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Flight Operations Engineer

Company

Confidential

Location

reading, england

Posted

June 06, 2026

Position Overview

At NewOrbit Space, our mission is to engineer the lowest orbiting satellites on Earth to rapidly advance global connectivity and insight.


We are currently building satellites that can operate at an altitude of just 200 km - one-third that of conventional satellites.


Your Role


Establish and own NewOrbit’s mission operations capability from the start, defining how our spacecraft are commanded, monitored, and operated from the ground.


You will lead the setting up of mission control, define spacecraft-ground and ground-station interfaces, develop real-time flight operations concepts, and support LEOP, commissioning, manoeuvres, nominal operations, and anomaly response alongside Mission Design and Communications.


Mission Operations Ownership


  • Lead the development of NewOrbit’s mission operations concept from an early phase, defining operation...

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