Aerospace Systems Engineer III – Fault Management & System Autonomy

Jobtailor; Alabama; On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor invites applications for a senior aerospace systems engineering role focused on fault management and autonomy. You will develop architectures across mission phases, define redundancy, and lead verification and validation activities.

Collaboration across the Blue Ring team and across disciplines is essential, with emphasis on safety, reliability, and high technical standards. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in aerospace systems engineering, experience with fault-tolerance, embedded

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or an equivalent technical field.
• 5+ years of experience with systems engineering principles and processes related to aerospace system development.
• Demonstrated experience with fault-tolerance strategies and architectures for safety- and mission-critical systems.
• Experience with autonomous system design, analysis, and testing.
• Familiarity with embedded software system design or operation.
• First-principles knowledge of major spacecraft subsystems.
• Familiarity with FMECA, FTA, and FHA safety and mission assurance analyses.
• Ability to form relationships with experts across engineering fields and provide constructive feedback on FMSA, safety, and reliability concerns.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to balance several tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to earn trust and maintain positive, professional relationships.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Willingness to travel 10–20%
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance
• Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted refugee or asylee.
• Preferred: M.S. degree in a relevant technical field
• Preferred: Active TS/SCI security clearance
• Preferred: Subject matter expertise in fault-tolerance strategies and architectures
• Preferred: Embedded software design knowledge or experience
• Preferred: Complex trade study experience
• Preferred: Spaceflight systems design, development, and certification experience, including radiation environments and effects
• Preferred: Logical and physical architecture definition and decomposition experience
• Preferred: HIL and SIL testing experience

Responsibilities

• Develop fault management and system autonomy architecture across all mission phases
• Establish and manage fault management architectures, design principles, and requirements
• Define redundancy architecture, including cross-strapping and fault containment regions for integrated systems
• Architect, design, and analyze autonomous behaviors, modes, and states
• Plan and execute integrated system Fault Management and Autonomy Verification and Validation
• Monitor and approve fault management and autonomy design, development, and testing
• Drive process improvements with ownership and urgency
• Collaborate with the Blue Ring spacecraft Systems Engineering, Integration & Test team and across the program
• Contribute innovative solutions while maintaining high technical standards

Skills

Fault-Tolerance Strategies

Aerospace System Development

Embedded Software Design

Redundancy Architecture

Verification and Validation

Spacecraft Subsystems Knowledge

HIL Testing

SIL Testing

Complex Trade Study

Logical and Physical Architecture

Education

B.S. Degree in Engineering or Physics

M.S. Degree in Relevant Technical Field

Job description

• Develop fault management and system autonomy architecture across all mission phases
• Establish and manage fault management architectures, design principles, and requirements
• Define redundancy architecture, including cross-strapping and fault containment regions for integrated systems
• Architect, design, and analyze autonomous behaviors, modes, and states
• Plan and execute integrated system Fault Management and Autonomy Verification and Validation
• Monitor and approve fault management and autonomy design, development, and testing
• Drive process improvements with ownership and urgency
• Collaborate with the Blue Ring spacecraft Systems Engineering, Integration & Test team and across the program
• Contribute innovative solutions while maintaining high technical standards

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or an equivalent technical field
• 5+ years of experience with systems engineering principles and processes related to aerospace system development
• Demonstrated experience with fault-tolerance strategies and architectures for safety- and mission-critical systems
• Experience with autonomous system design, analysis, and testing
• Familiarity with embedded software system design or operation
• First-principles knowledge of major spacecraft subsystems
• Familiarity with FMECA, FTA, and FHA safety and mission assurance analyses
• Ability to form relationships with experts across engineering fields and provide constructive feedback on FMSA, safety, and reliability concerns
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to balance several tasks simultaneously
• Ability to earn trust and maintain positive, professional relationships
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Willingness to travel 10–20%
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance
• Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted refugee or asylee
• Preferred: M.S. degree in a relevant technical field
• Preferred: Active TS/SCI security clearance
• Preferred: Subject matter expertise in fault-tolerance strategies and architectures
• Preferred: Embedded software design knowledge or experience
• Preferred: Complex trade study experience
• Preferred: Spaceflight systems design, development, and certification experience, including radiation environments and effects
• Preferred: Logical and physical architecture definition and decomposition experience
• Preferred: HIL and SIL testing experience

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in fault management architecture and autonomous system design, with a strong foundation in systems engineering principles for aerospace applications. Capable of driving process improvements and collaborating effectively across engineering disciplines while maintaining high technical standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Fault Management Architecture
• Autonomous System Design
• Systems Engineering Principles
• FMECA, FTA, FHA Analyses
• TS/SCI Security Clearance

Hard Skills

• Fault-Tolerance Strategies
• Aerospace System Development
• Embedded Software Design
• Redundancy Architecture
• Verification and Validation
• Spacecraft Subsystems Knowledge
• HIL Testing
• SIL Testing
• Complex Trade Study Experience
• Logical and Physical Architecture Definition

Soft Skills

• Excellent Written Communication
• Excellent Verbal Communication
• Interpersonal Skills
• Task Management
• Collaboration

Certifications & Qualifications

• B.S. Degree in Engineering or Physics
• M.S. Degree in Relevant Technical Field

Industry Keywords

• Mission-Critical Systems
• Safety Assurance
• Spaceflight Systems Design
• Dynamic Environment
• Process Improvements