Aim high, go beyond
At Open Cosmos we are solving the world’s biggest challenges from space, providing businesses, governments and researchers access to more readily available information than ever before - ready for the challenge? Then read on…

The CTO division is where Open Cosmos technology comes to life. Covering engineering, product development, and technical innovation, the team designs, builds, and operates the satellites, systems, and platforms that make our missions possible. It’s a highly collaborative environment where ideas become real hardware, software, and data solutions that deliver impact from space.

Working across the full mission lifecycle, the Mission Operations team is responsible for safely operating our satellites once they are in orbit.

As we scale our missions and operations, we’re looking for an Automation Architect to define and shape the automation backbone that powers everything from mission control to production testing.

This is a high-impact, system-level role where you’ll sit at the intersection of mission operations, ground software,



and production systems — designing automation that is scalable, maintainable, and future-ready.

What You'll Be Doing
You’ll be the technical authority for automation architecture across Open Cosmos space infrastructure — setting the direction, defining standards, and ensuring everything connects seamlessly.

Define the automation architecture for mission operations, including pipelines, interfaces, and frameworks

Establish design principles and standards to ensure long-term scalability and maintainability

Evaluate and integrate automation tools, technologies, and frameworks

Guide Automation Engineers on design decisions and implementation approaches

Review code, frameworks, and systems to ensure architectural alignment

Support ML Engineers with integration of models into operational workflows

Collaborate with OpenOPS on Mission Control System automation capabilities

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📌 Automation Architect (Madrid)
🏢 PassFort
📍 Madrid