Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer (Experienced)

Job Summary
As an Experienced Spacecraft Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for owning the technical execution for programs and leading teams developing spacecraft systems serving a range of missions and customers. This includes creating, monitoring, and guiding requirements definition, spacecraft design, procurement and fabrication, integration and test, and verification and validation of the overall space vehicle system. You will interact with subsystem and unit engineers, manufacturing and test personnel, and program management. You will manage the technical elements of the space vehicle system. Our spacecraft systems engineers create spacecraft -- not just paperwork!
This position's internal job code is Systems Engineer. Our team is currently hiring for Levels 5-6.

Responsibilities

• Provides systems engineering leadership to programs
• Provides mentorship to junior systems engineering and subsystem staff
• Collaborates with program and financial leadership to ensure successful programmatic execution
• Applies an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify a lifecycle balanced solution for space systems
• Understands spacecraft subsystems functions and interfaces. Develops integrated spacecraft system designs and solutions
• Responsible for all aspects of spacecraft systems engineering including performing preliminary concept development, trade studies, CONOPS definition, requirements decomposition and allocation, interface requirements definition, requirements verification and validation, support to integration and test operations, anomaly resolution, risk management, and schedule execution
• Coordinates and communicates with subsystem engineering teams to ensure system execution
• Develops the planning organization, implementation and monitoring of requirements management processes, tools, risk, issues, opportunity management and technology readiness assessment processes
• Applies model-based systems engineering techniques for the definition of the spacecraft system
• Participates in software integration and test activities to ensure mission functionality prior to deployment into operations
• Coordinates with management and peers to ensure the integrity of high-quality operational products, including procedures, tools, and system configuration
• Performs tasks to analyze technical data, verify and sustain specific systems configurations in accordance with defined constraints and operational requirements
• Performs various analyses to optimize the spacecraft system and/or system architecture
• Resolves cross-functional technical issues
• Develops and improves systems engineering processes

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering or other relevant engineering or science discipline
• Minimum of 14 years of directly relevant aerospace industry experience, preferably with spacecraft systems
• Demonstrated leadership and communications skills
• Demonstrated experience with space systems engineering principles and techniques
• Demonstrated familiarity with program management principles and tools
• Demonstrated experience with power, mass, and other system budgets
• Demonstrated experience with requirements analysis and flow-down
• Demonstrated experience with design verification and validation processes
• Demonstrated experience with configuration management
• Demonstrated experience with satellite level integration and test processes
• Demonstrated experience with satellite in-orbit operations
• This position requires an active TS/SCI U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. (More information on this process can be found by following the Mandatory Security Clearance and Access Process Disqualifying Criteria link which is listed in the job posting).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Aerospace or other relevant engineering or science discipline
• Greater than 18 years professional experience in space systems engineering
• Direct experience with one or more rapid spacecraft development programs and missions. Experience with a full life-cycle from concept to in-orbit operations

Summary Pay-Range
Please note that the salary information shown below is a general guideline only of what is reasonably expected to be paid for the position. Salaries are based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

• Level 5: $157,250 - $231,250
• Level 6: $186,150 - $273,750