Launch System Integration Engineer

About the role

York Space Systems was founded to radically improve spacecraft affordability and reliability, transforming and enabling next-generation space mission operations worldwide. Today, York is one of the most innovative aerospace companies, specializing in end-to-end customer solutions and the rapid production of spacecraft platforms. As a Launch Systems Integration Engineer, you will coordinate spacecraft launch integration programs, focusing on customer solutions and ensuring alignment between the Space Vehicle (SV) and Launch Vehicle (LV) design teams. This includes overseeing all phases of system integration, from requirement allocation to test execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with 3+ years of industry experience.
• Secret security clearance or higher.
• Experience working commercial Ride Share and National Security Space Launch (NSSL) launch integration programs.
• Experience working hands-on with hardware or software technical projects.
• Experience leading space vehicle to launch vehicle integration campaigns.
• Strong communication and coordination skills: verbal, written, and presentation.
• Functional technical leadership experience (such as leading anomaly investigation team).
• Strong interpersonal skills and techniques for eliciting and motivating team performance.
• Experience in interpreting customer (internal and external) needs and expectations and effectively communicating needs/expectations between interdisciplinary teams.
• Proposal and technical communication/writing skills.
• Must be willing to travel to launch sites, test sites, other industry partner offices, and customer locations as needed.
• Must have permanent authorization to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate between York and the LV contractor design teams in support of the development of environmental and flight interface requirements between the SV, LV, and Launch Site.
• Coordinate the distribution and configuration management of integrated system analyses inputs/outputs in a diverse set of technical areas.
• Generate the Launch Systems Interface Requirements Document (LSIRD) and Interface Control Document (ICD) between the Spacecraft and LV.
• Support requirement allocation/flowdown to the LV system from the Spacecraft functional areas, and down to various Spacecraft subsystem design specs from the LV system.
• Negotiate LV interface requirements that affect Spacecraft design with the impacted SV functional team, and develop optimal system-level solutions to any requirement incompatibilities that arise.
• Support development of test plans and test execution for risk reduction, and requirement verification of Spacecraft and LV hardware interfaces.
• Develop IRD/ICD requirement verifications and closure plan that meets York and customer expectations.
• Manage closure plans and verification evidence for each ICD requirement allocated to the LV ICD.
• Coordinate and lead launch campaigns taking place at the Range.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• 401K retirement plan.