Space Mission Analyst

Space Mission Analyst
Salary $75-95k
About us:
HEO is the world's first commercial in-orbit satellite inspection company. We have a working product and revenue. Our technology helps governments and commercial operators to visually monitor their spacecraft and other space objects they care about. We do this by transforming Earth observation satellites into in-orbit inspection cameras with our proprietary software and generating insights through our computer vision techniques. Our goal is to empower our customers to have satellite insights at their fingertips.
HEO is backed by venture capital funds and high-profile angel investors from Australia, UK, and USA including Y Combinator (S21). We are based in Sydney, Australia with offices in the UK and US.
We're investing our resources to implement and scale our solutions, hire talent to build out a high performing interdisciplinary team and push the boundaries of space technology. We are growing fast and looking for talented, self-motivated people that value collaboration, growth and learning to join our team.
Our values:
We value good space citizenship. We are passionate about responsible custodianship, sustainability and trust. We believe that space should be easy and transparent. Our values help us to tackle some of the most complex issues in space for the benefit of all of humanity. HEO is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion among our workforce.
About the role:
Space Mission Analysts are an important part of how we understand customer requirements, task missions to support their requirements and deliver high quality, actionable intelligence on objects in orbit. We are looking for a passionate, self-motivated Space Mission Analyst to use our unique space-to-space imagery and data to discover new insights about a wide array of objects in space. You'll be combining HEO's analytics with open source data to answer questions associated with a satellite's operational status to identify unknown objects. With years of experience in this domain, the HEO team will help you expand your knowledge and skills to flourish in this exciting role.
HEO is hiring a Space Mission Analyst to work in Sydney, Australia. We encourage both recent graduates and candidates with previous similar industry experience to apply for this position.
Your key responsibilities:

• Develop and enhance reports for key customers in government, defence, and commercial sectors about objects of interest in orbit.
• Work with HEO's in-house analytics tools to generate consistent, and high quality insights.
• Combine high level image and data analysis with research from publicly available sources to determine key insights about spacecraft and debris.
• Schedule and support HEO's missions to ensure customer deadlines are fulfilled through tasking our space-based sensors.
• Design and run experiments.
• Support automation improvements for execution of missions.
• Provide internal feedback on how our product should improve to provide the best experience for customers.

About you, we'd love for you to have:

• Understanding and keen interest in space, satellite subsystems and structures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (including scientific or intelligence report writing)
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills and comfortable with experimenting to solve new challenges
• Ability to continuously learn, work independently, and make decisions with minimal supervision.
• Enjoys the challenge of building an early stage start-up and willing to grow with HEO as it expands and delivers on its mission to image space-based objects on demand.
• Experience in Python programming, using space situational awareness data, astrodynamics or 3D modeling (e.g. Blender) is considered a plus.

Perks & benefits:
HEO is one of Australia's fastest-growing space technology companies. At HEO, we're committed to creating the best working environment where everyone thrives, values collaboration, encourages innovation and shares the common goal of making space transparent.

• Full-time role based in office, with some flexibility for hybrid work
• Central location in Sydney's Tech Central
• Employee Share Option Plan
• Flexible leave options so you can recharge and relax when best suits you – no forced leave during office shutdowns
• A generous parental leave policy
• End of trip facilities - bicycle parking and showers

A note regarding our hiring process:
HEO Robotics aims to create an exceptional candidate experience. To that effect, we aim to be fair, effective, and equitable.
Please submit a cover letter, resume and a video no later than 9am on Monday 22 January 2024. Interviews will be conducted on 24 and 25 January 2024.
The Video
We'd love to receive a video from you so we can get a sense of who you are, what your passions are, and where you want to go. Ultimately, the purpose of the video is for you to make us invite you to a full interview.
Following are instructions and tips for the video:

• Length: up to 3 minutes
• Content can include any of the following: Tell us about yourself. Why do you want to work at HEO? What excites you about this role? What should we know about you that you didn't want to put into the cover letter? Is there anything that fascinates you about space? What is a fun fact about you? Tell us about a project you worked on that made a difference. Is there something that you'd like to accomplish during your time at HEO? How do you motivate yourself and stay on track? Which tech news do you follow and why? … Or anything else of interest that you'd like to share with us.
• Format: Any online video format. Please send us a link to a cloud service of your choice (e.g. Google Drive, Vimeo or Youtube on settings “private”, etc) Please make sure the video is accessible for us.

We're keen to move the process forward so if you could return this video to us at careers @heo-robotics.com
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance HEO and our culture. Research shows that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single competency or experience. If you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be just the right person for this role and HEO. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application and throughout the interview process.
The successful candidate must submit to a background check.