Satellite Telemetry Control Command Jobs in Colorado

This role is responsible for executing verification, validation, and automated testing across end-to-end satellite telemetry, command, trending/analysis, and data operations applications. The engineer will ensure that ground system platforms securely and seamlessly integrate with our core software applications before interfacing with remote operational networks. This position is permanently based in Aurora, CO, with up to 15% travel to the Annapolis, MD site, and supports work-from-home on Fridays.

Location: Aurora, CO (On-site / Hybrid) Clearance Required: Ability to obtain/maintain NOAA Public Trust / Secret Travel Requirement: Up to 15% travel to Annapolis, MD Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions * Test Execution & Management: Develop, maintain, and execute comprehensive integration test cases using Zephyr Scale. Formulate functional test procedures to validate system-level requirements for spacecraft commanding and telemetry pipelines. * C2 and Flight Dynamics Verification: Author and deploy systematic verification metrics focused on validating the integration configurations of core program elements, including the OS/COMET® telemetry framework and NASA's General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT) application environment.

* Automated Testing Implementation: Design and maintain automated test scripts utilizing modern frameworks such as Cucumber (behavior-driven development) and Cypress. Integrate test automation suites into continuous integration pipelines to drive rapid software verification. * Telemetry & Command Validation: Perform systematic integration testing on core telemetry tracking, data analytics, historical trending, and data operations sub-systems to verify seamless real-time processing under realistic network simulation constraints.

* Defect Troubleshooting & Analytics: Utilize strong troubleshooting skills to identify system bugs, log detailed technical anomalies, and isolate software dependencies across complex hybrid-cloud network environments. Required Qualifications & Experience * Experience: 6+ years of specialized software verification, validation, or system integration testing experience. (Candidates approaching this level of experience with strong technical backgrounds will be reviewed case-by-case).

* Systems Stack Exposure: Direct conceptual familiarity or prior experience verifying ground terminal application environments containing OS/COMET® architectures or flight dynamics execution matrices like NASA's GMAT. * Testing Tools Proficiency: Proven experience with Zephyr Scale for test suite management alongside automation execution expertise using Cucumber or Cypress. * Scripting / Programming Knowledge: Functional ability to write, maintain, and modify automated validation scripts using Python or JavaScript.

* Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, Aerospace Engineering, or a matching technical discipline. Preferred Qualifications & Compliance * Familiarity with aerospace transmission schemas, command verification loops, or space system networking protocols. * Foundational awareness of regulatory standards governing federal ground infrastructure, specifically NIST compliance rules, ITAR constraints, or FISMA guidelines.

* Prior experience operating in Agile/DevSecOps engineering groups supporting NOAA or NASA initiatives. We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefits packages. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.

The salary offered will depend on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, education, geographic location, internal equity, business needs, and other factors permitted by law. Posted pay ranges are a general guideline only and are not a guarantee of compensation or salary. EEO Statement ASRC Federal and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity employers.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, religion, marital status, ancestry, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law.