Join the Space Vehicle Engineering team – an exciting group of motivated problem solvers. We like to have fun and enjoy life - both at work, and in our free time. We're excited about the challenging projects we're involved in and have a solid commitment to the missions we enable. Offering growth opportunities at all levels of skill and experience, we're looking for leaders and innovators who can continue our firm reputation for creativity and technical excellence, while helping to define the future.
In this position, you will lead the Space Vehicle Engineering team through development, test and delivery of highly capable space systems. The Space Vehicle Lead and Chief Engineer is responsible for ensuring the company delivers a system that meets our customers’ technical performance specifications and their mission needs.
This is a challenging, fast-paced job destined to be exciting and highly gratifying for the successful candidate.
Make a difference. Love what you do. Realize your full potential.
The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers’ missions. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and solid execution.
What You’ll Do:
- As the Space Vehicle Chief Engineer and/or Lead Systems Engineer on a program, these roles together, are the primary technical representative to company program office, its external customers, and collaborates with partners which may include payload, launch, and ground systems providers.
- Develop and manage the Space Vehicle technical baseline.
- Lead preparation and execution of major design and readiness reviews.
- Develop cost and schedule baseline for system engineering activities and perform responsibilities of the cost account manager (CAM) for systems engineering.
- Work in a dynamic environment with various groups, interfaces, and all Spacecraft subsystems.
- Provide leadership to the system engineering staff generating engineering documents including specifications, interface control documents, test plans, and prioritizations that may include:
- Develop the database framework to properly allocate, trace and verify requirements through all mission phases.
- Allocate and flow system requirements to lower-level specifications.
- Develop the overall verification plan and approach.
- Develop and utilize technical trade studies to define the system architecture, technical performance options and impacts.
- Utilize Model Based Systems Engineering tools and processes to develop, define and document the system architecture, interfaces, and CONOPS.
- Define System Integration & Test Plan.
- Define System Simulator requirements.
- Define System STE and GSE requirements.
- Technical authority for risk assessment and anomaly resolution throughout entire program lifecycle.
- Participate in writing proposals, create and deliver presentations.
- Participate in IRADs and other department initiatives.
- Develop and coach systems engineers on the Space Vehicle team, including writing their reviews.
- Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
- Perform other duties as necessary.
On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site three or more days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions:
- Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment.
- May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
- May access other facilities in various weather conditions.
