# Principal Automation and AI Operations Engineer

Hiring organization: [AST SpaceMobile](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/ast-spacemobile)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d4878945-f5b3-48f9-9bb5-e1590f7ca517

Listed on AST SpaceMobile's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Principal
- Location: Dallas, TX

## Summary

This role designs and builds automation frameworks and AI-driven operations tools for a satellite gateway network, partnering with RF, hardware, and software teams to ensure reliable autonomous operations. It suits engineers with deep experience in network automation, testing infrastructure, and DevOps who want to shape how a next-generation space-based cellular network operates at scale.

_Our summary, not AST SpaceMobile's wording._

## Skills named

AIOps, Ansible, CI/CD, Data Engineering, Go, Infrastructure as Code, Machine Learning, Python, Terraform

## Required

- 5+ years network automation, DevOps/SRE, or operations engineering experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or related technical field
- Hands-on competence building automated test frameworks at scale
- Experience defining and lifecycle-managing hardware/software SKUs with acceptance criteria
- Hands-on competence in network automation, Python/Go, infrastructure as code, event-driven systems, and workflow automation
- Hands-on competence integrating telemetry pipelines with operational decision engines or automated remediation systems

## Nice to have

- Experience building or operating toward a highly autonomous operations model
- Familiarity with NAS and NCC systems or equivalent core network/operations-support platforms
- Experience with predictive or ML-based failure detection or capacity planning models in production networks
- Familiarity with satellite, RF, or baseband subsystems and their test/validation requirements
- Experience developing digital twins or simulation models of network/service state
- Background establishing governance or guardrails for AI-driven or autonomous operational actions
- Experience supporting field trials, FOAs, or first-deployment validation for new network products

Apply on AST SpaceMobile's site: https://ast-science.com/company/careers/?gh_jid=4723399005