Senior Space Systems Architect & Lead Engineer

IC Resources; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

IC Resources seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to lead systems engineering across spacecraft projects, maintaining coherence across requirements, architecture, interfaces, budgets, verification, AIT and operations.

The role focuses on architecture, integration, verification planning and risk-driven design, with responsibility for technical leadership across engineering teams, suppliers and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Systems engineering for complex, multidisciplinary technical systems.
• Owning a subsystem, major work package or comparable technical scope through requirements, design, integration and verification.
• Defining and managing system architectures across hardware, software, payload, ground and operational elements.
• Requirements management, traceability, verification and compliance.
• Managing complex interfaces and producing or reviewing Interface Control Documents.
• Independently managing system budgets and leading technical trade-offs.
• Systems verification and validation, spacecraft test planning and AIT support.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage spacecraft and mission architectures, including CONOPS, product breakdown structures and power, data, communications, grounding and operational architectures.
• Lead the definition and management of system and mission requirements, maintaining traceability, verification and compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage interfaces between spacecraft subsystems and across platform-payload, space-ground, launch and supplier boundaries.
• Lead multidisciplinary technical trade-offs, balancing performance, feasibility, cost, schedule and technical risk.
• Lead or assure spacecraft system budget analysis covering areas such as mass, power, data, delta-V and RF link performance.
• Plan and lead system verification and validation activity, including verification strategy, test planning, acceptance criteria and assessment of verification evidence.
• Support spacecraft integration, qualification and acceptance testing, including investigation and resolution of complex test anomalies.
• Review engineering outputs, communicate technical status and risks, mentor other engineers and contribute to bid and proposal activity.

Skills

Systems engineering

Architecture definition

Requirements management

Interface control

Budget management

Verification & validation

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

IC Resources seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to lead systems engineering across spacecraft projects, maintaining coherence across requirements, architecture, interfaces, budgets, verification, AIT and operations.

The role focuses on architecture, integration, verification planning and risk-driven design, with responsibility for technical leadership across engineering teams, suppliers and stakeholders.