Satellite Systems Engineer III

Gentry Professional Services•Dulles, VA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Our client's space programs organization is standing up new efforts and needs an experienced systems engineer to help carry them from concept through delivery. You will work mission-level problems alongside a cross-discipline engineering team — modeling, analysis, requirements, and interfaces — and translate that work into the technical content leadership relies on at major reviews. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. Employment is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. Schedule : 9/80, with every other Friday off.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience, a Master's degree with 3 years, or a PhD with 1 year.
Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance at time of application.
Systems engineering experience spanning architectural studies, technical baseline definition, requirements and interface management, hardware/software integration, and mission planning and execution.
Experience working as part of a cross-discipline engineering team.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to satellite and space vehicle design and production.
Experience supporting Class B, C, or D space missions.
Experience developing and presenting briefings to senior leaders and executive-level personnel.
Ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team.
Experience with system architecture, CONOPS development, or model-based systems engineering (MBSE).
Proficiency with scripting languages and modeling tools such as Python, STOL, MATLAB, or STK.
Depth in one or more of: orbital mechanics, orbital debris modeling, spacecraft attitude control, power systems and modeling, avionics or digital electronics design, risk analysis, communications, or spacecraft integration and test.

Responsibilities

Support major program milestones and readiness reviews by developing technical content and distilling it into presentations for key stakeholders.
Author and contribute to program data products and other critical deliverables.
Work with mission partners to accurately model mission-level elements.
Assess vehicle day-in-the-life performance and build design reference missions (DRMs).
Produce supporting analyses, including propellant budgets, on-orbit fuel requirements, RF link budgets, and mission lifetime estimates.
Develop analysis tools as needed to close gaps in the existing toolset.
Own requirements management, decomposing requirements from the mission level down to subsystems.
Own interface management, including the development of Interface Control Documentation (ICDs).