I have been working at Goonhilly Earth Station as a Deep Space Network Mission Operations Engineer. This primarily means operating the deep space satellite dish to transmit to and receive from spacecraft orbiting the Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Operations engineers also have secondary roles and mine is developing software. I did a bachelor’s degree in Physics and A levels in Physics and Maths, although a science or engineering background isn’t always necessary to work in the space industry.
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Company nameGoonhilly Earth Station
Job titleDeep Space Network Mission Operations Engineer
Based inCornwall (including the Isles of Scilly)
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