Senior Systems Engineer — Space Missions & Systems Lead

ClearSpace; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading space technology company in the United Kingdom is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to support the full technical development of satellite missions. Responsibilities include managing core system elements, overseeing software design, and ensuring successful launch and in-orbit commissioning. The ideal candidate will collaborate across teams to maintain control of project technicalities and manage the engineering documentation.

Responsibilities

• Participation in technical activities planning, including technical schedule and cost.
• Manage core SE elements such as functional analysis, concept of operations, mission analysis, specifications.
• Participation in risk, opportunity and resolution plans.
• Oversee sub-systems and software design, ensuring management and control of interfaces.
• Provide technical input to Product Assurance activities.
• Lead technical assessments, trade-offs, baseline definition, and maintenance.
• Write and maintain engineering documentation.
• Manage system technical baseline and ensure change control.
• Ensure development and validation planning for system, spacecraft, and Ground Segment.
• Follow implementation phase ensuring successful execution of AIV/T phase.
• Support Launch and In-orbit commissioning.
• Consolidate and iterate on the system engineering process at a company-wide level.

Job description

A leading space technology company in the United Kingdom is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to support the full technical development of satellite missions. Responsibilities include managing core system elements, overseeing software design, and ensuring successful launch and in-orbit commissioning. The ideal candidate will collaborate across teams to maintain control of project technicalities and manage the engineering documentation.