Mission Systems Engineer III – Top Secret Clearance, Sensitive Compartmented Information

Responsibilities

• Identify, derive, develop, and maintain Mission Systems requirements, including traceability and verification and validation approach
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including engineers representing flight vehicle systems, ground software, flight control operators, and payload customers
• Define the ground system and data communications architectures and designs that enable highly effective and labor-efficient real-time spacecraft and ground system operation
• Define and maintain ground element interface requirements and control documents
• Plan and perform frequent mission system product update cycles, integration and test activities, and validation exercises leading to operations training events and flight
• Conduct testing of ground system functionality and measure performance
• Perform flight software to ground systems integration and test
• Perform analysis to ensure operability across the Space‑Ground System, and support efforts to improve operability where justified

• B.S. in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, physics or related technical field
• 5+ years of experience in Ground Systems architecture in the context of spaceflight operations
• Software development, particularly Python
• Spacecraft operations: command & control, mission planning, flight dynamics
• Implementing CCSDS communications protocols and standards
• Experience in a complex system lifecycle – requirement definition, design solution definition, implementation, integration, verification, validation, qualification, and operations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, dynamic work environment
• Active Top Secret Clearance