Senior Systems Engineer, Space Systems

About the role

This Systems Engineer role supports advanced electromagnetic and space systems with a focus on spacecraft payloads, small satellite platforms, and mission-critical solutions for national security applications. You will operate in a multidisciplinary, innovation-driven environment, exercising significant technical autonomy to review, research, design, develop, and implement complex engineering solutions. The position offers the opportunity to work on first-of-a-kind systems in power-constrained, small-form-factor spacecraft, ground control and operational software, embedded software, and unique cyber capabilities, while contributing directly to highly impactful missions.

Responsibilities

• Formulate long-term plans for the development, documentation, deployment, and sustainment of engineering solutions, ensuring compliance with relevant reporting, safety, and regulatory standards.
• Determine technical objectives and solution approaches for advanced engineering problems, particularly in spacecraft systems, payloads, and mission architectures.
• Evaluate the integration of engineering solutions within the broader system environment and ensure that documentation, testing, maintenance, and engineering updates are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Guide the development and implementation of engineering solutions, including planning deployment, defining resource requirements, overseeing testing, managing integration activities, and ensuring compliance and safety.
• Plan and coordinate the maintenance of engineering solutions, including documentation, reporting, publishing technical information, and delivering technical presentations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Communicate effectively with engineering professionals, solution users, and management throughout the solution development lifecycle, providing clear technical direction and status updates.
• Represent the organization as a prime technical contact on contracts and projects, interacting with external personnel on technical matters that require coordination across organizations.
• Provide advisory or project leadership, offering direction and guidance to less experienced professional staff and leading multidisciplinary engineering teams when required.
• Participate in, and in some cases lead, the development of new or expanded business opportunities by contributing technical insight and innovative solution concepts.
• Plan for future applications of existing and emerging solutions based on new developments in engineering technology, particularly in spacecraft