Junior Mission Planning Engineer

2 months ago

Remote, ArgentinaEntry Level

Responsibilities

Design and improve planning algorithms for scheduling, resource allocation, opportunity selection, satellite behavior modeling, and related mission-planning problems.
Analyze planner behavior and mission performance using simulations, production cases, and trade-off studies.
Translate mission goals into planner constraints, heuristics, scoring functions, and evaluation metrics.
Develop simulation, analysis, and debugging tools to reproduce planner decisions, explain outcomes, and validate changes.
Write production-quality Python code for algorithm implementations, capacity improvements, experiment tooling, and supporting libraries.
Partner with backend engineers to integrate improvements into operational services used by mission operations and internal stakeholders.

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field.
Demonstrated mastery of Python development.
Experience with complex algorithms involving planning, scheduling, search, combinatorial optimization, operations research, or GIS/geospatial optimization.
Excellent spoken and written English and the ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical colleagues.
Experience with Django is highly valued.
Experience with PostgreSQL and PostgREST is highly valued.
Familiarity with Git, testing frameworks, CI/CD, and Docker.
Ability to work analytically across theory, simulation, debugging, and operational evidence in a collaborative cross-disciplinary environment.

Preferred locations are Buenos Aires or Córdoba, Argentina, or Montevideo, Uruguay.
The role collaborates with Systems, AOCS, Flight Dynamics, and Software Development teams and reports to the Mission Engineering and Planning Team Leader.
Satellogic is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.

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