Space Mission Assurance Specialist

01What is a space mission assurance specialist?

A space mission assurance specialist makes sure a mission meets its security and resilience requirements across the whole lifecycle.

Mission assurance is the discipline of making sure a space mission will actually do what it is meant to, securely and reliably, from design through operation. The specialist sets requirements, checks that systems meet them, and holds the line on security and resilience standards as the mission is built and flown.

02What does the role do?

• Define security and resilience requirements for the mission.
• Verify that systems and processes meet those requirements.
• Map the mission to relevant space standards and frameworks.
• Track and close risk across the mission lifecycle.

03Skills and how to enter

Assurance, compliance, or systems engineering professionals who specialize in the space domain take on this role.

Core skills: Mission assurance, security and resilience requirements, standards and compliance, risk management, verification.

This role is one part of the work of space cybersecurity, operations and resilience platform professionals. To learn the foundations, see what a space career academy is.

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