Spacecraft Systems Engineer; Senior - Millennium Space Systems

Job Description

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Millennium Space Systems, a part of Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS), is a fast, agile small satellite company focused on national security space. Our missions have direct impact to global security, like missile warning and Earth observation.

Our team is curious, bold and innovative. We take risks, innovate and explore new techniques and technologies. We influence change because we challenge the status quo. And when we watch our satellites launch, we know each one of us made it happen.

As an Senior
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.

Position 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

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance. for which the US Government requires U.S. Citizenship. A final U.S. Top Secret security clearance is required post start.

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), computer science, engineering data science, mathematics, or physics and 14 or more years' related work experience;
  Master's Degree in engineering related discipline and 12 or more years' related work experience; or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience.

• 14 years' experience with space systems engineering principles and techniques

• Experience with power, mass, and…