SUMMARY

ASRC Federal Data Network Corporation is seeking a GOES/SWFO Satellite Engineer Intern to work a full year term. Within the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) satellite constellation engineering group and Space Weather Follow-On (SWFO) group, as part of the Engineering and Mission Operations Support Services VI (EMOSS-VI) contract, this position working from the Suitland, MD and Greenbelt, MD locations require proven education and experience to demonstrate capacity to perform GOES satellite engineering at a high-performance level. Our client is responsible for engineering and mission operations support for environmental monitoring satellites managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO).

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

The GOES/SWFO Satellite Engineer Intern will perform duties as assigned. Applicant will gain detailed knowledge and skill to perform assigned satellite operations disciplines. Specific tasks include, but are not limited to:

Perform operational validation of flight operations products such as command procedures, telemetry displays, trend plots Verification of mission operations plans and procedures Operational validation of the ground segment, including interface tests, end-to-end tests and mission simulations Analyze short term and long term trending to detect potential problems with the spacecraft or instruments Perform real time troubleshooting and analysis during anomalies, including real-time problem identification and resolution, support in case of any in-orbit anomaly and participate in the investigation of satellite anomalies Propose new or execute improvements to tools that will increase long-term reliability, monitoring, and anomaly detection capability Develop and improve products used to command, control, communicate and monitor the spacecraft Develop changes to flight and mission operations products based upon changes to spacecraft configuration Support various ground system software testing and verifications Provision of on-call support to real-time operations Preparation of regular reports and liaison with internal and external personnel Coordinate and perform training of NOAA personnel