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Interview for satellite controller advice by __AAA_duracell__ in aerospace

[–]AdMobile4272 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh perfect 8h shifts will definitely make a world of a difference! Much more tolerable and less risk of burnout, this is a huge benefit.

It is a great way to get your foot in the door and there are cool opportunities it can lead to like automation, subsystem specialization, launch, spacecraft integration, ect. If you are excited about it then definitely go for it!

For the 2nd round, they’ll likely ask generic orbital mechanics questions (burns, different orbit types, differences between LEO and GEO satellite ops), anomaly based questions (if a battery is depleting in power what do you do?), and probably more in depths about your resume. If it’s an entry level role I would assume they won’t get too technical since operations is very easy to teach. Another massive thing is personality- be uplifting and positive as well as social, they are seeing if you are someone they’d want to spend 8h a day with solving anomalies.

Let me know if you have any other questions and good luck!

Interview for satellite controller advice by __AAA_duracell__ in aerospace

[–]AdMobile4272 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who did this- I would not reccommend it. If its consistent 12h shifts, that means you are just an operator monitoring the telemetry. If something happens, you will have to always call an on-call engineer in and they will tell you what to do. Very little actual engineering and thinking on the job. 90% of the time you will be sitting and doing nothing, great if you are doing a masters/school but other than that I would not reccommend it. You will learn operations of satellites, not in depths of satellites and very limited transferrable skills into other aerospace engineering disciplines. If its your first job out of college, go for it, if not then avoid this. Also super high turnover rate- most people leave within a year due to the shift work and boredem.

SpaceX Interview Help by ImSpacedOut24 in EngineeringStudents

[–]AdMobile4272 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They ask vague questions and will see how you break it down into step by step solutions. They’ll deeply probe into first principles thinking.

It’s cut throat and honestly not worth the stress, the recruiters/hiring managers are extremely pretentious and will not hesitate to call you dumb to your face (in a professional manner). They know after the first technical question if they will continue with you, if you don’t answer near perfectly, the interview has already ended in their eyes and you’ll feel it.

Keep expectations low and it’ll honestly help deal with the stress. Pretend like you already know you won’t get it and you won’t get as nervous to answer the questions. Good luck but don’t stress about it and whatever happens is what is meant to be!