Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer

You will serve as the technical lead for a specific Muon mission, owning the end-to-end technical success from concept through on-orbit operations for some of the most demanding missions, spanning both government and high-assurance commercial programs. You'll have a big-picture view of mission execution across the full lifecycle - from initial formulation with the Business Development team, through execution with hardware and software teams, to on-orbit validation with the Operations team. You will be the primary technical interface with customers and cross-functional team leads, developing requirements and ICDs, working with other Systems Engineers on system modeling, developing test plans with AI&T teams, and identifying and reducing risk across the program with Program Managers. You'll need to right-size analysis and processes for differing levels of system maturity and risk, stay flexible with changing demands and schedules, and communicate technical content effectively to a diverse audience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the ultimate technical authority for your designated mission, leading conceptualization, design, and development
• Drive critical cross-functional technical trades and decisions to ensure mission success
• Lead the tailoring and implementation of the Muon mission design process for your designated mission
• Contribute to process refinement across all missions
• Own the translation of customer objectives and stakeholder needs into clear verifiable and actionable technical requirements
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for your designated mission
• Manage requirements traceability, verification, and validation
• Define mission CONOPS and manage subsystem budgets such as power data mass and pointing stability
• Identify and mitigate internal and external mission risks and communicate impacts
• Assess and coordinate design changes across disciplines throughout the program lifecycle
• Lead design test readiness and flight readiness reviews
• Monitor on-orbit spacecraft and data pipelines to ensure mission success
• Foster collaboration with and provide technical direction to systems hardware software data ground segment and operations teams
• Contribute general systems engineering expertise and support to other Muon missions
• Deputize for other Mission Lead Systems Engineers as needed
• Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering processes tools and methodologies

Requirements

• B.S. or higher degree in an engineering field and 10+ years of experience in complex system, mission architecture, and/or spacecraft design
• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead (e.g., Chief Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer) on at least one complex system design for a USG, DoD, IC customer, and/or commercial customer
• Experience directly interfacing with and managing expectations for external customers
• Extensive experience in system modeling, systems analysis, and running simulations
• Proven history of system integration and delivery of complex systems
• Experience in formal requirements management for a multi-disciplinary project
• Demonstrated project management skills and ability to collaborate with other engineering disciplines
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
• Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a high-paced environment

Benefits

• Equity compensation
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401k retirement plan
• Short & long term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Three weeks paid vacation for new employees
• 12 paid holidays
• Unlimited sick time
• Paid parental leave