Senior Systems Engineer Verified today
About the role
The Systems Engineering group at Astrobotic manages the system lifecycle of space systems from concept through design, testing, production, and flight. We are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support Business Development and proposal efforts, working across multiple disciplines to ensure every component and interface meets standards for safety, performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
Your responsibilities
- Work with business and advanced development teams in the end-to-end proposal process, from analyzing Requests for Proposals (RFP) to final submission
- Develop system-level requirements and conduct technical and cost estimation
- Serve as customer liaison and author technical writing for proposals
- Conduct trade studies and assess launch vehicle requirements
- Lead cross-functional collaboration and technical risk assessment
- Prepare and deliver technical documentation and reporting
- Lead technical presentations and demonstrations during concept and engineering development phases
- Assist technical proposals for mission and technology development opportunities
- Communicate with partners and customers to resolve technical risks and challenges
Required qualifications
- B.S. in Engineering or related technical field plus 5 years of relevant space mission experience including demonstrated leadership roles. Relevant advanced degree may be considered in lieu of equivalent experience
- Demonstrated experience in multiple areas of: liquid propellant rocket systems, propulsion systems, avionics, electronics systems, software engineering, embedded systems, systems engineering, systems integration and test, verification and validation, or system configuration management
- Hands-on hardware experience as technical lead across full lifecycle of design, development, manufacturing, testing, and operations
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrated experience interfacing with internal and external organizations
Desired qualifications
- Experience developing liquid propellant rocket propulsion systems from feasibility studies through flight and mission operations
- Knowledge of system manufacturing and verification and validation plans for propulsion systems
- Demonstrated experience in AS9100 or ISO9000 environments
- Experience in agile environments using Confluence and Jira
- Experience with requirements management tools such as Jama
- Familiarity with 14 CFR Part 450, AFSPCMAN 91-710, and/or ARP4761
- Familiarity with structural engineering
- Knowledge of system verification and validation planning
- Knowledge of reliability engineering and analysis
- Knowledge of range safety compliance