks
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
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The Executive Director, Gateway Engineering and Planning is responsible for defining the overall architecture and planning of the Iridium Gateway, as well as its evolution, including new development and sustaining projects. The Executive Director is responsible for developing multi-year Gateway evolution plans and corresponding annual CAPEX and OPEX budgets required to implement the plans. In this role, you will directly manage a team of engineers and associates who are subject matter experts of the various nodes in the Gateway, including hardware and software configuration management, vendor selection and management, and in-house application software development.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Represents Gateway engineering in various regular reviews and meetings including: Executive Leadership meetings, Monthly Operations Review, Technology Review, Network Architecture Council, and various network change control boards
- Acts as the Gateway lead for the System Design Authority (SDA), providing initial feasibility studies and early Rom estimates
- Develops and releases the Gateway Evolution Roadmap covering new developments, enhancements to existing services, and technology refreshes
- Works closely with other Iridium organizations in product and service development for best in class end to end solutions
- For new developments or enhancements to existing services: manage the budget, gateway system design, vendor selection/management, and test planning
- Manages the technology refresh cycle for Gateway network elements, manages the budget, ensures plans are in place for capacity expansion, availability improvements, capacity expansion, and end-of-life
- Leads, motivates and grows the Gateway team, ensuring there are highly qualified subject matter experts for all nodes in the Gateway
- Hosts and manages project reviews and technical inter-exchange meetings in support of Gateway projects
- Ensures corporate goals for Gateway availability are met
- Provides technical assistance to operations groups and participates in anomaly resolution and root cause analysis
- Develops and maintains in-house applications and software for prepaid and other services
- Oversees configuration management for Gateway network elements (hardware and software), inventory, and spares
- Manages vendor contracts for Gateway elements including defining requirements, negotiating deliverables, and validation
- Supports the tier 2 customer issue resolution process and provides technical support in troubleshooting and ticket resolution
- Provides technical support to Iridium Russia Gateway
- Develops and maintains tools to monitor capacity and performance of Gateway elements
- Provides technical support to Iridium Marketing, Business Development and Channel Manager group
- Provides technical assistance to Regulatory Engineering and Legal departments
- Provides technical assistance to the IT Application group in back office development, including provisioning and billing
Job Requirements:
- This position requires a minimum of 15 years of experience in satellite or terrestrial telecommunications industry
- Specific experience in the following is highly desired:
- Hardware and software development of gateway equipment, new products, or services
- Senior or executive management role with supervisory, budgetary and scheduling responsibilities
- Comprehensive technical knowledge of communications systems and protocols such cellular, GSM/3G/4G, IP, MPLS, etc.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally
- Eligible for security clearance
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This position will be responsible for directing and managing IT plans, schedules, policies and programs for Iridium’s data processing, network communications, business operations, computer services and management information systems, according to established goals and objectives. The IT Project Manager will drive the implementation of developing best practices throughout the organization, while governing control and ensuring objectives are achieved. Responsible for project management with a focus on meeting project commitments, including communication with sponsors and stakeholders. This role requires strong experience in IT Operations, Project Management, Application Management and Business Analysis in order to communicate, motivate, and collaborate with various technical managers, business owners, and executives in different business areas.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Quickly understands the business issues and data challenges of the organization and industry
- Identifies organizational and departmental strengths and weaknesses and suggests areas of improvement related to technology
- Reviews and edits requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed IT solutions
- Manages the day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of multiple and/or large-scale projects
- Reviews high-level deliverables across projects
- Ensures project-related issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner
- Manages scope and minimizes company exposure and risk across multiple projects
- Enforces project deadlines and schedules
- Communicates and applies technology, project, and policy standards
- Manages resources in accordance with project schedules
- Consistently delivers high-quality services to the business
Job Requirements:
- Strong analytical, triage, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail, accuracy, and follow up
- Exceptional planning, organizational, and time management skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Apply IT technical skills across multiple infrastructure disciplines
- Generates enthusiasm among team members
- Proactively seeks opportunities to serve in leadership roles
- Challenges others to develop as leaders while serving as a role model
- Manages the process of innovative change related to technology
- Facilitates effective team interaction
- Acknowledges and appreciates each team member's contributions
- Develops relationships between business units and Information Technology
- Communicates effectively with business units to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions with project management
- Continually seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen departmental relationships
- Manages expectations effectively
- Exhibits confidence and an extensive knowledge of emerging industry practices when solving business problems
- Pushes creative thinking beyond the boundaries of existing industry practices and business unit mindsets
- Strong knowledge of project management process and systems, including ITIL/ITSM
- Strong knowledge of business applications to include ServiceNow and Microsoft SharePoint
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint presentations
- Proficient with Project Management tools
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The Senior Operations Technical Lead will work closely with other team members to ensure the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of the company’s core operational support systems. The candidate will provide monitoring, maintenance, support and in such cases improvements to existing software and associated operating systems. In this role, the candidate will apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate, and resolve issues in order to minimize the turnaround time and maximize efficiency. This is an operational role requiring on-call support and the sense of urgency to resolve and mitigate problems in a timely manner.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Monitor and analyze the operation of systems to ensure the effective delivery of provisioning and billing information
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues impacting the billing system and end applications and system processes
- Provide root cause analysis in support of a continuous improvement plan
- Collaborate with network staff to ensure a smooth and reliable operation of software and systems
- Assist in the development of processes that seek to guarantee the integrity of all billing data, system availability, system functionality, and audit compliance
- Create and maintain documentation as it relates to system configuration, mapping, processes, and service records
- Monitor and test system performance; prepare and deliver system performance statistics and reports
- Maintain documentation as it relates to system configuration, mapping, processes, and service records
- Work in collaboration with Operations Manager and IT Operations for application tuning and system support of back-end servers
- Investigate, research, and reduce system-level errors in a timely manner
- Perform in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new systems
- Monitor and test system performance; prepare and deliver system performance statistics
Job Requirements:
- 24/7 availability for escalated issues
- Strong scripting knowledge (Shell /Perl) preferred
- Proficiency with Informatica, Oracle preferred
- Experience with UNIX/LINUX, Perl Scripting and SQL required
- Experience with Oracle BRM Pipeline/Solution42 preferred
- Ability to conduct research into systems issues and products as required
- Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language
- Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail
- Proven analytical and creative problem-solving abilities
- Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
- Customer service orientated individual
- Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Previous operations experience in a high transaction system role required
- Demonstrated competency in thinking beyond direct instructions in order to develop operational solutions that meet objectives
- Ability to interact with various departments and management
- Ability to deliver consistent results of high-quality, and on-time deliveries
- Ability to prioritize multiple projects, multi-task, and review workloads to ensure the best use of resources
- Good organizational skills and attention to detail
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The Network Manager is responsible for managing all activities associated with Iridium’s enterprise networks, including establishing enterprise-wide operation standards using industry best practices to ensure a fault-tolerant, reliable, scalable and secure network environment across the enterprise. This is a hands-on management position which requires advanced technical skills, as well as managerial abilities. The Network Manager will coordinate the efforts of staff, design, implement, maintain and upgrade both new and existing network infrastructure at all corporate facilities working in cooperation with Network Engineering, Gateway Technical Operations and SNOC resources.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead the development and implementation of Iridium’s network strategy, architecture, governance and compliance.
- Evaluate, research, recommend technology solutions to meet business needs, stays abreast of new technologies and latest hardware and security risks.
- Establish and implement Iridium standards and industry best practices. Ensure appropriate monitoring and controls are in place to reduce risk and ensure network availability.
- Ability to interface with technical teams across the organization to provide technical guidance to meet the business requirements.
- Train, coach and mentor team members through effective performance management.
- Develop and maintain documentation and drawings of network infrastructure.
- Maintain appropriate tools to assist in the execution of duties.
- Foster a highly effective teamwork environment where accountability, clear effective communication, and a high level of customer service is demonstrated on a daily basis.
Job Requirements:
- Maintain existing IT network elements; implement upgrades, replacement and new equipment.
- Monitor the IT Network systems for proper operation, error conditions and unauthorized changes.
- Respond to alerts and take corrective actions; provide root cause analysis and suggest areas of improvements.
- Maintain appropriate logs, databases and history to perform trending analysis and take proactive steps to ensure the proper operation of systems.
- Solid understanding of network technologies including routing, switching, VPN, firewalls, OSPF, EIGRP, HSRP, DMVPN, Load Balancing, WIFI and WAN Optimization and the ability to provide guidance to the network team in managing all of these across global and diverse networks.
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The Senior Systems Engineer will be responsible for supporting Iridium US Government communications projects. In this position you will also participate in the full lifecycle of these communication services, including end user equipment (and/or customer-built devices), customer/mission requirements and needs, directing Iridium development activities as it pertains to design elements and engineering. The Senior Systems Engineer will also be responsible for systems engineering planning, scheduling, and execution to include requirements definition, allocation, system design, analyses and trade studies, hardware/software design oversight, system I&T and system verification.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The primary duties associated with this position are to lead systems engineering efforts on assigned projects associated with development of services and capabilities for the US Government on the Iridium satellite constellation. This will involve both technical and programmatic teamwork with Iridium customers, Iridium personnel and Iridium contractors. These duties will be performed according to company processes and integrating internal and external efforts into a coherent overall project involving risk, schedule, deliverables and cost objectives:
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Working with the Iridium customers to understand program needs and interpret the needs into the program scope, plan, and execution
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Technical feasibility analysis and trade studies
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Developing top-level system requirements and allocating to subsystems
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System integration and test planning
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Supporting project management and program documentation
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Implementation tracking and non-conformance resolution
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Briefing summary of project results, issues tracking and reporting to management
Job Requirements:
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Demonstrated ability to solve technical problems and to prioritize and organize complex workflow involving multiple inter-related parallel efforts
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In-depth knowledge of systems engineering methodologies and processes to include requirements definition, requirement allocation, system analyses, system trades, system verification, and anomaly resolution
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Demonstrated ability to establish customer and supplier relationships and to understand and resolve technical issues
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Must be a hands-on self-starter, capable of working effectively both independently and as part of a team
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Excellent oral and written reporting and communication/briefing skills are essential
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Proficiency with standard Microsoft Office required (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
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Position Overview:
This International Accounting position will be heavily involved in accounting for Iridium’s numerous foreign and domestic subsidiaries, which includes oversight of several foreign accounting service providers. This position will be responsible for providing accurate and timely financial information and contributing to the consolidated financial statements. The essential duties and qualifications of this position are listed below.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Provide accounting leadership for the oversight of the Company's international accounting, reporting, and financial controls, including financial statement consolidations, intercompany reconciliations, foreign currency transactions, and translation of financial statements into USD for international locations.
- Ensure accurate US GAAP financials and local statutory financials are properly prepared for all of the Company's international locations and maintenance of GAAP to statutory financial reconciliations.
- Ensure excellent financial controls and processes are in place and that all of the Company's international locations are SOX compliant and that statutory requirements are completed timely and accurately.
- Work with tax department in determining appropriate transfer pricing and tax strategies in various international locations.
- Manage third party or local accounting teams including statutory audits as required for all international locations (including but not limited to Russia, Brazil, Canada, etc.).
- Technical accounting: Research and interpret US GAAP with respect to foreign currency accounting, treatment for unique contracts and business transactions with the support of the Technical accounting team. Includes having a solid understanding of revenue recognition principles. Also need experience reviewing contracts.
- Provide direction and oversight to international accounting personnel and/or firms routinely.
- Support and rollup an annual budget for key foreign subsidiaries, including quarterly forecast updates and working alongside the FP&A department to prepare the company’s consolidated forecast
- Analysis of financial results: Analyze financial results compared to trends and forecasted expectations. Review, investigate and correct any issues as needed. Coordinate the completion of management reporting and the gathering of balance sheet and income statement variance explanations.
- Assist with annual financial statement audit and interact with external auditors.
- Participate in special accounting projects as necessary.
- Additional accounting responsibilities will also be assigned in addition to international accounting responsibilities.
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The Data Quality Analyst I will be responsible for understanding and analyzing complex business & data requirements. The Data Quality Analyst’s primary focus will be on data quality and developing and executing test plans to identify data problems and their causes. This position is fast paced and ever changing, requiring flexibility, self-initiative, and regular management of changing priorities.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct data analysis using a variety of SQL tools to query major databases.
- Provide technical assistance as subject matter expert in identifying, evaluating and developing data solutions that meet business requirements.
- Perform end-to-end testing, integration testing and regression testing.
- Work throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to drive test planning and test execution activities.
- Develop, execute and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
- Maintain and support QA / UAT environments.
- Evaluate and approve data for validity and impact on deliverables.
- Respond to internal data inquiries.
- Demonstrate a sense of urgency and utilizing resources efficiently.
- Demonstrate skills to think outside the box and challenge the status quo.
- Assist in the development and maintenance of training materials and process documentation.
- Ability to work on multiple priorities and/or projects simultaneously.
Job Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience with System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Strong data analysis skills
- Strong SQL/Toad skills
- Experience with large databases such as Oracle
- Experience creating and maintaining test plans, scripts, and scenarios
- Strong understanding of ETL process for databases
- Experience in testing and data validation
- Good understanding of data quality assurance processes and procedures
- Understanding of database design / data modeling
- Ability to set up & maintain a variety of testing environments
- Ability to think conceptually and analytically, with high attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work independently and demonstrate thoroughness and strong ownership of work
- Ability to support multiple projects simultaneously
- Strong problem solving, decision-making, and time management skills
- Embraces teamwork and possesses ability to effectively work cross functionally
- Customer service oriented with the ability to listen to customer needs and recommend solutions
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Summary:
Iridium’s Satellite Operations and Development team is looking for a motivated software developer to join our team of engineers supporting our real time operations. This is a great opportunity for someone who has a passion for development and an interest in space.
This position will help establish and lead a team of developers that provides mission critical software applications to support the Iridium Satellite Operations Center’s real-time team. Flying the world’s only truly global satellite constellation requires many fleet-level commanding and monitoring tools and GUIs that provide automated and streamlined data analysis and situational awareness to the operations personnel. And having recently completed our two-year deployment of our next generation satellite fleet, the candidate will work in a dynamic environment that requires new and innovative tools to solve and provide insight to complex scenarios, while maintaining the mission for our customers. The development projects will encompass a broad range of skills, ranging from small scripts to large scale software applications.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Technical Lead providing systems engineering to maintain, re-imagine, and develop new processes, architectures, and software tools focused on continuous process improvement and more efficient operations
- Modernize existing operational tools and software in order to provide streamlined, automated, and mechanized satellite ground operations, with a focus on creating an integrated tool suite versus many isolated applications
- Lead a small team of Satellite Operations and Development Engineers to establish software development standards and best practices
- Establish and maintain the software configuration management repository, as well as the software development, test, and build environments
- Coordinate with software and hardware engineers from other teams for software installation, upgrades, and troubleshooting
- Provide on call support, real-time investigation and troubleshooting for all real-time operations anomalies related to the mission critical real-time software applications
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Summary:
***This position requires an active Secret Clearance***
The Senior Contracts Manager for Government Programs is responsible for supporting the Government Programs business development organization and the Operations Program Management Office in developing, negotiating, and managing specialized, complex, and high value U.S. Government prime contracts or subcontracts, assuring such activities are handled in a professional, timely, legally compliant and cost-effective manner. An active U.S. Government security clearance (Top Secret) is required.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties include providing expert contracts management involvement and oversight throughout the entire Government contracting lifecycle, including pre-proposal business development support, proposal preparation, factfinding, negotiations, contract drafting and/or review, contract award, contract administration, and contract close-out for a variety of complex, high dollar transactions. Assigned contracting efforts will include U.S. Government commercial and non-commercial contracts, covering a variety of telecommunications services, major technology systems acquisition, and engineering support activities. Work requires thorough research, analysis and reviews of all applicable program requirements, policies, guidance, financial considerations, and legal/regulatory requirements.
Specific responsibilities will include:
- Managing a portfolio of assigned Government sales contracts and selected procurement subcontract relationships, representing multi-million dollar, complex, strategic, and/or international proposals, contracts and relationships;
- Coordinating with Government Programs, Operations and Finance personnel to prepare binding Government contract proposals and non-binding planning estimates, subject to Government Requests for Proposal or similar solicitations;
- Serving as the primary contributor for proposal content documenting proposed pricing, basis of estimates, terms and conditions, legal assertions and/or reservations of rights and other regulatory requirements, as well as required administrative aspects of the proposal;
- Supporting or performing complex cost and pricing data analysis of the company’s proposed pricing and/or of selected subcontractor pricing;
- Developing and overseeing the company’s Small Business Subcontracting Plans as required under select Government proposals and contracts;
- Analyzing, modeling and participating in the negotiation of financial arrangements and business/operational terms and conditions to meet the company’s technical, quality, schedule, legal and cost objectives;
- Consulting with and working closely with other members of the Legal Department regarding the interpretation of U.S. Government contracting regulations (FAR, DFARS, GSA), as well as other relevant commercial, legal, export, and intellectual property requirements to assure negotiated requirements are accurately documented and fully reviewed;
- Participating in the formation, drafting and definitization of Government contracts and changes thereto to assure that negotiated requirements are accurately documented and fully reviewed within the company;
- Administering correspondence, reports, contract submittals, and other communications with Government customers and subcontractors to ensure timely and coordinated responses and compliance with contract terms and conditions;
- Representing the company with prospective customer as a primary spokesperson for assigned contract projects;
- Communicating with supervisor and with senior management on progress, status and recommendations of ongoing contract projects;
- Participating in process improvement projects aimed at improving the overall contract project function within the company;
- Assuring that: 1) assigned contracts projects are accurately identified and maintained current within the central Company database of contractual agreements; and 2) future contractual action dates are monitored for timely follow-up and response; e.g., dates for renewal;
- Other projects/assignments as required.
Job Requirements:
Position requires very strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as excellent organizational, analytical and planning skills. The following specific skills are desirable:
- Proven track record in supporting multi-disciplinary Government programs encompassing project conceptualization, technical requirements, schedules, pricing, and contractual implications, consistent with regulations and company policies;
- In-depth working knowledge of federal procurement regulations (FAR, DFARS, GSA) and policies, including FAR Part 15 negotiated contract procedures for cost reimbursable, fixed price, and time and materials contracting, as well as FAR Part 12 requirements for commercial item contracting;
- Able to work effectively with line management, senior management, and Government or corporate representatives and executives;
- Strong working knowledge of legal issues, business development, marketing, sales and financial management;
- Excellent negotiation skills and ability to translate business agreements into contract language and to interpret contract language to understand technical, schedule, and financial commitments;
- Must have the ability to multi-task and prioritize workload independently and within a team environment;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, sense of teamwork, and professionalism;
- Experience with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
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The Advanced Technology team is seeking a Test Software intern for summer 2019. As a Test Software Intern, you will work with the Senior Test Software Engineer, to document and improve existing Python Scripts. You will also work with the team to understand, learn and extend a BeagleBone Black HW/SW platform running Linux and Python.
Potential Responsibilities:
- On the BeagleBone Black system, the intern will:
- Create requirements for adding BCX protocol 2 CANBUS
- Create a design for adding protocol 2
- Implement the design
- Test the design
- Create documentation and a presentation about the project
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time by management
Professional Skills to be Acquired:
- In-depth understanding of how to do a software project from requirements to final report through the hands-on completion of a valuable project that will be of importance to Iridium
- On-the-job work experience related to the current field of study
- Collaboration; experience in a team environment
- Multi-tasking and prioritization
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Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for ensuring products manufactured for sale by Iridium, meet high standards for appearance and performance.
- Develops continuous improvement plans with both internal organizations and outside suppliers to achieve ever-higher performance standards
- Responsible for quality performance of suppliers of Iridium products
- Responsible for assessing performance of suppliers, contract manufacturers and contract suppliers and reporting same
- Works with key organizations inside the company, and with outside suppliers, to ensure quality standards are met
- Often has contact across a wide span of organizations, from suppliers all the way to end users and customers
- Reports quality performance to senior management and makes recommendations for ways to improve quality across several levels of management
- Establish and execute strategic quality plans and metrics to meet business objectives and customer expectations
- Develop, communicate, and deploy systematic processes that drive improvement of Supplier Quality
- Assess, audit, coordinate, manage, schedule and report on the audit and qualification status of Key suppliers, Contract Manufacturers and critical sub-tiers
- Act as a conduit for coordinating information exchange between Iridium, multiple contract manufacturers and key sources of supply
- Coordinates the issuance of Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs) and conducts follow up verification and validation of actions taken by suppliers
- Communicate monthly status of Product Quality
- Develop procedural and processing instructions
- Represent the Quality Function for all new product introductions
Job Requirements:
- Strong background with First Article Inspection (FAI) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) implementation with Suppliers
- Must have a methodical understanding of Root Cause Analysis, Cause and Effect, and Corrective Action
- Highly skilled in communicating, both orally and in writing, issues, impacts, and corrective actions
- Ability to exercise wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments
- Ability to operate with minimum supervision
- High level of interpersonal skills required
- Configuration management and Change Management process experience required
- Ability to interpret drawings and specifications
- Excellent knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Working knowledge of statistics and process control techniques
- Working knowledge of relevant government and industry regulations
- Working knowledge of ISO-9001:2015 and AS9100
- Working knowledge of ESD control and IPC Workmanship Standards