Ground Systems Engineer (Mid-Level) - (BGSEM101426.1)

Cimarron•Los Angeles, CA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Cimarron is seeking a Mid-Level Ground Systems Engineer to contribute to the development of first-of-their-kind space vehicles, ground systems, and missions. The programs support a range of platforms and technologies, most of which are classified. As part of an engineering design team, the engineer will collaborate with system architects, Concept of Operations (ConOps) developers, fault and autonomy designers, and specialists across systems, hardware, software, power, payload, thermal, communications, and test engineering. The work involves aggressive development timelines and solving previously unsolved problems within minimally defined design spaces. This position is expected to be 100% onsite in El Segundo, Seal Beach, or Los Angeles, California. The role requires an active Top Secret security clearance and access to federal facilities. Candidates must be U.S. citizens and have a valid, unexpired Real ID-compliant driver's license or state-issued identification card at the time of hire. A pre-employment background check and drug screening, including testing for marijuana use, are required.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship, due to facility security requirements.
Ability to complete a pre-employment background check and drug screening, including testing for marijuana use.
A valid, unexpired Real ID-compliant driver's license or state-issued identification card at the time of hire.
Active Top Secret security clearance.
At least 5 years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience.
Experience in verification and testing of ground systems.
Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited school. A technical master's degree counts as 2 years of experience, and a technical Ph.D. counts as 4 years of experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience writing ground-system requirements and Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
Experience developing, generating, and executing system test plans, procedures, and reports.
Experience working on systems engineering teams using a scaled agile development process.
At least 3 years of experience in system requirements generation, verification, and system integration and test (I&T).
Strong communication, adaptability, decision-making, customer focus, integrated systems, engineering analysis, and requirements-tracing skills.
Active U.S. Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
9 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience.
14 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience.

Responsibilities

Apply an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop, and verify lifecycle-balanced systems of systems and system solutions.
Evaluate customer and operational needs to define system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters, and ensure compatibility of physical, functional, and program interfaces.
Analyze system-of-systems and system architectures to optimize them.
Analyze affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human systems integration, survivability, vulnerability, susceptibility, system security, regulatory and certification considerations, product assurance, and other quality factors to identify a preferred configuration and ensure mission success.
Support the planning, organization, implementation, and monitoring of requirements management processes and tools, risk and issue management, opportunity management, and technology readiness assessment processes.