Senior System Architecture / Platform Systems Engineering Lead

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical discipline
• Extensive systems engineering experience supporting complex systems
• Demonstrated experience developing system architectures
• Experience developing system or operational CONOPS
• Experience with requirements decomposition and verification
• Strong understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle through CDR
• Experience defining system interfaces and ICDs
• Ability to perform system-level technical trades and analyses
• Strong understanding of how hardware, software, payloads, and ground systems interact
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical teams
• Strong communication, technical decision-making, and problem-solving skills
• Active TS/SCI clearance required to start

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Spacecraft or satellite architecture experience
• Platform-level systems engineering experience
• Mission analysis experience
• Fault management and autonomy experience
• Experience with highly autonomous space systems
• MBSE experience
• End-to-end systems engineering experience
• Space/ground segment integration experience
• Space hardware experience
• Systems Engineering Lead or Chief Engineer-type experience

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior System Architecture / Platform Systems Engineering Lead to define and mature architectures for complex space systems.

The engineer will work at the highest system level, translating mission needs and customer objectives into system architectures, Concepts of Operations, requirements, functional allocations, interfaces, and technical solutions.

The ideal candidate understands how all pieces of a complex space platform interact and can make system-level decisions involving mission performance, autonomy, fault management, hardware, software, payloads, and ground systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development and maturation of complex space-system architectures
• Translate customer and mission needs into system-level architectures and requirements
• Develop architecture frameworks and Concepts of Operations (CONOPS)
• Perform system-level functional analysis and allocation
• Lead architectural trade studies and technical analyses
• Support mission analysis and system performance evaluation
• Develop and evaluate fault management and autonomy concepts
• Define interactions between spacecraft platforms, payloads, software, ground systems, and external interfaces
• Lead development of system and platform requirements
• Decompose requirements to subsystem and unit levels
• Develop and maintain system specifications and interface definitions
• Support ICD development across space and ground segments
• Evaluate architecture alternatives for performance, reliability, maintainability, testability, survivability, safety, and mission effectiveness
• Coordinate architecture decisions across systems, subsystems, and engineering disciplines
• Support MBSE activities and model-based architecture development
• Provide technical leadership throughout major program reviews, including CDR
• Support downstream integration, verification, and test activities
• Identify architectural risks and technical gaps and drive them toward resolution

Locations Aurora, CO: 3800 N Lewiston St, Suite 100, Aurora, CO 80011 Colorado Springs: CO: 320 Wooten Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80916 Seal Beach, CA: 2201 Seal Beach Blvd, Seal Beach, CA 90740 El Segundo, CA: 1950 E Imperial Hwy, El Segundo, CA 90245 Herndon, VA: 460 Herndon Pkwy, Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20170 Kennedy Space Center, FL: 355 NASA Pkwy, Building M7, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32815