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iSpaceCurrently, ispace is seeking a highly capable and service-minded individual to serve as a General Affairs Associate, responsible for the Tokyo office and multiple domestic locations. The main roles include ensuring smooth operations at each location, supporting cross-departmental projects, and enhancing internal engagement through various initiatives and the establishment of related systems.
iSpaceispace, inc. is looking for a Senior Mission Operations Engineer (test-focused) to join our growing team. The Mission Test and Operations team is the heart of mission execution, where we prove readiness on the ground before ever stepping on console. As a Senior Mission Operations Engineer, you will be the bridge between the worlds of system testing and real-time operations. In this role, you will drive a “Test-As-You-Fly” philosophy to ensure that our tests are truly representative of our operations. You will also have the opportunity to follow the mission lifecycle to touchdown by conducting the test campaign, leveraging the results to mitigate operational risk, and ultimately commanding those same procedures from the Mission Control Center as we transit to the Moon.
iSpaceispace, inc is looking for a Senior Mission Operations Engineer to join our growing team. The Mission Test and Operations team is the heart of mission execution, where we prove readiness on the ground and then step on console to guide the spacecraft to the Moon. As a Senior Mission Operations Engineer, you will be responsible for operational preparations and will certify to sit on console as a Flight Director. In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead or support the operation of various activities such as orbital trajectory maneuvers, payload operations, the landing sequence, and surface operations. The job begins from the design phase of the mission lifecycle and ends at decommissioning and closeout. You will both prepare the products and crew for flight readiness and then execute that plan after separation from the launch vehicle. If you embody discipline, safety, quality, have a team-driven spirit, and would like to call the Mission Control Center home, then this is the moonshot for you.
iSpaceispace, inc. is looking for a Ground Systems engineer to join our growing team in Tokyo. The Ground Systems team forms the backbone of ispace’s Test and Flight Operations, responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the full infrastructure required to support mission testing and operations. This includes the Mission Control Center, Mission Control Software, operational tools, and the end-to-end test environments that enable mission readiness. As a Ground Systems Engineer, your work directly enables communication with the spacecraft and underpins every phase of mission test and execution. You play a pivotal role in ensuring that missions are conducted safely, reliably, and efficiently—designing and maintaining the infrastructure, software, and operational workflows that make real-time spacecraft operations possible. Your contributions not only ensure mission success, but also streamline operations and empower flight teams to perform at their best. As a Ground Systems Engineer specialized in Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) platforms, you will design, develop, and maintain the simulation and validation environments used to test and verify the next generation of ispace spacecraft. You will play a critical role in enabling a “Test-As-You-Fly” philosophy, ensuring that ground infrastructure and spacecraft testbeds faithfully replicate real mission conditions, providing a realistic and representative environment for validation and operations.
iSpaceispace is looking for a Ground System Engineer to join our growing team in Tokyo. The Ground Systems team forms the backbone of ispace’s Test and Flight Operations, delivering the infrastructure, systems, and tools required to support mission testing and operational activities across the full mission lifecycle. This includes the design, development, and maintenance of the Mission Control Center, Mission Control Software, operational toolchains, and end-to-end test environments that ensure mission readiness. As a Ground Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of Mission Control Software supporting ispace’s global operations. You will oversee the end-to-end data flow between users and the spacecraft, ensuring reliable, secure, and efficient handling of telemetry and telecommand data. This includes defining and implementing data encoding, processing, and encryption mechanisms across the ground segment and its interfaces.
iSpaceispace, inc. is looking for a Mechanical AIT Engineer to join our growing production team. Join the Assembly, Integration & Testing (AIT) team and play a key role in the development, integration, verification, and testing of spacecraft systems. In this position, you will collaborate closely with design, systems, and manufacturing engineering teams to ensure spacecraft and payload hardware are designed, built, and tested to the highest quality standards. You will support assembly and test operations, manage verification activities, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and lead non-conformance resolution efforts to enhance product reliability and mission success. This role requires a hands-on engineer with strong technical judgment, a passion for aerospace hardware development, and the ability to contribute across the full spacecraft lifecycle—from design reviews and prototyping through integration, testing, and flight readiness. Reporting to the Mechanical AIT Team Lead, you will help establish and maintain best practices, processes, and standards that enable the successful delivery of complex space systems.
iSpaceispace, inc. Japan Engineering office is looking for a talented Radio Management Engineer to join the team developing ITU and Radio License Application. As part of the mission and project management team, you will create the necessary ITU APIs for lunar landers and other spacecraft being developed, as well as handle domestic radio license applications. Acting as the liaison with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, you will prepare the necessary application documents for radio licenses and collaborate with relevant government agencies to carry out the application process for ITU radio licenses. You will also be responsible for applying for experimental radio stations and space radio stations necessary for lunar landers and other spacecraft being developed, serving as the point of contact with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and government agencies regarding radio license matters. Additionally, you will evaluate radio wave interference and plan radio inspections and related activities in cooperation with system/subsystem/RF communication engineers and ground station engineers. You will prepare and plan for the necessary radio licenses during mission flights and conduct in-orbit inspections for final license acquisition. You will submit CCSDS SCID applications to SANA through JAXA. Furthermore, you will provide technical support to the business team for the expansion of future lunar communication systems.
iSpaceispace, inc. is looking for a senior mission engineer to join our growing team. As a Senior Mission Engineer, you will serve as one of the technical and programmatic leaders responsible for delivering successful lunar and deep-space missions. Working within the Mission Management organization, you will integrate engineering, program execution, and mission objectives to ensure the spacecraft is delivered within technical, cost, schedule, and mission performance constraints. Mission Engineers are responsible for making mission-level technical and programmatic recommendations by coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the complete spacecraft lifecycle—from mission concept through launch and mission operations. Unlike traditional subsystem or systems engineering roles, Mission Engineers maintain a mission-wide perspective and balance competing technical, schedule, cost, and risk considerations to achieve overall mission success. If you are a systems thinker who naturally considers mission success above subsystem optimization, possess strong technical leadership with the ability to influence without direct authority, demonstrate excellent judgment when balancing technical performance, cost, schedule, and mission risk, have the ability to make timely, data-driven decisions under uncertainty, are comfortable operating in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment with evolving mission priorities, and have a passion for advancing lunar exploration and enabling successful space missions, join our team on our journey to the moon!
iSpaceispace is looking for a Satellite Technical Lead to join our growing team in Tokyo. The Satellite Lead is a senior, technology-driven leadership role responsible for the end-to-end execution of satellite system development and mission design, with primary accountability for technical coherence, system-level decision making, and engineering leadership. This role sits at the intersection of satellite system engineering and project management, ensuring that mission requirements, technical design, schedule, cost, and risk are continuously balanced and optimized. The successful candidate will act as a technical authority and system integrator, leading cross-functional engineering teams and making critical technical trade-off decisions that enable both mission success and long-term business viability. This position emphasizes technical leadership and system responsibility rather than direct people management.
iSpaceispace is looking for Project Management Specialist to join our growing team. This role is responsible for driving multi-faceted project management activities across lunar exploration missions, including technical development, operational planning, financial oversight, stakeholder coordination (domestic and international), and sales support. Leveraging a strong technical background, the specialist will collaborate closely with executive leadership to support decision-making and provide strategic recommendations that contribute to both mission success and business growth.