Mission Planner (Secret Clearance)

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Longmont, CO, USA
In-Office
59K-99K Annually
Aerospace • Artificial Intelligence • Computer Vision • Software • Analytics • Defense • Big Data Analytics
Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence to unlock a more autonomous, interoperable world.
The Role
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Maxar Intelligence is a provider of secure, precise, geospatial intelligence. We deliver disruptive value to government and commercial customers to help them monitor, understand, and navigate our changing planet. Our unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and a proven commercial and defense foundation to deploy solutions and deliver insights with unrivaled speed, scale, and cost-effectiveness.
Maxar Intelligence is currently seeking a Mission Planner to join our Mission Operations team in Longmont, CO.
Your Project: The Mission Planner monitors near-term tactical satellite collection activities in support of existing and future requirements for Maxar's customers and is also responsible for monitoring and troubleshooting the Maxar factory flow from order entry through delivery, for a variety of customers. Using an assortment of technical systems, business intelligence, weather and climate data, and in collaboration with internal and external customers this team is responsible for delivering against all service level agreements, contracts and product offerings. Independent judgment and the ability to dynamically balance competing resources are critical to accomplishing daily tasks.
What you'll do day-to-day (with your colleagues):
  • Monitor and execute tactical near-term collection strategies, supporting project and service level agreements
  • Monitor data and factory flows from planning, product generation into layout and delivery, and perform initial QC of images as they enter the factory flow
  • Perform necessary ground troubleshooting following an established set of procedures and work with MOC personnel during anomaly resolution
  • Communicate effectively with leads, engineers and other stakeholders when troubleshooting beyond the scope of existing procedures
  • Escalate operational issues as needed with team management and technical support teams

Minimum requirements for this position:
  • Must be a U.S. citizen with an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, geography, remote sensing, GIS, or related field. Four additional years of experience in related field may be substituted for a degree
  • Minimum of 2 year of experience in project and/or task management
  • Proficiency in Windows and Linux environments
  • Must be willing and able to perform 24/7 rotational shift work

These skills would be amazing:
  • 1+ year of experience with Unix/Linux
  • 1+ year of experience scripting and database knowledge
  • Experience with GIS technology
  • Excellent and effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to prioritize work based upon high-level requirements
  • Desire to lead continuous improvement initiatives

Your Career: We are very serious about professional development and continuing education at Maxar. We offer our team members with the opportunity to define their own career trajectory. Our group has amazing resources to support learning and development. You will work with your manager, or a mentor, to set goals and design a development plan to advance your career.
There is a reason we boast awards like Best Employer, Best Place to work, Top employer, candidate experience winner. Our strength is in our people. Each team member makes a unique contribution
to our collective mission. So, we recognize that with best-in-class benefits like:
  • 401K matching and immediate vesting schedule
  • Career growth opportunities
  • Family friendly benefits like maternity and paternity leave, adoption reimbursement, flexible hours, hybrid work options
  • Programs to help you grow like tuition reimbursement, hackathons, and career development
  • Student loan repayment
  • Generous time off
  • Comprehensive medical, dental and vision at affordable monthly rates

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In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.
• The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $59,000.00 - $99,000.00 annually.
For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits
The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.
The date of posting can be found on Maxar's Career page at the top of each job posting.
To apply, submit your application via Maxar's Career page.
Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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