Flight Controller / Flight Operations Lead (Space Robotics Industry) - Brampton

RESPONSIBILITIES

In this exciting role, you will have a direct impact in supporting and enabling the success of human spaceflight exploration and commercial on-orbit servicing initiatives. Duties would include some or all of the following :

• Lead a flight operations team and make decisions which can have consequences for human lives and multi-billion dollar commercial and international space assets. Manage risk in building a mission and resolving issues pre-flight and real-time
• Make decisions during spaceflight missions and manage robotics assets, ground resources and associated payload operations to ensure crew and vehicle safety
• Lead development of human and unmanned spaceflight missions through coordination with programs, technical discipline experts, the CSA / NASA Astronaut Office, safety organizations, international partners, commercial customers, Payloads Operations, and other mission-specific stakeholders
• Define and enforce user centric design principles across all aspects of space & ground robotic system software and hardware through coordination with technical teams, definition of requirements, testing, and support of agile development cycles
• Develop and evaluate mission objectives according to programmatic guidelines and constraints. Develop and execute Flight Plans according to programmatic mission requirements. Develop and enforce Mission Rules to ensure crew and vehicle safety
• Responsibility for the development, coordination, and execution of testing for certification of flight readiness of space hardware, software, and ground systems
• Responsibility for the definition, development, coordination, certification, and approval for flight execution of all needed operational procedures, manuals, and flight rules for operating critical space hardware
• Identifying staffing needs for mission control facilities that balances cost effective measures with maintaining the high standards and safety requirements of human space flight and commercial mission operations
• Overseeing the recruitment and development of highly skilled staff to remotely and safely operate complex, mission-critical robotic systems

Directing and helping to develop certification plans for flight operators and support staff within MDA’s Mission Control Facilities- including : Adapting Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and National Aeronautics Space Administration’s (NASA) Human spaceflight processes for MDA

Tailoring flight operations for a variety commercial customer needs.

EXPERIENCE

While this role will be based in Canada, MDA Space is open to having this new hire be based in our Houston Texas (Johnson Space Center) location to start and once Canadian Security is obtained, this role and the hire will relocate to Canada. (Brampton Ontario)

We’re a dream team of purpose-driven, collaborative and passionate people, and we are constantly looking for others to join #TeamMDA to ignite new and innovative approaches to problem-solving that push us forward to improve life on and above Earth. If you’re excited to expand our place in space and driven to inspire the next generation, we’ll take you there.