Systems Engineer III (Clearance Required)

About The Role

The Systems Engineer III contributes to the development and implementation of advanced system solutions by providing alignment, connection and direction to the technical team throughout the product development lifecycle. The Systems Engineer III represents the viewpoint of the integrated whole during system development and works to glue segments and subsystems together via top-down decomposition of stakeholder requirements, traceability through development artifacts, and bottom-up validation and verification of the system. They help to shepherd the team through technical development milestones, track performance measures and identify technical risks to arrive at a compliant and cohesive system solution.

• Helps to specify, architect, and integrate complex system solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams and subject matter experts to understand project requirements and objectives.
• Specifies, architects, and integrates complex system solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams and subject matter experts to understand project requirements and objectives.
• Supports development milestone reviews by creating artifacts and deliverables.
• Oversight of system integration and verification activities to ensure system functionality and performance.
• Identifies and manages technical risks, develops mitigation strategies, and contributes to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying areas for enhancement.

Requirements & Verifications

Derives, decomposes, and manages technical requirements from stakeholder needs through system, subsystem, and component levels; manages requirements baseline changes and impact assessments across the product lifecycle. Develops verification and validation strategies including analysis, inspection, demonstration, and test methods; author verification procedures, test plans, and acceptance criteria aligned to requirements traceability. Leads requirements reviews, trade studies, and technical audits to ensure completeness, consistency, and compliance.

• Executes verification activities and documents results.
• Leads V&V planning and closure.
• Owns requirements architecture and approval authority for complex changes.

Space Vehicle Integration

Plans and executes hardware and software integration activities for spacecraft buses, payloads, and subsystems; coordinates interface control documents (ICDs) and manages technical interfaces across vehicle elements. Supports integration and test campaigns including functional checkout, environmental testing, and system-level qualification; resolves integration anomalies and troubleshooting across mechanical, electrical, thermal, and software domains. Collaborates with manufacturing, quality, and mission assurance teams to ensure flight readiness.

• Supports hands-on integration tasks and test readiness.
• Led integration planning and anomaly resolution.
• Defines integration strategy and owns vehicle-level technical risk.

About You

We are looking for team members who align with our values, mission and goals – while also meeting the minimum qualifications below. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

• Design and maintain ground system architectures including mission operations centers, ground data systems, ground communication networks, and interfaces with launch site infrastructure and tracking stations.
• Develop ground software and tools for vehicle monitoring, telemetry processing, command & control, and support pre-launch checkout, mission simulations, and ground rehearsals.
• Coordinate ground segment integration with flight systems and ensure end-to-end operational readiness.
• Derive, decompose, and manage technical requirements from stakeholder needs through system, subsystem, and component levels; manage requirements baseline changes and impact assessments across the product lifecycle.
• Develop verification and validation strategies including analysis, inspection, demonstration, and test methods; author verification procedures, test plans, and acceptance criteria aligned to requirements traceability.
• Lead requirements reviews, trade studies, and technical audits to ensure completeness, consistency, and compliance.
• Plan and execute hardware and software integration activities for spacecraft buses, payloads, and subsystems; coordinate interface control documents (ICDs) and manage technical interfaces across vehicle elements.
• Support integration and test campaigns including functional checkout, environmental testing, and system-level qualification; resolve integration anomalies and troubleshooting across mechanical, electrical, thermal, and software domains.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, and mission assurance teams to ensure flight readiness.

Compensation

Pay Range: $119,064.00 - $163,713.00

Your actual base compensation will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related knowledge and skills, education, experience, internal equity and market competitiveness.