Senior Mission Operations Training Engineer

The Exploration Company
France
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Education & TrainingExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["GNC","Avionics","Propulsion","Life support","Simulation","Fault-injection"]

Lead the end-to-end mission operations training program for Nyx, acting as the technical authority for operations training across software, engineering, flight operations, and recovery teams. You will embed with multiple engineering teams, define curricula, certify training pipelines, script high-fidelity simulation campaigns, and ensure fault-injection capabilities are built into the simulator architecture to prepare flight controllers and ISS crews for nominal and off-nominal scenarios.

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The Exploration Company
The Exploration Company
3 months ago

Senior Mission Operations Training Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead the end-to-end mission operations training program for Nyx, acting as the technical authority for operations training across software, engineering, flight operations, and recovery teams. You will embed with multiple engineering teams, define curricula, certify training pipelines, script high-fidelity simulation campaigns, and ensure fault-injection capabilities are built into the simulator architecture to prepare flight controllers and ISS crews for nominal and off-nominal scenarios.
Location: France
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Education & Training

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the training concept of operations, certification pipelines, and long-term training plans for flight controllers and ISS crews.
  • •Author and maintain the core curriculum, lesson plans, and instructional materials that translate vehicle engineering into operational proficiency.
  • •Script, orchestrate, and execute high-fidelity nominal and off-nominal simulation campaigns as Simulation Supervisor.
  • •Partner with Ground Software and Flight Software teams to ensure fault-injection capabilities and training requirements are built into the simulator architecture.
  • •Coordinate with subsystem engineers, Mission Directors, and external partners (ESA, NASA, CNES) to keep training aligned with current procedures

Key Requirements

  • •Master’s degree in an engineering or science discipline.
  • •8+ years of experience in spacecraft mission operations training or a comparable high-risk operations environment.
  • •Hands-on experience scripting and running simulation campaigns as a Simulation Supervisor, console operator, or equivalent role.
  • •Experience working directly with software development teams to define, review, and accept simulator capabilities or modeling environments.
  • •Technical knowledge of common spacecraft systems (GNC, avionics, propulsion, life support)
Experience:8+ yearsSpacecraftSpacecraft mission operationsSimulation
Education:Master's
Skills:GNCAvionicsPropulsionLife supportSimulationFault-injection
Tech Stack:GNCAvionicsPropulsionLife supportSimulationFault-injection

Company Brief

The Exploration Company
Designs and develops reusable crewed and cargo spacecraft for low Earth orbit missions. The company builds orbital transfer and return vehicles to enable routine transportation, research, and commercial services in space.
Industry: Space Technology
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: Munich, Germany
Founded: 2018
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