Blue Ring Capabilities Roadmap Implementation Mission Systems Engineer

About the role

The role is part of the In-Space Systems business unit, focusing on space infrastructure and increasing mobility on-orbit. It also involves the Blue National Security business unit, addressing the same challenges.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Blue Ring Mission Systems Engineering, Integration & Test (MSEIT) team and other organizations to define, implement, optimize, and manage Systems Engineering governance processes.
• Perform as a subject matter expert on Blue Ring system requirements, design parameters, technical budgets, ICDs, program plans, and technical performance measures to lead stakeholder needs analyses.
• Track the evolution of system configurations for existing Blue Ring programs and identify synergies between mission types and customer requirements.
• Work across organizational boundaries to develop plans for technology onramp and capability evolutions in alignment with existing and future customer needs.
• Define standardized approaches to developing and maintaining technical baselines across the Blue Ring organization in support of multiple concurrent missions, development efforts, and customers.
• Lead trade studies to evaluate evolving technologies and mission requirements.
• Utilize Systems Engineering tools such as Jama, Windchill and Cameo.
• Support and present to leadership and at major gated reviews including design reviews, mission reviews, readiness reviews, etc.

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering or equivalent technical field.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in systems engineering, preferably in the space industry.
• Demonstrated understanding of systems engineering fundamentals and experience in multiple system lifecycle phases.
• Experience in definition of space system requirements and concept definitions that span a broad range of mission objectives.
• Understanding of the Systems Engineering lifecycle and the “Systems Engineering V”.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to obtain a US Government Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance.

Qualifications

• Spacecraft operations, command & control system experience, including familiarity with spacecraft and ground-system internal and external interfaces and/or spacecraft communications uplink and downlink technologies.
• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering.
• Familiarity with System Modeling tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler, Enterprise Architect, MagicDraw, or Rhapsody.
• Experience across the product life cycle (pre-conceptual design through operational support).
• Knowledge of collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA.
• Knowledge of formal risk and opportunity management processes.
• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Systems Architecture or a related discipline.