Lead Systems Engineer

Palski & Associates, Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Palski & Associates, Inc. in Colorado Springs, CO is seeking a technical leader to guide a small, agile team on space systems acquisitions. You will oversee analyses, craft COAs, and brief senior government leadership on architectural and financial tradeoffs.

You'll provide system engineering guidance through all life cycle phases from concept to operations, build a complete technical baseline, and mentor engineers for growth while delivering optimal customer support.

Qualifications

• Experience in design, development, analysis, or acquisition of space systems.
• Experience across orbit dynamics, rendezvous, navigation, sensor employment, comms, and C2.
• Demonstrated systems engineering skills.
• Active TS/SCI clearance eligibility.
• Willing to consent to Counter-Intelligence polygraph.
• Ideal candidate has 5–10 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to acquisitions through all life cycle phases.
• Lead analyses and trades to inform architectures and funding decisions.
• Mentor a team of engineers and coordinate with customers.

Skills

Space systems experience

Systems engineering

Leadership / mentoring

Education

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace, Mechanical or Electrical engineering, math and/or physics

Job description

Confident in your technical and leadership capabilities, able set a technical vision and lead a team to execute against it, willing to continue learning new technologies as mission needs morph, and desire to work on-site in Colorado Springs, CO, side-by-side with our teammates and customers helping to oversee small, agile teams.

You will

Provide direct support to the USSF Materiel Leader responsible for these acquisitions. Lead analyses and trades to help inform government architectural & financial decisions. Create and brief clear & comprehendible summaries of your work & COA assessments to O-6+ level leadership.

Provide technical leadership and guidance to acquisitions through all phases of the life cycle from initial concept development, mission engineering, and source selection through development and transition to operations & sustainment. Lead the development and maintenance of a complete technical baseline (requirements, ICDs, etc.) that will serve as the foundation of these acquisitions and integration between systems.

Help lead a team of engineers to provide the support described above. Help mentor the team of engineers to help them grow in their careers while providing optimal support to the customer.

You have

• Experience in design, development, analysis, or acquisition of space systems
• Experience in multiple space operations and space control-related fields, including but not limited to orbit dynamics, rendezvous and proximity operations, navigation, sensor employment, communications, and command and control
• Demonstrated System Engineering skills
• Bachelor of Science in Aerospace, Mechanical or Electrical engineering, math and/or physics.
• Active TS and SCI eligible
• Willing to consent to a Counter-Intelligence polygraph examination
• The ideal candidate will have 5 to 10 years of experience