Blue Ring Mission Systems Requirements & Verification Engineer

About the role

The role is part of the In-Space Systems business unit, which is focused on addressing two of the most compelling challenges in spaceflight today: space infrastructure and increasing mobility on-orbit. As a Systems Engineer on a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will define, capture and manage mission-specific system requirements and verification artifacts within the Mission Systems Engineering, Integration & Test organization, working closely with other system, software, hardware and integration & test engineers to establish the technical requirements and architecture baseline and help ensure the successful verification of unique Blue Ring Spacecraft missions and customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Blue Ring Mission Lead Systems Engineers, Spacecraft Systems Engineering, Flight Software, Payload & Mission Integration, and Ground Systems Engineering Teams to define system requirements in a model-based environment across multiple customers and missions
• Engage with internal and external customers, including government agencies and contractors, to perform analysis of unique customer and mission requirements
• Perform as the lead Requirements & Verification Systems Engineer for specific Blue Ring missions, including all aspects of requirement decomposition, derivation, and allocation
• Develop and manage requirement specifications, including internal and external interfaces, with accurate flow-down and traceability
• Understand and define the relationships and traceability between requirements, design parameters, technical budgets, ICDs, program plans, and technical performance measures
• Establish verification approaches and plans for system requirements and identify Integration and Test activities required for successful requirements selloff
• Perform compliance and traceability assessments and be able to report key metrics and issues effectively to program leadership and stakeholders

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering or equivalent technical field
• 3+ years of Systems Engineering experience performing activities such as requirements definition, traceability, interface definition, design documentation, integration, verification, and validation
• Understanding of the Systems Engineering lifecycle and the “Systems Engineering V”
• Proven problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Qualifications

• Active US Government Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) Clearance

Preferred 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)
• Software or scripting language experience
• 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