Systems Engineer - Spacecraft Integration Engineer 4

United Launch Alliance • Vandenberg AFB, CA

65d • $118,801 - $198,002

About The Position

The Systems Engineer - Spacecraft Integration position is responsible for the Integration between customer, Range, Launch Vehicle payloads and Launch Vehicle Operations Engineering Team. This position is required to work with multidiscipline project teams to evaluate customer/operational needs in the processing of customer payloads and the integration of the encapsulated payload into the ULA Atlas V and Vulcan Centaur launch vehicles, as well as supporting Launch Operations activities for mission processing to include major development and transition to Vulcan Centaur. This position applies education and knowledge of System Engineering principles and practices in the development and maintenance of test procedures, maintenance procedures and other types of launch processing documents as well as Engineering Principles to analyze and develop solutions to problems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) field from an accredited college or university.
• Active DoD Secret/SCI is required. US Citizenship required.
• Minimum of 6 years of related work experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in requirements analysis, development, integration, and verification.
• Experience working in the Launch Base Processing Environment.
• Experience developing, implementing, and tailoring systems engineering processes.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Organization skills necessary to maintain focus and achieve consensus within diverse multi-disciplined teams.
• Experience with Word, Excel, and Power Point.
• Ability to travel to other ULA locations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with existing and evolving launch systems requirements.
• Experience working with Spacecraft programs and requirements.
• Experience working with Launch Base and Range requirements.
• Active DoD TS/SCI is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and develop resolutions for process and hardware anomalies.
• Interpret Engineering and other technical specifications.
• Jointly determines (with Manager and/or Lead) the approaches and processes to be used to solve problems.
• Review and understand Interface Control Document (ICD).
• Review and understand Range interfaces and Universal Document System (UDS).
• Review and support development of the Mission Unique (MU) proposal Basis of Estimate (BOE) for the mission.
• Communicate and coordinate standard mission and mission unique tasks with responsible engineers.
• Read, Learn and Observe Launch Vehicle and Payload Processing operational procedures.
• Become familiar with the standard Facility interfaces that are available to support SC and LV operations.
• Coordinate Spacecraft testing and support schedules.
• Identify mission unique days in the LV process flow during the Integration process.
• Conduct Integration meetings to develop mission specific support plans and schedules.

Benefits

• 401(k) match plus an additional employer contribution.
• Discretionary annual incentive bonus for eligible employees.
• Generous paid time off.
• Flexible work environments.
• 9/80 work schedule allowing every other Friday off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees