Lead Space Systems Engineer - Optical & Controls

Telemetry Today LLC; Tucson, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab seeks a Lead Systems Engineer to oversee electrical architecture and controls for space payloads in Tucson, AZ. You’ll drive system requirements, interface definitions, and verification plans across hardware, software, and firmware teams.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders from internal and external partners, perform risk assessment, and support trades involving sensors, power, and data handling. A strong background in aerospace systems is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, systems, or aerospace engineering; or other technical discipline.
• Experience leading development programs and technical leadership roles is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define, decompose, and manage system requirements with focus on electrical behavior, control functions, subsystem interactions, and overall system performance.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation including architecture descriptions, interface control documents, electrical interface definitions, concepts of operations, state and mode descriptions, test plans, and verification artifacts.
• Support development of electrical and functional architectures, including command and telemetry flow, power distribution, control logic, signal paths, timing, synchronization, and subsystem interaction.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, firmware, and test teams to ensure alignment with system requirements and mission intent.
• Participate in hardware and software verification and validation activities related to system behavior, electrical performance, controls implementation, and interface compliance.

Skills

Electrical architecture

Systems engineering

Subsystem integration

Requirements management

Hardware-software co-design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, systems, or aerospace engineering

Tools

JAMA

DOORS

Cameo

Job description

Rocket Lab seeks a Lead Systems Engineer to oversee electrical architecture and controls for space payloads in Tucson, AZ. You’ll drive system requirements, interface definitions, and verification plans across hardware, software, and firmware teams.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders from internal and external partners, perform risk assessment, and support trades involving sensors, power, and data handling. A strong background in aerospace systems is required.