Iridium Satellite

Iridium’s mission is to create and enable innovative connectivity solutions for individuals, organizations, and governments all over the world.

 

Iridium is committed to being a fulfilling and rewarding place to work where people are proud of what they do and are inspired to be the best they can be. We are committed to helping our employees and their families lead healthy, productive lives.

 

Some of our benefit offerings include:
    ● Competitive, market-driven salaries

    ● Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

    ● Health Savings Account (HSA) / Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

    ● Annual Bonus Plan and Annual Merit Increase Opportunities

    ● Employee Equity Awards

    ● Retirement 401(k) Plans and Employer Matching

    ● Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

    ● Education Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement

    ● Career Development & Training Assistance

    ● Charitable Grants and Donation Matching Program

    ● Vacation, Sick Days, Floating Holidays, and Volunteer Time Off

    ● Paid Holidays

    ● Paid Parental Leave

    ● Headspace Membership

 

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Job Locations US-AZ-Tempe
Job ID 2024-3400
What We’re Looking For: Embark on an exciting journey in the world of satellite communication as a Configuration Control Specialist 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 - Facilitate Change Control Boards and 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 - Oversee software builds, and deployments - Troubleshoot failed builds, and collaboratinge with the appropriate development team when needed - Participate in emergency incident response and investigations - Show willingness to research and implement continuous process improvements to processes and utilize technologies used more effectively - Produce Software CM related metrics and report to project/program stakeholders - Ensure compliance with manufacturing license agreements, export compliance, security regulations and Iridum’s information protection processes - Perform Scrum Master role for projects following an Agile based methodology
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-McLean
Job ID 2024-3398
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a Product Manager to join the IoT Product Management team. As a Product Manager at Iridium, you will support existing and future IoT product and service technologies. You will be the front face of the customers’ needs and work cross-functionally with all aspects of the organization to ensure product success. Best of all, you will have responsibility and your efforts will directly impact the revenue and profitability of Iridium. The successful candidate will manage Iridium and Partner resources closely, deal with complex issues and technology challenges, and be part of a team to manage existing IoT products and to successfully commercialize new IoT products and services, generating revenue for the partner and Iridium.    What You’ll Do: - Collaborate with Iridium’s IoT line of business leaders to: - Define new IoT products, services, and applications based on customer needs and competitive offerings which will lead to success in the market - Develop detailed and fact-based business cases, market demand descriptions, product definitions, features, and functionality for executive presentations and roadmap decision-making - Develop marketing requirements and product specifications for IoT products and their corresponding services, as well as network, gateway, or billing/provisioning systems - Partner with the engineering teams to translate marketing requirements into technical implementation - Develop and maintain product plans for hardware and services, including competitive analysis, sales strategy, market share attainment, partner engagement, and pricing/rate plans. You may not always be the owner of a final decision, but you must drive the decisions forward to meet the required product commercialization - Develop and manage the project plan with Program Managers and lead the product through development, beta trials, and commercialization - Create technical, user, and marketing documentation for internal and external use for related data products and services - Support sales teams via technical presentations, sales training material, white papers, lab demonstrations, and other customer engagements - Assist the sales and marketing product readiness teams ensuring that all organizations are prepared to launch products and services on the plan of record launch date
Category
Marketing
Job Locations US-VA-McLean
Job ID 2024-3397
What We’re Looking For: Are you ready to embark on an exhilarating journey in the world of product management and lead Iridium into its growth phase with Direct To Device?  Iridium is seeking a motivated Product Management Associate Director to join our Product Management team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for driving the development of new products and services, orchestrating strategies for using new technologies, and working with new chipset partners or manufacturing partners to create important, exciting new IoT solutions. Your primary focus will be the product management of Iridium’s to-device service, products, and capabilities. You’ll be successful in this role if you have the relevant technical knowledge, can think on both tactical and strategic levels, can communicate and persuade at all levels of the organization, and are adept in a matrix-management, virtual/in-person, ever-changing environment.   What You’ll Do: - Focus on building the foundations established in Iridium services to create a world-class implementation of Iridium’s NTN/NB-IoT. - Define short- and long-term initiatives to position Iridium as a leader in NB-IoT for industry stakeholders. - Develop a framework for the evolution of capabilities through internal and external partnerships. - Own the roadmap for the commercial team at Iridium. - Serve as the primary point person for new products, services, feature enhancement requests, and defects. - Develop solutions and major product and service offerings through the full product life cycle. - Analyze opportunities, establish the business case and model, define requirements, partner on development, identify and evangelize the go-to-market strategy, and maintain the product through and beyond launch. - Proactively work across all relevant functions to ensure products and services fit into company functionality, processes, and procedures. - Support products and services as partners and customers adopt them. - Facilitate the enhancement of capabilities and partner in maintenance activities, including regulatory changes, issues in operation, etc. - Facilitate the broader ecosystem of direct-to-device opportunities with chipset partners, MNOs, MVBOs, and other value-added partners in the supply and service/solution chain.
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-Leesburg
Job ID 2024-3395
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a Senior Manager of Mission Planning and Orbit Analysis who is ready to rise to the next level in their career. As the Senior Manager of the Mission Planning and Orbit Analysis team, you will be in charge of all aspects of flight dynamics and mission planning from cradle to grave operations of the Iridium Satellite Network consisting of 66 Low-Earth orbiting satellites with 14 on-orbit spares and 28 Feeder Link Terminals distributed over 7 ground stations all over the world. In this role, you’ll work with senior management to establish stragetic plans and objectives as it relates to Mission Planning, Flight Dynamics, and Conjunction analysis in support of our 24/7 real time operations team to provide the highest level of service to our customers through high quality and efficient operations. If you’re passionate about leading, mentoring, and improving your fellow employees, then we want to talk to you.   What You’ll Do: - Foster and develop a highly effective and diverse team of operations engineers, Flight Dynamics engineers, and Mission Planners empowered to execute the operations on a 24x7 basis, provide software development and testing support for the Mission Planning and Orbit Analysis domains, and other Iridium new business projects - Mentor and train your team by performing regular check-ins, discussing career growth opportunities, giving constructive feedback, and managing conflict when necessary - Manage day-to-day operations of the Mission Planning and Orbit Analysis teams to ensure all daily products that are required for autonomous command and control scheduling, Teleport Network (TPN) execution, network routing, station keeping maneuvers, and real-time satellite clock maintenance are delivered in a timely manner with zero errors - Supervise the Real-Time fault detection, monitoring, troubleshooting, and escalation for the satellite clock and propellant subsystems and be responsible for all satellite timing maintenance and propellant management activities - Support all fault escalation processes and lead 24/7 anomaly resolution relating to mission routing and scheduling, on-orbit maneuvering, satellite timing and propulsion anomalies, and conjunction mitigation - Provide operational support for all aspects of Collision Avoidance (COLA) including analysis of all conjunctions, coordination with external agencies and other operators, execution of mitigation maneuvers as necessary. - Manage all maneuver planning and execution for ascent, de-orbit, slot swap, station-keeping, collision avoidance, and cross-track maneuvers and execute long term constellation trending, relative RAAN rate progression, frozen orbit stability, and cross-link pointing performance - Be accountable for driving constant process improvement by leading the development and implementation of new algorithms for flight dynamics, mission planning, and new business opportunities relating to Mission Planning and Scheduling as well as Flight Dynamics, collision avoidance, and network management
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2024-3390
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
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-AZ-Tempe
Job ID 2024-3359
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
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-McLean
Job ID 2024-3354
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
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-McLean
Job ID 2024-3352
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
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-McLean | US-VA-McLean
Job ID 2024-3349
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our Technology Development and Operations Program Management Office. As a Senior Project Manager, you will manage projects by working with internal and external customers and lead multi-discipline engineering project team(s) to identify, gain approval for, and implement engineering solutions for new service and product projects.  You will be successful in this position if you have a passion for driving projects from start to finish, development and creative problem solving.   What You’ll Do: - Works independently to manage projects from concept, award (for externally funded projects), through planning and final delivery while actively managing quality and financial performance of assigned projects - Manage individual projects, typically of value $3-8M, and duration of 36 months or less. - Use breadth of knowledge to manage the project execution strategy including gates, milestones, deliverables, and acquisition strategy including make or buy decisions, subcontracting strategy, etc. - Lead internal and external teams to execute the full spectrum of the project - Develop solutions for project risks to minimize impact to the program - 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 - Confidently presents on project status, on-going financial viability, and identification of key issues to senior management - Investigate customer changes and follow up on change related costs and supporting proposals for both commercial, government, and technical scope of work deviations
Category
Management
Job Locations US-VA-Leesburg | US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2024-3340
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
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2024-3333
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking an exceptional and experienced Senior Test Engineer. In this role you will lead research, development, testing, and sustaining engineering activities of Iridium services and ground communications infrastructure. Working in this role, you’ll be responsible for 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: - Independently solve complex problems and offer creative solutions utilizing technical breath of knowledge and experience - Be responsible for maintaining and executing test automation for feature, defect, and regression testing - Play a key role in the mitigation of risks and issues identified - Lead configuration management of the test automation software and scripts - Develop real-time reporting and present results confidently based on test execution and analysis - Recreate reported software and/or hardware non-conformances using test infrastructure and document non-compliances - Identify and develop processes, procedures, tools and/or scripts to maximize system uptime and operational efficiency - Apply technical knowledge of the Iridium satellite constellation and ground systems to accurately and quickly identify issues and defects - Lead the development and maintenance of test plans, procedures, and product documentationAnalyze 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.
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-McLean | US-AZ-Tempe
Job ID 2023-3299
What We’re Looking For: If you are a cloud data engineer that loves designing and building data lake houses to help drive substantive business results, and have 5+ years of experience, then you will be excited about the Cloud Data Engineer opening with Iridium on our Data Management & Analytics team.  As a Cloud Data Engineer at Iridium, you’ll be an integral part of the team that is modernizing and centralizing our data infrastructure. You will succeed in this role by leveraging your strong database development skills.     What You’ll Do: - Help design and develop scalable, reliable, and efficient data pipelines and ETL processes using a variety of AWS services (AWS Glue, AWS DataSync, etc.) and third-party data platforms/tools (Snowflake, DBT, etc.) in an Agile development environment - Implement data ingestion strategies from various sources, including databases, APIs, and streaming platforms, ensuring data quality, integrity, and security - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements, identify data sources, and define data models to support business analytics and reporting needs - Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to data pipelines, ensuring the stability and availability of data for all stakeholders - Implement data security and compliance measures to protect sensitive information and adhere to data governance policies - Monitor and maintain the overall health of the data infrastructure, proactively identifying and addressing potential bottlenecks or inefficiencies
Category
Information Technology
Job Locations US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2023-3285
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
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-Leesburg | US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2023-3243
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
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-Leesburg | US-AZ-Chandler | US-Remote
Job ID 2023-3239
What We’re Looking For: If you are looking for a collaborative work environment where you’ll have the opportunity to be part of a team on the forefront of one of the most advanced satellite constellations in the world, then you will be excited about the Risk Management Analyst opening with Iridium for a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. As a Risk Management Analyst, you’ll be responsible for identifying, developing, and autonomously implementing ideas and solutions as it relates to program Risk, Issues, and Opportunties. You will work closely with the Iridium development team to anticipate future requirements, develop, and evaluate plans that meet the urgent operational needs of the customer.   This position requires an active/current Secret Security Clearance or the ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active.)   What You’ll Do: - Work independently to assess and develop recommendations/documentation for risk mitigation requirements by conducting mission and requirements analysis - Provide technical writing assistance in the development of Basis of Efforts (BOE) - Be responsible for assigned documentation within the SharePoint, Teams, or other relevant databases or tools - Lead Integrated Product Team (IPT) Risk Opportunity Working Group Meetings - Participate in technical meetings to capture risk and opportunity information as it is discussed to manage risk mitigation measures to achieve an acceptable risk level. Provide meeting support such as scheduling, notes, and action tracking. - Be responsible for maintaining, tracking, and updating relevant technical/risk documentation - Lead interviews with technical and management stakeholders at all levels to help identify and document program related risks, opportunities, and issues - Collaborate with program leadership to assess risks and provide recommendations for improvement
Category
Other
Job Locations US-AZ-Tempe | US-AZ-Tempe
Job ID 2023-3177
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a talented and motivated entry-level Human Resources Operations Specialist to join the Iridium Human Resources Team. As a Human Resources Operations Specialist, you’ll contribute to the team's operational functions and assist with various HR tasks. You will thrive in this role if you are detail-oriented, possess strong communication skills, and have a willingness to learn and grow in a dynamic environment.   What You’ll Do: - Collaborate with the HR team to drive excellence in HR operations and provide comprehensive support - Work with HR team members on various projects and tasks - Assist with the development of solutions and processes - Help with the administration of various systems - Support day-to-day HR activities - Participate in HR-related research and investigations - Aid in the development of policies and procedures - Review HR data and contribute to continuous improvement efforts and data integrity
Category
Human Resources
Job Locations US-VA-McLean
Job ID 2023-3171
What We’re Looking For: We're in search of a Compliance Director who will take the helm in being the primary liaison with government auditors. In this role, you'll seamlessly collaborate with all departments across Iridium, ensuring our adherence to Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and DFARs, all while maintaining compliance with stringent government regulations and internal controls.   As our Government Compliance Director, your wealth of knowledge regarding CAS, FAR, and GAAP will be put to good use. Your primary responsibilities will encompass executing and providing counsel to our leadership on compliance in line with various regulatory requirements related to business systems. Furthermore, you'll oversee and ensure the timely completion of various government submissions, thereby fostering Iridium's continued growth and development while upholding our regulatory commitments.   What You’ll Do: - Utilize subject matter experteese to develop Government team expertise - Drive strategy to ensure compliance with CAS, FAR and GAAP - Interface with DCAA, DCMA and other government representatives - Stay current on all government accounting regulations and keep the organization informed of relevant changes - Coordinate and lead the preparation of required regulatory accounting submissions within the timeframe mandated by the Government, such as Forward Pricing Rate Proposals, Incurred Cost submissions, Disclosure Statements, cost impacts, etc. - Respond to government audits and coordinate corrective actions as necessary - Work with management to ensure appropriate cost structure for government business including rates, allocations, etc. - Provide management with analytical assistance and advice in all government accounting aspects - Develop, track and report metrics; react to metrics by identifying and solving problems and making improvements
Category
Accounting/Finance
Job Locations US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2023-3123
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.
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-McLean
Job ID 2023-2970
What We’re Looking For: If you are experienced in development, testing, and sustainment engineering activities, then we would enjoy having you on our Product Engineering team.  As an Engineering Manager, you’ll be responsible for overseeing product testing and analysis as well as supporting team members with advanced product knowledge. You'll thrive in this role if you love switching between the end-user's perspective and software details, have experience with modern development practices, and are familiar with CI/CD pipelines. 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.   What You’ll Do: - Foster and develop a highly effective team of Engineers to perform test and analysis of embedded software - Mentor and train your team by performing regular check-ins, discussing career growth opportunities, giving constructive feedback, and managing conflict when necessary - Perform test planning, procedure development, and analysis activities for all aspects of the embedded software of Iridium transceivers - Provide high-quality, cost-effective system integration, test, and support services - Demonstrate advanced knowledge of product testing, including risk-based test planning - Play a key role in activities to define the configurations of lab environments - 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 - Provide analysis, make suggestions, and implement processes that reduce test cycle time and improve product quality - Accountable for the development of documentation that clearly presents information for various stakeholders
Category
Engineering