Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer (Launch Focus Engineer)

Responsibilities

• Interaction with program, functional and customer leadership.
• Evaluate design documentation and verification for compliance with customer and internally derived requirements.
• Evaluate design documentation to provide evidence for requirement verification and hazard control verification closure.
• Evaluate System Level test results and generation reports & review packages.
• Provide support to selected elements of the program Systems Engineering Team.
• Support and deliver SE Products and other deliverables, with a focus on mission success.
• Develop/implement and communicate solutions to routine Engineering problems.
• Contribute to the technical tasks supporting the program.
• Provide systems engineering support for technical reviews.
• Write status and technical performance reviews, analyses and reports.

Qualifications

Principal Systems Engineer

• Bachelors of Science degree in technical field and 5+ years of experience, or Masters of Science degree in technical field with 3+ years of experience; or a PhD

Sr Principal Systems Engineer

• Bachelors of Science degree in technical field and 8+ years of experience, or Masters of Science degree in technical field with 6+ years of experience; or a PhD with 4+ years of experience

Required Experience

• Experience in Systems Engineering for mission critical applications
• Mission and/or vehicle systems engineering experience
• Software coding or scripting experience
• Ability to obtain a security clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required)
• Understanding of spacecraft integration & test, launch, and mission operations
• Experience with AI&T for human-rated programs
• Experience conducting data analyses
• Experience with embedded networks
• Understanding of software packets and data flow
• Experience with detailed test design
• Experience with Systems Engineering process
• Experience with human spaceflight vehicle development including integration & test
• Experience developing verification documentation
• Familiarity with electrical & computer systems
• Familiarity with command and telemetry database
• Strong Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) & Matlab scripting skills