Senior Systems Engineer

Demonstrates expertise in systems engineering processes, including requirements management, verification, and risk management, while effectively leading teams and driving process improvements in safety-critical environments.

• Lead system design and development at all stages of the development lifecycle including: requirements capture and flow-down, preliminary design, critical design, product realization, design verification testing, system integration, qualification, certification, and delivery.
• Develop, manage, and allocate system level requirements.
• Lead systems engineering activities and drive system engineering practices.
• Manage, organize, and own gated reviews.
• Develop and mature Concept of Operations documents.
• Ownership of System Safety data for our engines.
• Drive technical accuracy and completeness of verification records (test plans, test reports, analysis reports, inspection reports, etc.).
• Ensure all aspects of the system are working to the correct configuration including drawings, interface control documents, and the design description documents.
• Ensure completeness of the life cycle for operability, reliability, maintainability.
• Negotiate between multiple interests to ensure the larger system as a whole is optimized.
• Daily launch vehicle customer and test site coordination, create interface definition and design specification documents from engineering documentation.
• Respond to all facets of customer’s vehicle operability questions during all life-cycle phases of design, development, test and launch.
• Effectively communicate development status, risks, and challenges.
• Track, evaluate and report on system metrics.
• Lead engine level trade studies.
• Drive process improvement across systems engineering practices.
• Lead system safety and hazards analyses, failure modes and reliability analyses.
• Management of internal/external engine interfaces.

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Engineering or another technical field.
• 5+ years system development/integration experience working with complex mechanical systems.
• Knowledge of current systems engineering and integration tools and methodologies, in a safety-critical environment.
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to work effectively in teams, demonstrated execution and coordination skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through direct authority or through influence.
• Experience with systems engineering tools such as DOORS, DNG, Jama, or similar.
• Experience with Atlassian collaboration tools Jira and Confluence.
• Strong understanding of the System Engineering Process;
  Requirements, Verification, and Risk Management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in space qualified liquid rocket engines, fluid/mechanical systems, avionics, manufacturing, systems engineering, vehicle integration and/or test.
• Desire to support customer, government contractor and internal Blue leadership interaction.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.