Space Systems Architect

Location: Peterson

Who We Are:

CAE Vision:
Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, and civil aviation by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.

CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.

CAE Values:
Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

What We Have to

Offer:

Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance

A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions

Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

Summary The Space System Architect possesses knowledge of space, ground, and payload segments and interoperability of these assets across Radio Frequency, software, network, and hardware components. Serves as technical leadership for the Engineering team by functioning as a technical advisor providing specialized advice of an advanced technological nature for solving broad technical problems. Interfaces with all stakeholders (internal and customer) to ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total training solutions that satisfy technical, schedule and cost constraints.

Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. Serves as Technical Lead assisting Marketing and Business Development in the pursuit of and capture of new business opportunities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Leads the technical solution activities and be the overall design authority during the Capture and Execution phase of a program.

Defines the overall architecture for satellite systems training simulators

Authors and coordinates technical content for proposals

Analyzes the system to ensure that it will meet the stated performance requirements (e.g. satellite operations functions, procedures, power, timing, human factors, throughput, etc.)Adept in analyzing and developing interface control documents to manage how systems and sub-systems (e.g., space and ground systems) interact

Ensures the system architecture adheres to security, interoperability, and performance standards, plus cost targets

Selects the appropriate technologies and tools that best meet system requirements, considering IRAD, future scalability, sustainability, and cost Provides system-level decision making regarding trade-offs (e.g. cost vs performance)
Creates and maintains the product line roadmap in compliance with the technology roadmap, reference architectures and functional product roadmaps

Assist in coordination of new technology investment and insertion into product line based on customer needs

Identify risk and cost driving design issues to support the Solution Development, Project Planning, Monitoring & Control and Risk Management processes.

Works closely with program, product and functional management to guide technical direction and ensure that the training system meets schedule and cost requirements.

Utilizes Modeling Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to create, document and reuse designs

Represents CAE USA at industry technical forums and customer oral presentations.

Stays current in industry advances. Research new simulation methods, technologies and system architectures.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

BS in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer, Electrical, Systems, Mechanical or Advanced degree preferred.

Must possess a minimum of 10 years in systems engineering or architecture with experience in space systems including space, ground, and payload segments.

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