Mission Integration Engineer: Space Vehicle Design Lead

Apex Technology, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Equity in Apex

Healthcare: 100% paid

PTO: 15–20 days + holidays

401(k) with match

Parental leave

Daily catered lunch

Office in Playa Vista

Impactful work

Zusammenfassung

Apex Technology, Inc. in Playa Vista, CA seeks a Mission Integration Engineer specializing in Space Vehicle Design to turn our spacecraft platform into the backbone of customer missions.

You will liaise between customers and engineering, develop mission concepts, perform analyses, and guide end-to-end integration and test, while coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring system performance.

Qualifikationen

• U.S. Person status, as this position needs access to export-controlled data.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience working on complex hardware systems (spacecraft preferred) or technical capture management.
• Experience in satellite manufacturing or related industries (aerospace, defense, or high-tech).
• Strong understanding of space systems, launch vehicle mechanics, orbital dynamics, and mission operations.
• Proficiency in Python, MATLAB, STK, FreeFlyer, GMAT, or other mission analysis tools.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing timelines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize and adapt to shifting demands.
• High attention to detail with a focus on delivering concise and technical review content.

Aufgaben

• Support proposals for future missions by defining technical approaches, feasibility studies, and cost estimates.
• Perform mission analysis, including orbital mechanics, trajectory planning, and spacecraft deployment strategies.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison between internal technical teams and customers, communicating technical concepts, requirements, and issues clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Participate in customer meetings, design reviews, and project status updates.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including electrical, mechanical, and software engineers, to ensure system integration and performance.
• Develop and maintain customer system-level documentation, including specifications, interface control documents, and system design descriptions.
• Generate mission specific technical budgets (power, mass, data, pointing, etc.).
• Analyze results of coupled loads analysis (CLA) and thermal analysis, and perform electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) assessments.
• Perform system-level failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) and support reliability engineering efforts.
• Develop bus to payload communication architecture implementation and support space vehicle level test execution.
• Plan and execute final integrated space vehicle systems testing.
• Travel to launch sites for vehicle integration, system checkouts, and launch rehearsals.
• Work with mission operations teams to track and maintain spacecraft in its operational orbit.
• Support requirements analysis, verification, and validation activities to ensure compliance with customer needs and industry standards.
• Identify and assess technical risks associated with system design, development, and operation.
• Work with engineering, business development, and external partners to shape future missions.

Kenntnisse

Python

MATLAB

STK

FreeFlyer

GMAT

Mission analysis tools

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

Jobbeschreibung

Apex Technology, Inc. in Playa Vista, CA seeks a Mission Integration Engineer specializing in Space Vehicle Design to turn our spacecraft platform into the backbone of customer missions.

You will liaise between customers and engineering, develop mission concepts, perform analyses, and guide end-to-end integration and test, while coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring system performance.