Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer, Space Vehicle

What you'll do

• Support space vehicle-level systems engineering from concept development through design, integration, test, and mission operations.
• Develop, decompose, and manage spacecraft system requirements down to the subsystem and component levels.
• Maintain the space vehicle architecture, technical baseline, and interface definitions to ensure system compatibility.
• Perform system-level trades, performance analyses, and technical assessments regarding capability, cost, schedule, and risk.
• Support system integration, verification, validation, and test planning to ensure compliance with mission objectives.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks associated with spacecraft design, manufacturing, and launch vehicle interfaces.
• Participate in major technical reviews and communicate technical status to internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead small technical efforts and provide guidance to less experienced engineers to support disciplined engineering execution.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and 6 years of experience, a Graduate degree and 4 years of experience, or 10 years of experience without a degree.
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance.
• Experience supporting space vehicle systems engineering on government, civil, or commercial satellite programs (preferred).
• Experience supporting spacecraft integration, environmental qualification, launch site operations, or on-orbit anomaly resolution (preferred).
• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), requirements management tools, and configuration management processes (preferred).
• Familiarity with system-level performance analysis and space vehicle design considerations (preferred).
• Active security clearance (preferred).
• U.S. citizens.