Want Remote Ground Stations Network Engineer in Westminster, CO
Posted 2025-04-06Job title: Remote Ground Stations Network Engineer
Company: Maxar Technologies
Job description: Please review the job details below.
At Maxar we unlock the promise of space intelligence to help governments and businesses solve problems on earth and beyond. Since humans first explored our solar system, we have been supporting space missions with our tools. Maxar partners with innovative businesses and more than 50 governments to monitor global change, deliver broadband communications and advance space operations with capabilities in Space Infrastructure and Earth Intelligence. Now is your chance to amplify your impact, working to solve the worldÂs most pressing challenges. We are hiring immediately for a Remote Ground Stations Network Engineer to join our team in Westminster, CO.
Life with Us
Your Project: The Remote Ground Station Network Engineer is a member of the Remote Ground Station (RGS) team that supports a worldwide network of satellite ground stations. The Remote Ground Station Engineer is responsible for operations, engineering, and support for Maxar and customer ground stations. The Remote Ground Station Network Engineer will collaborate with a multidiscipline team to ensure that the stations and their networks operate at a high level of performance and availability
Developing professional expertise in their field. Works on problems of moderate scope, where analysis of situations or data requires assessment of a variety of factors. Exercises judgement within defined policies and procedures to determine appropriate action. Receives only general instructions on routine work, while receiving detailed instructions on new projects or assignments.
Your Career: WeÂre 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.
What We Offer:
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
- Career growth opportunities
- Family friendly benefits like maternity and paternity leave, adoption reimbursement, flexible hours, hybrid work options
- Program to help you grow like tuition reimbursement, hackathons, and career development
- Student loan repayment
- Generous time off
- Plus everything youÂd expect from a leading employer such as a matching and immediately vest 401K plan, robust insurance coverage, medical, dental and vision, etc.
- Perform installation and ongoing sustainment of IP networking infrastructure and computer systems at MaxarÂs Remote Ground Stations
- Engineer system and networking solutions for customer requirements
- Assess system security posture and recommend solutions to enhance overall security
- Support field installation and ongoing sustainment of Maxar ground station antennas and equipment
- Full Motion Antenna Systems.
- Radios & RF Communications.
- Computing Systems.
- Facilities including Power and HVAC.
- Utilize project and problem management solutions to ensure initiatives are properly tracked and implemented
- Perform troubleshooting and execute repairs of reported issues with Maxar-owned or customer ground stations
- Communicate with internal and external customers regarding recommended actions for reported issues
- Utilize and maintain monitoring tools. Perform ongoing assessments of the most effective means to gather operational metrics for insight into performance
- Ensure documentation is created, assembled, and organized for Maxar and customer ground stations
- Support the deployed network and antenna infrastructure as part of an on-call rotation
- Other duties as assigned
- Must be a U.S. citizen and be willing and able to obtain U.S. Government Secret security clearance
- BachelorÂs degree in Engineering, Aerospace, Cybersecurity, or related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience in enterprise network operations, or equivalent experience in network operations
- Experience with the Microsoft applications, including Visio and Word
- Competency with TCP/IP network protocols
- U.S. Citizen with a current DoD Clearance (Secret) or the ability to obtain one
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the year
- Routinely requires lifting equipment weighing up to 50 pounds (23 kilograms).
- Experience in satellite ground station operations, or equivalent experience in aerospace operations
- Experience with satellite ground station infrastructure including antennas, radios and baseband processing systems
- Familiarity with computer systems, including Microsoft Windows and Linux OS environments
- Competency with Juniper network devices.
Our salary ranges are market-driven and set to allow for flexibility. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidateÂs unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is: $66,000.00 - $110,000.00 annually.
Maxar employees must follow all applicable Maxar policies and COVID-19 requirements as well as those of Maxar customers and third parties. Individual job requirements may vary, and Maxar reserves the right to modify its policies and requirements as it deems appropriate in accordance with applicable law.
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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Location: Westminster, CO
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