True Anomaly
Lead Operations Engineer
$150K–$250K
Colorado Springs, CO +1 · Full-time · Posted Jul 13, 2026
- Location
- Colorado Springs, CO
Denver, CO - Experience
- Roughly 10+ years in the space industry, or equivalent depth.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (aerospace/astronautical preferred); master's degree in a related discipline preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. citizenship required for the stated clearance qualification. ITAR eligibility: U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
About the job
Leads Mission Operations engineering for satellite programs from business development and proposals through mission design, integration and test, on-orbit operations, and disposal.
What you'll do
- Own Mission Operations deliverables and define, plan, and drive the team's work across the spacecraft program lifecycle.
- Integrate specialist subsystem work into an operable mission; support AI&T, design reviews, and cross-program anomaly resolution.
- Lead and mentor a small multidisciplinary engineering team and contribute to proposals and CONOPS development.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field; aerospace/astronautical preferred.
- Roughly 10+ years of space-industry experience, or equivalent depth.
- Demonstrated engineering fundamentals and technical depth across multiple spacecraft subsystems; experience leading small cross-functional engineering teams.
- Able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance (U.S. citizenship required); willing to work on-site in Colorado Springs or Denver.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in a related discipline.
- Experience across the satellite program lifecycle; GNC and flight software knowledge; RPO, missile defense, SDA, or USSF/Intelligence Community mission experience; Atlassian tools or programming.
Pay
$150,000 - $250,000 USD base salary
Tools
GNC, FSW, FDIR, Jira, Confluence
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