Mission Systems Engineer III (Top Secret Clearance Required / Sensitive Compartmented Information Required)
Core
Develop and maintain mission systems requirements, ground system architectures, and data communications designs for reusable space vehicles to enable safe spaceflight operations.
Role type
Senior Mission Systems Engineer (Spaceflight Operations)
Builds
Ground systems and data communications architectures for space vehicles
Domain
Aerospace / Spaceflight Operations
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Mission systems requirements definition, Ground systems architecture, Spacecraft operations (command & control, mission planning, flight dynamics), CCSDS protocols, System lifecycle management (V&V, integration, qualification), Python software development
Preferred skills
Requirements management (DOORS Next Generation), End-to-end testing of complex systems, RF communications design, Cloud computing (AWS/Azure), Configuration management tools
Technologies
Python, CCSDS, DOORS Next Generation, AWS, Azure, Git, JIRA, Confluence
Responsibilities
Identify, derive, develop, and maintain Mission Systems requirements with traceability; Define ground system and data communications architectures; Plan and perform mission system product update cycles, integration, and test activities; Conduct testing of ground system functionality and measure performance; Perform flight software to ground systems integration and test; Analyze operability across the Space-Ground System.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC