Sr. Lead Systems Engineer

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Job Title:

Sr. Lead Systems Engineer

Reporting To:

Management, Product Engineering

Work Schedule:

Onsite – Phoenix, AZ

MOOG Space and Defense

Are you an experienced Electronic Systems Project Engineer looking for your next great opportunity? Moog Inc. is currently recruiting a Senior Lead Systems Engineer to support our Spaceflight hardware business in Gilbert, AZ!

What we do:

Moog’s Gilbert AZ facility is a leading designer of spaceflight hardware and is a part of the Spacecraft Avionics business unit in the Space & Defense Group. Moog has partnered with NASA to provide electronic solutions for the Artemis Orion Crew Capsule, Viper Lunar Rover, Satellite Laser Communications Relay, OSIRIS-REX to study asteroid composition along with complete satellite buses for the defense department.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Lead System Engineer to be the project technical lead and point of contact for customers on recurring production programs as well as new design and development efforts for spacecraft avionics.  The successful candidate will coordinate the work of electrical / mechanical / FPGA / software designers, test engineers, product delivery technicians, design analysts, and other key members of a project team in the pursuit of successful project execution.  Working jointly with the program manager, the Senior Lead System Engineer shares responsibility for execution of cost and schedule targets throughout the course of a project.  Facilitative leadership between program management, quality, and operations groups will be required in this role as the Senior Lead Systems Engineer ensures product development activities follow Moog’s phase-gate process.  Additionally, the Senior Lead Systems Engineer is responsible to manage stakeholder requirements, interpreting and deriving lower-level requirements as necessary, to ensure delivery of product that conforms to the requirements. The project engineer will report directly to the Project Engineering Manager.

To be considered for the Sr Lead Systems Engineer role, here's what you'll need to bring with you: 

• Bachelor of Science (required) or Master of Science (preferred) in relevant Engineering discipline.
• A minimum of 5 – 10 years of experience in electronic systems leading EE PCBA design (schematic a layout) or embedded SW / FPGA / ASIC design. Must have proven project engineering track record leading, coordinating and facilitating a team of technical contributors during product development execution. Candidates that do not meet the minimum number of years of project engineering experience may still be considered based on individual qualifications, education, and demonstrated past successes.
• Experience leading cross-functional project teams and project engineering experience related to cost, schedule, risk management, and technical execution of product design and development including prototyping and manufacturing phases.
• Experience authoring, managing, deriving, and verifying requirements for complex electronics systems. Prefer direct user experience with a requirement management database such as: IBM Rational DOORS, JAMA Connect, Siemens Polarion, etc.
• A high degree of proficiency with Microsoft Tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).
• Self-starting instincts and a strong sense of project ownership.
• Ability to work independently with a strong technical foundation while proactively identifying and resolving technical challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate fluently with internal and external customers, serving as technical focal point for projects.
• Understanding of computer architecture and digital interface technologies.

• Having experience designing or specifying space-based, radiation-hardened electronics is highly desired.
• Ability to work onsite and be the primary POC during product testing campaigns.

As a Sr Lead Systems Engineer, you will be responsible to: 

• Serve as lead responsible engineer and technical point of contact to customers on design, development, and production of space electronics.
• Provide effective project leadership to cross-functional and cross-site engineering teams for recurring production and development / qualification programs.
• Manage budget, schedule, risk, and technical execution for development and production projects for which you are responsible. Manage scope creep.
• Manage product requir