Autonomy Engineer - Millennium Space Systems

Boeing•El Segundo, CA

2d•$98,600 - $145,000•Onsite

About The Position

Millennium Space Systems, a part of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, is a small satellite company focused on national security space missions, including missile warning and Earth observation. Autonomy Engineering enables mission success through onboard fault management and autonomy across the program lifecycle. The team defines fault detection, isolation, and response (FDIR) architecture and develops and validates satellite- and constellation-specific fault configurations, while ensuring mission objectives and spacecraft health and safety are maintained. The Autonomy Engineer supports autonomy for a program, study, or proposal. The role evaluates fault and autonomy requirements; defines states, modes, and transitions; supports satellite and constellation fault-management architecture, including fault-tolerance and redundancy requirements; analyzes onboard fault-test thresholds and persistence; and designs and tests fault responses. The engineer also supports mission CONOPS and Design Reference Missions, end-to-end software integration, validation and testing, and on-console operations for on-orbit spacecraft as a mission specialist. The position is expected to be 100% onsite and is listed as Level 2.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or non-U.S. equivalent qualifications directly related to the work.
At least 2 years of experience in satellite design and/or operation; advanced degrees may augment years of industry experience.
Familiarity with common analysis tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, Python, or STK.
Experience with one or more satellite subsystems and/or system-level analysis.
Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance, for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. citizenship.
Must meet U.S. export-control requirements as a U.S. Person.
Must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest assessment process.
Must be willing to apply for and maintain a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Exceptional critical-thinking skills and ability to notice and debug problems with minimal guidance.
Ability to anticipate effects and interactions across varying cases in a complex system.
At least 5 years of experience in satellite design and/or operation.
Experience with fault-management strategies and architectures for safety of mission-critical systems.
Experience with autonomous system design and analysis.
Ability to plan and execute integrated system fault-management and autonomy verification and validation.
Experience with satellite end-to-end testing.

Responsibilities

Support fault and autonomy requirements definition, verification, and validation.
Maintain satellite and constellation states, modes, transitions, and other autonomous spacecraft behaviors.
Contribute to architecture concepts, CONOPS, and technology trade-off analyses.
Design and validate onboard fault detection, isolation, and responses, and perform end-to-end validation of autonomy products and behaviors.
Support on-console operations for on-orbit missions.
Evaluate fault and autonomy requirements; define states, modes, and transitions; and support fault and autonomy architecture development, including fault-tolerance and redundancy requirements.
Define and analyze thresholds and persistence of onboard fault tests.
Design and test fault responses to contain failed hardware and maintain the health and safety of on-orbit satellites.
Provide tools and procedures for on-orbit mission operations.
Perform other duties as assigned.