What We’re Looking For: Are you a driven Program Controller with a passion for leading projects to successful completion? If so, we have an opportunity that will launch your career into the stratosphere! Iridium is seeking a talented and experienced Program Controller III to join our dynamic team. As a Program Controller III, you will work alongside our senior program controllers and managers, guiding the program manager and team members to success. You'll be responsible for communicating program status and key dependencies, implementing cost and schedule processes, and ensuring effective program controls. If you're a proactive problem solver with excellent communication and organizational skills, this is the opportunity for you to shine! Apply now and take your career to new heights.   What You’ll Do: - Work collaboratively to create and maintain weekly status for project schedules including critical path analysis, look ahead reports, and baseline vs. actual reports - Assist in the creation of MS Project PPM and Power BI reports, keeping the reports up to date - Maintain monthly project status for project budgets including financial baseline vs. actual costs, variance analysis, and purchase order closures - Monitor the progress of a portfolio of project plans, budget and cost tracking, as well as resource demand vs. capacity management - Communicate at all levels of the organization on all matters related to the project (project plan, risk analysis, issues, and scope definition) - Assist in process definition and documentation including workflow diagrams and other visuals to represent processes - Provide guidance to project personnel regarding best practices and make recommendations based on project specific requirements

What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking an exceptional and experienced Engineer to help lead research, development, testing, and sustaining engineering activities of Iridium services and ground communications infrastructure. As an Engineer III, you will contribute to the research, development, testing, and sustaining of engineering activities of the Iridium services and ground communications infrastructure. Working in this role, you’ll assist in verifying the reliability and robustness of Iridium products and communication services and will participate in the development activities related to our test automation efforts. Demonstrated work experience in engineering practices and software/hardware testing and a desire to build leadership skills are necessary for success in this position. The ideal candidate will have a vested interest in the long-term success of their work with a keen desire to learn and be highly self-reliant.   What You’ll Do: - Use depth of knowledge to solve problems and offer creative solutions by becoming a technical leader within the organization. - Recreate reported software and/or hardware non-conformances using test infrastructure and document non-compliances - Play a key role in Identifying and developing processes, procedures, tools and/or scripts to maximize system uptime and operational efficiency - Learn the details and protocols of the Iridium satellite constellation and ground systems to accurately and quickly identify issues and defects. - Develop and maintain test plans, procedures, and product documentation - Analyze test results, generate and present reports based on test execution and analysis - Work with industry standard tools and software such as Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana, Amazon Web Services, CI/CD DevOps pipelines, containers and more.

What We’re Looking For: Embark on an exciting journey in the world of satellite communication as a Software Configuration Control Specialist II at Iridium. With your experience, you'll play an important role in the success of our Satellite Communication Systems. Joining our dynamic team, you'll help execute program and project Operations Configuration Control efforts, implementing release processes and software builds. Additionally, you'll contribute to change management, product release strategies, and other related tasks. If you're seeking a stimulating environment where you can utilize your skills and make an impact, we invite you to apply. Join us in revolutionizing the way satellite communication is executed and take your career to new heights.   What You’ll Do: - Support Software, Systems and Operations Engineering in the identification of project/program configuration items and associated configuration documentation - Collaborate with our architecture, infrastructure, and core CRM development teams to automate operations for the software development teams - Track change records from creation to release and implementation - Coordinate with other engineering disciplines and internal and external customers to ensure compliance with all regulatory and Software CM requirements - Troubleshoot failed builds, and collaborate with the appropriate development team when needed - Show willingness to research and implement continuous process improvements and utilize technologies used more effectively - Help to ensure compliance with manufacturing license agreements, export compliance, security regulations and Iridum’s information protection processes

What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a talented, motivated, and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Automation Software Engineering team. A Senior Software Engineer is expected to be a technical leader: designing, writing, and reviewing software, setting up and maintaining framework infrastructure, and aiding others throughout our agile development cycle. In this role, you’ll gain valuable experience designing and developing automation for interdisciplinary projects and supporting team members with day-to-day activities. You’ll thrive in this role if you enjoy software engineering, design, DevOps, research, deep-dive troubleshooting, and detail-oriented tasks in both individual and team-based settings. What You’ll Do: - Work as a team member in developing software on assigned projects - Work with industry standard tools and software such as Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana, Amazon Web Services, CI/CD pipelines, event-driven messaging, containers and more - Participate in an Agile software team to collaborate and coordinate with team members on a variety of tasks including: - Software architecture design - API definition, design, and implementation - Virtualization and containerization - Automation framework infrastructure deployment - Hardware communications - Data transformation and visualization - Lead development tasks in a team environment - Solve complex problems and offer creative solutions by becoming a technical leader within the automation organization - Translate User Stories into specific actionable tasks - Review team member’s code and deliver constructive, meaningful feedback and proactively offer guidance and knowledge-sharing with colleagues/team members - Provide suggestions and assist in developing processes that reduce code cycle time, improve coding standards, and implement best practices for development - Maintain and expand existing software tools, lab environment, and hardware components. - Create documentation that clearly presents complex information - Learn the details and protocols of the Iridium satellite constellation and ground systems to better assist the internal Iridium teams What You’ll Need to Succeed: - An analytical mindset, with the ability to understand a situation or problem and think critically to make decisions and come up with solutions - Strong communication skills, with the ability to confidently present data and analyses - Confidence and comfort to proactively communicate both upward and downward by identifying possible issues or blockers before they manifest - Effectiveness managing and prioritizing assignments/workload for self and occasionally other team members - The desire to work in a collaborative environment with team members - Self-motivated, results-driven with a strong sense of ownership - Exhibit proactive behavior in seeking out ways to continuously improve yourself and gain new knowledge - Demonstrated active listening with substantive, thought-provoking questions - Must have a passion for research and continuous innovation

What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a lead Systems Engineer to direct the development of the Radio Access Network (RAN) for Iridium’s new portfolio of 3GPP services. As the technical lead you will be responsible for all aspects of the RAN development including segment level architecture, interfaces, and modification of existing Iridium components. In addition, you will lead the team in fast-paced prototyping of the RAN system. This will require the ability to deliver high-quality results in a CI/CD environment and the ability to provide complex solutions that support 3GPP standards and Iridium’s unique requirements. You’ll be successful in this role if you have extensive experience as a Systems Engineer and expertise in the Iridium System and in 3GPP technology.   What You’ll Do: - Lead the RAN technical team development on all aspects of design, prototyping and implementation - Lead the team in the practice and implementation of CI/CD as well as SAFe®/AGILE practices - Work with different stakeholders, segments and sub-contractors to ensure that the development remains on-track and delivers a high quality product - Oversee generation, management, analysis and decomposition of RAN requirements, capabilities, features and user stories - Use subject matter expertise to drive and define line of business/functional knowledge, ensuring system engineering best practices and processes are applied to RAN development effort - Be responsible for exercising technical authority over areas within the RAN segment - Conduct required system analysis and trade studies, analyzing multiple data sources to respond to frequent, complex, and high impact situations What You’ll Need to Succeed: - The ability to confidently drive discussions, raise support for key ideas, and tailor your communication style to a wide range of audiences - The creativity, resourcefulness, and decisiveness needed to manage risks and respond to critical situations - Ability to manage multiple or complex projects while adhering to deadlines and budget limitations - Be a strategic thinker who demonstrates good judgment and decisiveness - The ability to thrive in a dynamic environment by handling multiple tasks according to deadline and budget limitations

What We’re Looking For: If you are enthusiastic about working in the space industry, then you will be excited about the Engineer I, Mission Planner opening with Iridium for a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. As a Mission Planner, you’ll autonomously participate in monitoring and controlling ground systems at the Operations Center in Huntsville, AL. You will work 12-hour shifts with a team in a 24-hour, multi-satellite operations environment. You will thrive in this role if you have a desire to be part of a team on the forefront of one of the most advanced satellite constellations in the world and are highly motivated and passionate about engineering and space systems.   This position requires an active/current Top Secret Security Clearance or the ability to obtain a Top Secret Security Clearance (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active).   What You’ll Do: - Assist your team in the scheduling of all satellite and ground resources to accomplish mission objectives; help with performing activity deconfliction, resource allocation, and determining optimal load balancing for traffic on the network - Participate in creating, validating, and distributing all necessary products for the network including satellite and ground site schedules, antenna acquisition tables, and satellite routing almanacs - Work closely with other teams to incorporate and deconflict maintenance events and special scheduling tasks - Play a role in crafting the development and maintenance of Mission Planning procedures - Continuously look for ways to improve tools and processes for streamlined operations

What We’re Looking For:   If you are enthusiastic about working in the space industry, then you will be excited about the Engineer III, Mission Planner opening with Iridium for a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. As a Mission Planner, you’ll participate in monitoring and controlling ground systems at the Operations Center in Huntsville, AL. You will work 12-hour shifts with a team in a 24-hour, multi-satellite operations environment. You will thrive in this role if you have a desire to be part of a team on the forefront of one of the most advanced satellite constellations in the world and are highly motivated and passionate about engineering and space systems.   This position requires an active/current Top Secret Security Clearance or the ability to obtain a Top Secret Security Clearance (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active).   What You’ll Do: - Perform the scheduling of all satellite and ground resources to accomplish mission objectives; perform activity deconfliction, resource allocation, and determine optimal load balancing for traffic on the network - Create, validate, and distribute all necessary products for the network including satellite and ground site schedules, antenna acquisition tables, and satellite routing almanacs - Work closely with other teams to incorporate and deconflict maintenance events and special scheduling tasks - Take an active role in the development and maintenance of Mission Planning procedures - Continuously look for ways to improve tools and processes for streamlined operations

What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a Project Management Associate Director who is ready to rise to the next level in their career. As a Project Management Associate Director, you will be in charge of one or more high priority projects within the Technology Development and Operations (TDO) organization. In this role, you will lead, mentor, and supervise a team of assigned engineers and contractors in a project or project portfolio of new revenue generating services for the company. This role has a high degree of collaboration with other teams in order to deliver successful solutions and navigate interdependencies in a matrix environment. If you are excited by working on cutting edge communications technology, can provide clear and consistent communication and have a passion for development and for leading your fellow employees, then we want to talk to you.   What You’ll Do: - Manage a portfolio of related projects or a single large project, typically of portfolio/project value > $25M - Be responsible for project planning, including schedules, staffing, budgeting, managing expense priorities and defining processes required for projects or portfolios of projects - Oversee financial performance, including seeking approvals and management of project budgets - Be in charge of resource planning and management, which includes coordinating the project team and resolving team conflicts as well as leading project teams to fulfill the project mission and meet project goals - Be accountable for the resolution of significant issues and risks and implement lessons learned. This includes helping technical teams work through tradeoffs between schedule, cost and capabilities. - Provide status reports for complex project and project schedules, leading internal and external teams to execute the full spectrum of the project - Complete project ownership from concept, award (for externally funded projects), through planning and final delivery while actively managing quality and financial performance of assigned projects - Formulate project execution including gates, milestones, deliverables, and acquisition including make or buy decisions, subcontracting, etc. - Participate in major milestone meetings with internal or external customers (ex. SRR, CDR, FAT) and senior officials to communicate status and/or implement Agile or Scaled Agile development practices - Portray the company's expectations and requirements to the engineering, development, test, and deployment teams to ensure alignment - Initiate pro-active correspondence to communicate project status, on-going financial viability, and identification of key issues to senior management - Work with other project/program managers to support the development, documentation, and training of Project Management best practices

What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking an exceptional and experienced Senior Engineer within our Systems Integration & Test engineering team who will perform requirements analysis, test planning, test case development on new products and services; perform systems level testing and end-to-end analysis; and support team members with advanced systems knowledge. The Senior Engineer will be able to; work with limited direction; independently document and present results and troubleshoot issues. What You’ll Do: - Apply knowledge of systems level testing by performing test planning, procedure development, test execution, analysis, and issue resolution for all aspects of the Iridium system including but not limited to: - Testing of satellite payload communications systems - Iridium GSM based telephony and services - Space Vehicle (SV) to L-Band subscriber equipment - Space flight vehicle bus/platform operations - Ground network configurations and SV command and control - Conduct requirements analysis and decomposition of systems requirements into verifiable test objectives - Actively participate in activities to define, configure, and maintain lab environments - Support customers and team members to achieve project delivery milestones - Perform and implement continuous improvement processes that reduce test cycle time and improve product quality, and implement best practices - Create documentation that clearly presents complex information in a discernable manner

What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a motivated Principal Software System Engineer to join our Space Vehicle Software Team! As a Principal Software System Engineer, you’ll work with senior management to implement strategic plans and objectives, including managing delivery of high-quality results and complex solutions. In this role, you’ll be responsible for being the Principal Software System Engineer for Iridium’s new NB-IoT program known as Stardust, and your primary focus will be all technical aspects of the architecture and design of the space-based functionality of that service.  You’ll be successful in this role if you have extensive experience in Software and System Engineering and in-depth knowledge of both space and ground telephony networks and have worked with 3GPP specifications and specifically NB-IoT.   What You’ll Do: - Use your breadth of knowledge to support definition and decomposition of system level requirements, ensuring system engineering best practices and processes are applied to payload systems developed for the Dynamic Network Architecture program - Perform required analysis, definition, decomposition, and management - Be responsible for exercising technical authority over projects - Work closely with Project Managers and the Software Development team to determine resource needs, technical development schedules, and major milestones - Conduct required system analysis (functional & performance), interface definition, and detailed trade studies, analyzing multiple data sources to respond to frequent, complex, and high-impact situations - Lead the segment technical team in support of major reviews such as: Software Requirement Review, Preliminary Design Review, and Program Increment Demonstrations - Responsible for the coordination and delivery of multiple or complex technical assignments designed with end goals in mind, including managing shifting priorities - Responsible for ensuring that projects deliver quality results, activities are well designed and overall project objectives are met - Play a key role in providing system engineering best practices in program design and delivery - Partner with stakeholders to understand their technical needs - Demonstrate the ability to understand how complex issues are affecting project operations, and identify and design the formation of innovative solutions from concept through to completion - Comfortably present complex results with limited preparation and develop ability to speak persuasively to those within the team - Identify and manage issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of complex factors - Utilize critical thinking skills to better design new or developing systems

What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a motivated Constellation Architect to join our System Architecture Team. As a Constellation Architect, you’ll be responsible for developing the vision for Iridium’s constellation technologies (including plans for 3GPP 6G technologies) to support our worldwide services. In this role, your primary focus will be setting the path for how to evolve our global system to increase our capacity and market adoption while retaining our existing customer base, including considerations regarding 3GPP 6G technologies. You’ll be successful in this role if you enjoy developing a long term strategy for how various constellation designs and standards-based technologies can be leveraged to expand our offered services and system capacity and are ready to help lead the organization embrace that vision.   What You’ll Do: - Conceptualize incremental evolutionary opportunities and greenfield approaches, including steering the standards process to support our needs in supporting existing services and new services - Analyze, evaluate, and determine approaches for migrating to new architectures to support our long-term strategic goals - Play a key role in vetting constellation technology trades & spectrum options as well as setting architectural patterns for new developments - Ensure constellation, spectrum and service options are well-communicated and well-documented to ensure the system architecture is evolvable and sustainable - Manage competing constraints for both long-term goals and operational requirements when architecting solutions - Provides subject matter expertise to ensure architectural plans are well-communicated and well-documented to ensure the system architecture is evolvable and sustainable - Implements improvements by setting objectives and effectively managing multiple priorities

What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a self-motivated Senior Mechanical Engineer to join the Iridium Product Engineering Team.   As a member of the Product Development Team, you’ll be responsible for technical product ownership to include product design, design support, product manufacturability, product sustainability, partner design integration, design validation, and product regulatory compliance.   What You’ll Do: - Be responsible for product development efforts, partner design integration, design verification and design support for internal and external customers - Develop and improve data products, reference designs, supporting documentation, and supplemental materials for partners, quality, supply chain, manufacturing, and regulatory stakeholders - Investigate, determine strategies and actions for issues and risks in new and existing designs - Manage and prioritize assignments for multiple hardware development projects adhering to deadlines, policies and procedures - Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and diverse stakeholders to support the technical needs of large complex team projects and new product developments - Manage design data, storage, revision control, engineering changes, configuration control, and database administration

What We’re Looking For: In this role you will manage an existing team in subscriber product hardware development, testing, and sustainment engineering activities on our Product Engineering team.  As an Engineering Manager, you’ll be responsible for overseeing product testing, analysis, design, regulatory compliance, change and configuration management.  In addition to these responsibilities, you'll also get the chance to coach and mentor junior engineers, helping to shape the future of our team.    You’ll thrive in this role if you are passionate about creating reliable and robust sustainable products, interested in the long-term success of your work, and highly self reliant.   What You’ll Do: - Foster and develop a highly effective team of Product Engineers to test, analyze, and design cuttinig edge products - Facilitate a close working relationship with product owners and stakeholders to manage and prioritize issue resolution and product improvements while communicating risk, timing, cost, and value to the broader organization - Think laterally, provide analysis, make suggestions, and implement processes that improve product quality, reliability, and longevity - Perform test planning, procedure development, and analysis activities for all hardware aspects of Iridium transceivers - Mentor and train your team by evaluating employees’ performance, recognizing areas for improvement, and providing reliable solutions to problems that may impact your team’s effectiveness - Lead efforts to release new and existing designs into manufacturing, managing engineering changes, and design configurations - Work collaboratively with multi-sited global teams of software, hardware, and system development engineers - Work cross functionally to instill a strong culture of product quality within the organization - Support customers and team members to achieve project delivery milestones - Accountable for the development of customer facing documentation that clearly presents information for various stakeholders

What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a motivated Modeling and Simulation Systems Engineer to join our Government Programs Solutions Engineering Team on a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. As a Modeling and Simulation Systems Engineer, you will work on the high-fidelity physics-based and requirements-based modeling and analysis of space and ground network systems.  In addition to performing analysis, you will participate in generating system requirements analysis, decomposition and management, functional and performance analysis, system design, system integration, as well as troubleshooting of network systems. If you enjoy new challenges and dynamic environments, then we want to talk to you!   What You’ll Do: - Drive system engineering best practices and processes to space, ground, and payload controller development for various projects - Proactively perform requirements analysis, definition, decomposition, and management - Collaborate with the Chief Engineer and Project Systems Engineers in exercising technical authority over projects - Conduct required system analysis (functional & performance), interface definition, and detailed trade studies - Play a key role in major reviews such as: Systems Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), and Program Increment Demonstrations - Autonomously perform simulations and analyses that ensure system designs meet technical performance targets - Build, maintain, and contribute to Modeling and Simulation of both space and ground network architectures - Build relationships with stakeholders to understand their technical needs to manage the requirements and planning of the assigned projects - Analyze data and use it to apply new ideas and approaches, such as designing and developing existing and new systems

Iridium is seeking an Integration, Verification, and Validation (IV&V) Systems Engineer to lead the research, development, testing and analysis of the Iridium System. The IV&V System Engineer will analyze system and segment level requirements, develop test requirements, generate test plans and procedures, and develop test automation requirements for all aspects of the Iridium system to ensure testability and requirement verification and validation. The System Engineer will also develop innovative solutions to improve testing efficiency and quality through process improvements, training, and automation. If you’re passionate about utilizing your broad knowledge to deliver products and services, and supporting a diverse set of customers, then we want to talk to you.   What You’ll Do: - Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to understand program needs and interpret the needs into the program scope, plan, and execution - Analyze system and segment level requirements and allocate to appropriate level of test - Work with segment teams to coordinate delivery, installation, integration, and test activities - Lead creation of test strategy, test plan, and requirement matrices - Track, investigate, and disposition issues with customers and stakeholders - Provide requirements for testing and automation tools needed to support the integration, test, and analysis of products under test - Lead the creation and management of project backlogs with input from all stakeholders

What We’re Looking For: If you are passionate about space and deploying disruptive space technology, we want to talk to you!  Iridium is seeking a motivated Senior Engineer, Optical Ground Entry Point for a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. As a Senior Engineer, Optical GEP you’ll be responsible for identifying and autonomously implementing delivery of high-quality results and solutions. In this role, you’ll assist with numerous technical aspects of the architecture and design of the ground segment. You will thrive in this role if you have a desire to be part of a team on the forefront of one of the most advanced satellite constellations in the world.   This position requires the possession of or ability to obtain an active/current Top Secret/SCI U.S. Security Clearance with the ability to obtain CI Polygraph (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active).   What You’ll Do: - Use advanced knowledge to drive and define line of business/functional knowledge, ensuring system engineering best practices and processes are applied to ground and payload controller systems developed for various external projects - Work independently to perform requirements analysis, definition, decomposition, and management for Space and Ground Segments - Work closely with other project System Engineers on current government-based projects - Be responsible for exercising technical authority over projects - Work closely with program managers and other key stakeholders to determine resource needs, technical development schedules and major milestones - Conduct required system analysis (functional & performance), interface definition, and detailed trade studies, analyzing multiple data sources to respond to frequent, complex, and high impact situations - Collaborate with the technical team in support of major reviews such as: Systems Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), Test Readiness Review (TRR), and Operations Readiness Review (ORR) as well as Program Increment Demonstrations - Be accountable for the coordination and delivery of technical assignments designed with end goals in mind - Be accountable for ensuring that projects meet technical performance targets, deliver quality results, and activities are well-designed and meet overall project objectives - Play a key role in making strategic project decisions and provide system engineering best practices in program design and delivery, utilizing critical thinking skills to better design new or developing systems

What We’re Looking For: Are you a space enthusiast with a passion for cutting-edge technology and a desire to work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry? We have an exciting opportunity for you!  As a Senior Engineer at Iridium, you will be working on the maintenance of our existing real-time Radio Frequency (RF) resource allocation satellite software, as well as contributing to the development of new features and services. With your skills in design, coding, testing, and documentation, you will make a valuable contribution to the team's success. If you're looking to further develop your skills and expertise in a dynamic and innovative environment, we encourage you to apply.   What You’ll Do: - Be responsible for development and maintenance of the satellite software development environment such as testing and build tools. - Perform software development using Atlassian Tools: Jira for task management, Bitbucket for code repository, Fisheye/Crucible for code inspection, Bamboo for building and automated testing and Confluence for documentation. - Play a key role as member of an agile scrum team and lead daily standup meetings, sprint planning meetings, sprint reviews/demonstrations, and retrospectives. - Develop software following the team’s ‘Definition of Done’ to ensure that each task is completed to the team’s approved standards. - Participate in backlog grooming meetings to assist the team with gaining understanding of backlog tasks and turning them into single or multiple user stories and estimating the tasks using a story point gauge.