Spacecraft Systems Engineer (Experienced)

Spacecraft Systems Engineer (Experienced)

Company:

Millennium Space Systems

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 operation

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Not Applicable

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Export Control Requirement:

This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person”