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-AL-Redstone Arsenal
Job ID 2024-3521
What We’re Looking For:   If you are enthusiastic about working in the space industry, then you will be excited about the Flight Dynamics Analyst opening with Iridium for a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. As a Flight Dynamics Analyst, you’ll participate in monitoring and controlling ground systems at the Operations Centers in Grand Forks, ND or 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 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: - Assist in performing near real-time constellation position trending, monitoring, and management - Help your team to develop and validate all station-keeping maneuvers to maintain tight pointing and crosslink requirements and assist in the execution all maneuver planning for ascent, collision avoidance, and cross-track maneuvers - Support the team by assisting in real-time conjunction analysis to assess the risk of collision and execute mitigation efforts as deemed necessary - Aid in ensuring the quality and timely generation of predictive orbital events to support other domains - Continuously look for ways to improve tools and processes for streamlined operations
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-McLean
Job ID 2024-3518
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to join our Mobile Product Software Engineering Team.  As a Embedded Software Engineer, you will be responsible for enhancing and sustaining the source code used in our mobile products and associated engineering tools. Working in this role, you’ll gain valuable experience maintaining software for Iridium’s transceivers while making a long-term impact on new high-quality products for our customers. You’ll thrive in this role if you are passionate about creating reliable and robust products, interested in the long-term success of your work, and highly self reliant.   What You’ll Do: - Develop embedded software for microcontrollers, ensuring high-quality, performance, and reliability. - Implement and optimize real-time operating systems, device drivers, and communication protocols. - Debug and troubleshoot field-reported firmware issues, ensuring timely resolution. - Reproduce, isolate and debug complex low-level problems that may span interfaces between hardware and software - Integrate, build, and configuration manage embedded software - Write and maintain unit, regression and pairwise test suites for product software - Create, and maintain documentations such as software requirements, ICDs, tet plan and procedure - Review work products created by other team members - Work collaboratively with software, hardware, and system development engineers - Work cross functionally to instill a strong culture of product quality within the organization
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-McLean
Job ID 2024-3517
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to join our Mobile Product Software Engineering Team.  As a Embedded Software Engineer, you will be responsible for enhancing and sustaining the source code used in our mobile products and associated engineering tools. Working in this role, you’ll gain valuable experience maintaining software for Iridium’s transceivers while making a long-term impact on new high-quality products for our customers. You’ll thrive in this role if you are passionate about creating reliable and robust products, interested in the long-term success of your work, and highly self reliant.   What You’ll Do: - Develop embedded software for microcontrollers, ensuring high-quality, performance, and reliability. - Implement and optimize real-time operating systems, device drivers, and communication protocols. - Debug and troubleshoot field-reported firmware issues, ensuring timely resolution. - Reproduce, isolate and debug complex low-level problems that may span interfaces between hardware and software - Integrate, build, and configuration manage embedded software - Write and maintain unit, regression and pairwise test suites for product software - Create, and maintain documentations such as software requirements, ICDs, test plan and procedure - Review work products created by other team members - Work collaboratively with software, hardware, and system development engineers - Work cross functionally to instill a strong culture of product quality within the organization
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-Leesburg | US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2024-3514
What We’re Looking For: If you are intrigued by space and satellites and love managing technical programs in a fast-paced and customer-focused environment, then you will be excited about the Senior Program Manager, Engineering opening with Iridium on a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. In this position, you’ll be responsible for working with senior management to establish strategic plans and objectives as it relates to a high-impact program with a multi-million dollar impact to the company. In this role, you’ll be responsible for managing multiple activities and projects, including those with cross-functional teams, on developing end-to-end system solutions, new product development, or network elements within the Iridium architecture. You will succeed in this role if you have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to successfully work with customers, build relationships, and lead the technical team to deliver solutions that meet our customer’s needs and expectations.   This position requires 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: - Work with senior management to develop strategic plans associated with the development and execution of the program’s technical vision, including managing delivery of high-quality results and complex solutions and providing ideas and suggestions for continuous improvement cross-functionally - Manage the coordination and delivery of multiple or complex assignments designed with end goals in mind, within identified timeline and budget - Work independently to ensure that projects meet financial performance targets as established in project pipeline budgets and Estimates to Complete - Collaborate with Program Managers to ensure projects deliver quality results, activities are well-designed, and funds are expended to meet overall project objectives, contract deliverables, and indicator targets - Serve as a sounding board on strategic program decisions and provide thought leadership in program design and delivery - Manage the requirements and planning basis in a methodical and organized manner, including use of configuration management practices (CM) - Support proposal development and execution for future contracts and amendments - Provide clear briefings to senior leadership, managing significant risks and issue resolution
Category
Other
Job Locations US-VA-Leesburg | US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2024-3511
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! Iridium is seeking a motivated RF Systems Engineer to join our Strategic Government Programs Systems Engineering Team. As an RF Systems Engineer II, you will autonomously complete tasks as it relates to radio frequency (RF) and communications analysis, generation of system requirements and their allocation, and providing inputs for system architecture designs. You will develop skills to provide technical knowledge throughout the entire life cycle of Iridium projects and you will interact with engineers across a multi-disciplinary team that include Operations, Integration, Verification, and Validation (IV&V), Systems Engineering, and Software Development. You will thrive in this role if you are looking to take your engineering career to the next level.   What You’ll Do: - Assist with performing radio frequency (RF) analysis for Iridium communications systems related to coverage areas, link margins, intermodulation products, overall RF environment, and impacts of internal and external interference sources - Assist in defining and documenting RF communication system requirements - Work collaboratively with the team on designing, developing, and testing RF communication systems through simulation and modeling - Assist with performing simulation and modeling of terrestrial and orbital communication systems - Provide support in analyzing system performance data and conducting technical feasibility analysis and trade studies for the optimization of the Iridium satellite spectral resources - Work collaboratively with others to identify, define, and develop interfaces between system segments - Work with the team to perform system top-level architecture design and specifications - Assist in translating customer requirements for RF Links and RF/Antenna subsystems into top-level system requirements and allocate to appropriate segments - Collaborate with system architects, RF engineers, antenna engineers, modem/Digital Signal Processing (DSP), and Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) engineers to partition functions between hardware and software domains - Play a role in briefing summaries of project results, issues tracking, and reporting to management - Assist with generating documentation for system functional specifications and various review meetings such as Systems Requirements Review (SRR) meetings, Preliminary Design Review (PDR) meetings, and Critical Design Review (CDR) meetings
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-Leesburg | US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2024-3510
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a talented RF Systems Engineer III who is ready to take an exciting step in their professional career. As an RF Systems Engineer III you’ll be responsible for identifying and independently delivering high-quality work as it relates to the development and implementation of innovative system engineering solutions for several Iridium projects. In this role, you will be part of a team who is responsible for radio frequency (RF) and communications analysis, generation of system requirements and their allocation, and providing inputs for system architecture designs. You will also play a role in providing technical knowledge throughout the entire life cycle of Iridium projects. As an RF Systems Engineer III, you will interact with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, mentor junior engineers, as well as work with various Iridium engineering teams such as Operations, Integration, Verification, and Validation (IV&V), Systems Engineering, and Software Development. If you’re enthusiastic about joining an innovative team of engineers, then we want to talk to you!   What You’ll Do: - Be responsible for performing radio frequency (RF) analysis for Iridium communications systems related to coverage areas, link margins, intermodulation products, overall RF environment, and impacts of internal and external interference sources - Work independently to define and document RF communication system requirements - Design RF communication systems that meet requirements - Develop and test RF communication systems - Analyze data and conduct technical feasibility analysis and trade studies for the optimization of the Iridium satellite spectral resources - Identify, define, and develop interfaces between system segments - Work independently to perform system top-level architecture design - Translate customer requirements into top-level system requirements and allocate to appropriate segments - Develop and execute process/procedure/program training and documentation materials, and support project management documentation - Participate in implementation tracking and non-conformance resolution - Play a role in briefing summaries of project results, issues tracking, and reporting to management - Mentor and review work of junior engineers - Interact with external agencies and organizations to represent Iridium’s network and regulatory position - Generate documentation for system functional specifications and various review meetings such as Systems Requirements Review (SRR) meetings, Preliminary Design Review (PDR) meetings, and Critical Design Review (CDR) meetings
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-Leesburg | US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2024-3509
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a talented Senior RF Systems Engineer who is ready to take an exciting step in their professional career. As a Senior RF Systems Engineer you’ll be responsible for identifying and autonomously implementing ideas and solutions as it relates to the development and implementation of innovative system engineering solutions for several Iridium projects. In this role, you will be part of a team who is responsible for radio frequency (RF) and communications analysis, generation of system requirements and their allocation, and providing inputs for system architecture designs. You will also play a key role in providing technical knowledge throughout the entire life cycle of Iridium projects. As a Senior RF Systems Engineer, you will interact with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, mentor junior engineers, as well as work with various Iridium engineering teams such as Operations, Integration, Verification, and Validation (IV&V), Systems Engineering, and Software Development. If you’re enthusiastic about joining an innovative team of engineers, then we want to talk to you!   What You’ll Do: - Be responsible for both technical and programmatic teamwork with Iridium personnel and contractors - Perform radio frequency (RF) analysis for Iridium communications systems related to coverage areas, link margins, intermodulation products, overall RF environment, and impacts of internal and external interference sources - Define and document RF communication system requirements - Design RF communication systems that meet requirements - Develop and test RF communication systems - Analyze data and conduct technical feasibility analysis and trade studies for the optimization of the Iridium satellite spectral resources - Identify, define, and develop interfaces between system segments - Work indepently to perform system top-level architecture design - Translate customer requirements into top-level system requirements and allocate to appropriate segments - Develop and execute process/procedure/program training and documentation materials, and support project management documentation - Lead implementation tracking and non-conformance resolution - Play a key role in briefing summaries of project results, issues tracking, and reporting to management - Mentor and review work of junior engineers - Interact with external agencies and organizations to represent Iridium’s network and regulatory position - Generate documentation for system functional specifications and various review meetings such as Systems Requirements Review (SRR) meetings, Preliminary Design Review (PDR) meetings, and Critical Design Review (CDR) meetings
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-Leesburg | US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2024-3508
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 Systems Engineer III, Proposal Development opening with Iridium for a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. As a System Engineer III, you’ll assist with independently delivering high-quality results and solutions as it relates to short and long-term strategic proposals, plans, and objectives under the direction of senior management. In this role, you’ll collaborate with Engineers and Program Management (PM) and support technical aspects of the architecture and design of the ground segment.   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: - Play a role in developing the technical execution of the program proposal process, working in tandem with other stakeholders to develop Request for Proposals (RFP) and Basis of Estimates (BOE) - Use depth of 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 - Independently recognize and propose solutions to issues; consider past experiences and stakeholder needs in decision making - Work closely with other project System Engineers on current government-based projects - Collaborate with the Program Managers and other key stakeholders to determine resource needs, technical development schedules, and major milestones - Play a role in conducting required system analysis (functional & performance), interface definition, and detailed trade studies, analyzing multiple data sources to respond to frequent, complex, and high impact situations - Be responsible for the coordination and delivery of technical assignments designed with end goals in mind - Be responsible for ensuring that projects meet technical performance targets, deliver quality results, and activities are well-designed and meet overall project objectives
Category
Other
Job Locations US-ND-Grand Forks AFB
Job ID 2024-3506
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 Grand Forks, ND. 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
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-ND-Grand Forks AFB
Job ID 2024-3505
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 Centers in Grand Forks, ND. 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
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-VA-Leesburg
Job ID 2024-3501
What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a Cyber Security Specialist to join our team! This person will be responsible for discovering vulnerabilities and risks on IT (Information Technology) and OT (Operational Technology) equipment located both locally and remotely at locations in the US and non-US. This role with ensure ongoing vulnerability scans, monitoring of network traffic, and ensuring hardware and software applications are updated. On the Space Development Agency (SDA) Cyber IT Operations team, as a Cyber Security Specialist, you’ll be responsible for ensuring all of the necessary security updates are documented, applied, and reported in a timely manner. You will thrive/succeed in this role if you are able to work independently for specialized Cyber security tasks, and also as a team when new products or solutions are required to be evaluated and proposed to the customer.   This position requires an active/current Top Secret Security/SCI Clearance or the ability to obtain a Top Secret Security/SCI Clearance (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active).   What You’ll Do: - Evaluate, implement, and document security for all identified systems and components - Support efforts necessary to receive ATO (Authority to Operate) certification from various government customers - Document and apply necessary controls to identified Systems to achieve self-certification required to meet 800-171, 800-172, and 800-53 compliance - Initiate automation, where possible, to effectively triage and address security alerts - Serve as an escalation point for security analysts and admins on the Government Special Services team - Actively identify areas of improvement within the processes of the GSS (Ground Support Services) team to ensure response activities align with best practices, minimize gaps in response, and provide comprehensive mitigation of threats - Engage with Admins and Engineers across various Iridium organizations to respond to and remediate events - Research, extraction, and dissemination of industry provided intelligence on threat actors targeting the Aerospace and Telecommunications industry - Respond to service requests and incident tickets within established Service Level Agreements (SLAs) - Maintain existing IT security elements; implement upgrades, replacements and new equipment as directed - Foster security awareness and ensure security controls are operating effectively - Maintain operational reports for Key Performance Indicators as well as weekly and monthly metrics - Maintain proper Change Control and Configuration Management processes - Maintain all monitoring systems and travel to remote sites to perform scans and gather data not accessible from the home site
Category
Information Technology
Job Locations US-ND-Grand Forks AFB
Job ID 2024-3499
What We’re Looking For: If you are a science and space enthusiast who is excited about working on cutting-edge technology and with a talented team of professionals, then you will be excited about the Ground System Operator I opening with Iridium for a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. As a Ground System Operator I, you will participate in monitoring and controlling ground systems at the SDA Operations Center in Grand Forks, ND. RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROVIDED!!! Inquire about details.  You will work 12-hour shifts with a team in a 24/7, multi-satellite operations environment. You will thrive in this role if you have a desire to learn and execute new technical skills and are highly motivated and passionate about engineering and space systems.   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:  - Assist with real-time monitoring of the ground system in support of the SDA mission - Participate in analyzing operational data and executing first level troubleshooting to resolve issues - Assist with monitoring spacecraft fleet-level health and status - Work collaboratively with the team to detect and recover from issues within the Iridium ground system applications, and for a global network of remote teleport antennas and Wide Area Network (WAN). - Support real-time anomaly investigation and resolution and follow established Fault Escalation policies and procedures - Support process improvement initiatives by properly documenting all events through an anomaly and issue reporting process - Create accurate, timely, and descriptive event logging for all ground system outages or system events
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-ND-Grand Forks AFB
Job ID 2024-3498
What We’re Looking For: If you are a science and space enthusiast who is excited about working on cutting-edge technology and with a talented team of professionals, then you will be excited about the Ground System Operator II opening with Iridium for a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. As a Ground System Operator II, you will participate in monitoring and controlling ground systems at the SDA Operations Center in Grand Forks, ND. RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROVIDED!!! Inquire about details. You will work 12-hour shifts with a team in a 24/7, multi-satellite operations environment. You will thrive in this role if you have a desire to learn and execute new technical skills and are highly motivated and passionate about engineering and space systems.   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:  - Perform real-time monitoring of the ground system in support of the SDA mission - Analyze operational data and execute first level troubleshooting to resolve issues - Monitor spacecraft fleet-level health and status - Work collaboratively with the team to detect and recover from issues within the Iridium ground system applications, and for a global network of remote teleport antennas and Wide Area Network (WAN). - Support real-time anomaly investigation and resolution and follow established Fault Escalation policies and procedures - Support process improvement initiatives by properly documenting all events through an anomaly and issue reporting process - Create accurate, timely, and descriptive event logging for all ground system outages or system events
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2024-3491
What We’re Looking For: If you enjoy learning about and working with breakthrough technologies, we want to hear from you!  We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our Aireon/Iridium HPOC Development team. As the Principal Software Engineer, you will apply advanced expertise in cutting edge technologies to develop and deploy Aireon/Iridium payload ground control software and supporting user service capabilities. You will also provide expertise and peer mentorship within the larger development team to support cross-functional efforts and collaboration across design and full stack development activities.   What You’ll Do: - Lead collaborative efforts and initiatives with the Aireon/Iridium development and engineering team to develop new ground software components founded upon modern languages and deployment techniques - Develop optimized code for both scalability, performance, and availability in support of customer concepts, requirements, and operational use cases - Independently deliver results following Aireon processes for prioritization, configuration management, risk management, and software development processes. - Proactively prototype, build, and test software implementations to roadmap design and implementation concepts to production - Develop software within the Aireon-defined Agile/Scrum framework and DevOps Azure development environment - Plan and execute software releases, providing input into stakeholder/program planning, schedules, and budgets - Confidently present complex information to groups outside of your team through briefings, demonstrations, and documentation covering planned implementation, or issue resolutions, with limited preparation - Utilize your expertise with cloud and on-premises computing to architect and deploy geographically diverse high available micro-service solutions - Leverage knowledge to make enhancements to process/procedure/training documentation and identify technical training needs - Mentor junior level developers in the design and implementation approaches - Deliver constructive, meaningful feedback and proactively offer guidance and knowledge-sharing with team members
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2024-3474
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.
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-AZ-Tempe
Job ID 2024-3470
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
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2024-3465
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
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-AZ-Chandler | US-AZ-Chandler
Job ID 2024-3462
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
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-AL-Redstone Arsenal
Job ID 2024-3461
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
Category
Engineering
Job Locations US-AL-Redstone Arsenal
Job ID 2024-3459
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
Category
Engineering