Launch Systems Integration Engineer

York Space Systems; Greenwood Village (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

PTO

401K

Job summary

York Space Systems is seeking a Launch Systems Integration Engineer to serve as a key technical interface between York's spacecraft teams, launch vehicle providers, customers, and launch range organizations.

You will lead the integration of York spacecraft onto launch vehicles, ensuring that technical requirements, interfaces, analyses, testing, and verification are aligned throughout the mission lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field.
• 3+ years in aerospace, space systems, or related engineering.
• Experience with spacecraft-to-launch-vehicle integration or similar complex systems.
• Experience with technical requirements, interfaces, verification or system-level analyses.
• Hands-on hardware or software project experience.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Willingness to travel to launch sites and partner locations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate between York and launch vehicle teams to define interfaces and flight dependencies.
• Lead cross-functional analyses to keep inputs, assumptions and outputs aligned.
• Develop and maintain LSIRDs and ICDs between spacecraft and launch vehicle.
• Drive requirements allocation and ensure proper implementation.
• Resolve interface conflicts and develop system-level solutions.
• Develop and execute integration test plans to reduce risk.
• Manage verification and closure plans for interface requirements.
• Track verification evidence and drive ICD closure through launch readiness.
• Lead spacecraft launch integration and campaign activities at the launch range.

Skills

Launch integration

Technical interfacing

Requirements analysis

Cross-disciplinary teamwork

Hands-on hardware/software

Strong communication

Travel readiness

Leadership in technical projects

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

York Space Systems was founded to radically improve spacecraft affordability and reliability, transforming, and enabling next- generation space mission operations worldwide. Today, York is one of the most innovative aerospace companies, specializing in end-to-end customer solutions and the rapid production of spacecraft platforms. York’s complete Space Segment Solution includes spacecraft production, payload integration, system integration & test, launch services, ground segment services, and mission operations, enabling customers to leverage York’s existing technology solutions to get to orbit rapidly and responsively. We’re looking to expand our team across the board.

As a Launch Systems Integration Engineer, you will serve as a key technical interface between York's spacecraft teams, launch vehicle providers, customers, and launch range organizations. You will lead the integration of York spacecraft onto launch vehicles, ensuring that technical requirements, interfaces, analyses, testing, and verification are aligned throughout the mission lifecycle.

This role provides the opportunity to work across a broad range of engineering disciplines and has a direct impact on mission success. You will help resolve complex spacecraft-to-launch-vehicle interface challenges, coordinate technical decisions across multidisciplinary teams, and support missions from early integration through launch campaign and flight.

We are open to candidates with varying levels of launch integration experience and will calibrate level based on experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate between York and launch vehicle teams to define and maintain environmental, mechanical, electrical, and other flight interfaces between the spacecraft, launch vehicle, and launch site.
• Coordinate cross-functional technical analyses between spacecraft and launch vehicle teams, ensuring inputs, assumptions, and outputs remain aligned and configuration-controlled.
• Lead the development and maintenance of Launch Systems Interface Requirements Documents (LSIRDs) and Interface Control Documents (ICDs) between the spacecraft and launch vehicle.
• Drive requirements allocation and flowdown between spacecraft functional teams, launch vehicle systems, and subsystem design teams, ensuring interface requirements are understood and appropriately implemented.
• Lead cross-functional resolution of spacecraft and launch vehicle interface conflicts, balancing technical requirements and developing system-level solutions that meet mission and customer needs.
• Develop and execute integration test plans to reduce technical risk and verify spacecraft-to-launch-vehicle hardware interfaces.
• Develop and manage verification and closure plans for interface requirements, ensuring compliance with York and customer expectations.
• Track requirement verification evidence and drive closure of ICD requirements through integration and launch readiness.
• Lead spacecraft launch integration and campaign activities at the launch range, coordinating technical teams and resolving issues through launch readiness and execution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in aerospace, space systems, or a related engineering field.
• Experience with spacecraft-to-launch-vehicle integration or other complex system integration activities.
• Experience working with technical requirements, interfaces, verification, and/or system-level analyses.
• Experience working hands-on with hardware or software technical projects.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Ability to travel to launch sites, test sites, industry partner offices, and customer locations as needed.

Preffered Qualifications

• Experience with commercial rideshare, NSSL, or other launch integration programs. Experience leading spacecraft-to-launch-vehicle integration campaigns.
• Experience supporting launch campaigns at the Range.
• Experience with LSIRDs, ICDs, requirements allocation, and interface verification.
• Experience providing functional technical leadership, such as leading anomaly investigations or other cross-functional technical teams.
• Experience working directly with customers and/or launch vehicle providers.
• Proposal development and technical writing experience.
• Active secret clearance or higher

LOCATION & TRAVEL

This is an in-person role based at York Space Systems, with flexibility in day-to-day work arrangements based on team and mission needs. Regular collaboration with engineering teams and launch partners is an important part of the role. Some travel is expected to support spacecraft integration, testing, launch campaigns, customer engagements, and activities at launch sites and industry partner locations.

Benefits

In addition to compensation, York Space Systems is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance along with PTO and a 401K.

York Space Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, military or protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Must have permanent authorization to work in the United States. This policy applies to all terms and conditions or employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. YORK SPACE SYSTEMS IS AN EEO EMPLOYER.