Network Operations Engineer
Pubblicato il 18-10-2026 - Spaceflux in Padova
Spaceflux keeps watch over space. We operate a growing global network of optical sensors that track satellites and debris in orbit, giving governments, defence and commercial customers the space-domain-awareness data they need to operate safely. Our telescopes run every clear night, from Chile to Australia to Europe, and we're scaling fast - toward 25+ sites and new sensor types - as we grow through our next funding stage.
We're a small, hands-on, fast-moving team where what you do is visible the next morning in the data.
About the RoleWe're looking for a Network Operations Engineer to help run our worldwide sensor network and keep it healthy around the clock. You'll be the second operator alongside our Network Operations Manager - watching the network, catching and fixing faults, and making sure every telescope is doing what it should be when it should be.
This is the operational heartbeat of the company: if a roof doesn't close, a telescope stops observing, or data stops flowing, you're one of the people who spots it and sorts it.
It's a role for someone who genuinely enjoys operating real, physical, always-on systems - and who takes pride in a network that simply works.
You'll join when there's a lot to build: the procedures, the monitoring, the Rota and the tooling that let a global network run reliably without depending on any one person. There's a clear path to grow from running operations into helping design how they're run.
What you'll do
- Monitor the sensor network throughout the daily operational cycle and take part in a fair shared out-of-hours/weekend rota, ensuring telescopes and sensors are operating correctly and data continues to flow.
- Make sensible open/close calls in marginal weather to protect the hardware while maximising observing time.
- Diagnose and fix faults first-line - remote restarts, roof/dome recovery, connectivity and control-system issues - and pull in the right specialist when a problem needs hardware, software or logistics help.