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If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\nAbout the Role\nAs a Senior Mission Operations Engineer, you'll own the day-to-day operation of our spacecraft and the operational infrastructure that makes it all work. This is a high-ownership role on a small, collaborative mission operations team. You won't just execute procedures, you'll write them, improve them, and help define how we operate as a company.\nYou'll monitor spacecraft health, investigate anomalies, plan maneuvers, and coordinate ground station passes, and you'll lead these activities during LEOP, commissioning, and other critical phases. 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