Satellite Systems Engineer III

Gentry Professional Services, Inc.; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9/80 schedule

401(k) with 4% company match

Health, dental and vision insurance

Healthcare savings account (HSA)

Paid time off, including holidays

Performance-based bonuses

Job summary

Gentry Professional Services is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer for a space programs organization. The role involves taking concepts through delivery, modeling mission-level elements, and producing technical content for reviews.

You will join a cross-discipline team to define requirements, manage interfaces, and develop analyses and tools. On-site work is required with TS/SCI clearance; strong briefing and leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of professional experience, Master’s with 3 years, or PhD with 1 year.
• Active TS/SCI clearance at time of application.
• Experience spanning architectural studies, technical baseline definition, requirements and interface management, hardware/software integration, and mission planning/execution.
• Experience working as part of a cross-discipline engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Support major program milestones and readiness reviews by developing technical content and distilling it into presentations for key stakeholders.
• Author and contribute to program data products and other critical deliverables.
• Work with mission partners to accurately model mission-level elements.
• Assess vehicle day-in-the-life performance and build design reference missions (DRMs).
• Produce supporting analyses, including propellant budgets, on-orbit fuel requirements, RF link budgets, and mission lifetime estimates.
• Develop analysis tools as needed to close gaps in the existing toolset.
• Own requirements management, decomposing requirements from the mission level down to subsystems.
• Own interface management, including the development of Interface Control Documentation (ICDs).

Skills

Systems engineering

Cross-discipline teamwork

Requirements management

Active TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Python

STK

MATLAB

Job description

Our client's space programs organization is standing up new efforts and needs an experienced systems engineer to help carry them from concept through delivery. You will work mission-level problems alongside a cross-discipline engineering team — modeling, analysis, requirements, and interfaces — and translate that work into the technical content leadership relies on at major reviews. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. Employment is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.

Schedule

9/80, with every other Friday off.

Responsibilities

• Support major program milestones and readiness reviews by developing technical content and distilling it into presentations for key stakeholders.
• Author and contribute to program data products and other critical deliverables.
• Work with mission partners to accurately model mission-level elements.
• Assess vehicle day-in-the-life performance and build design reference missions (DRMs).
• Produce supporting analyses, including propellant budgets, on-orbit fuel requirements, RF link budgets, and mission lifetime estimates.
• Develop analysis tools as needed to close gaps in the existing toolset.
• Own requirements management, decomposing requirements from the mission level down to subsystems.
• Own interface management, including the development of Interface Control Documentation (ICDs).

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience, a Master's degree with 3 years, or a PhD with 1 year.
• Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance at time of application.
• Systems engineering experience spanning architectural studies, technical baseline definition, requirements and interface management, hardware/software integration, and mission planning and execution.
• Experience working as part of a cross-discipline engineering team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to satellite and space vehicle design and production.
• Experience supporting Class B, C, or D space missions.
• Experience developing and presenting briefings to senior leaders and executive-level personnel.
• Ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience with system architecture, CONOPS development, or model-based systems engineering (MBSE).
• Proficiency with scripting languages and modeling tools such as Python, STOL, MATLAB, or STK.
• Depth in one or more of: orbital mechanics, orbital debris modeling, spacecraft attitude control, power systems and modeling, avionics or digital electronics design, risk analysis, communications, or spacecraft integration and test.

Benefits — tailored to your needs

When establishing benefits, our employees lead the charge. Benefits available may include:

• 9/80 schedule (every other Friday off)
• 401(k) with 4% company match
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Healthcare savings account (HSA)
• Paid time off, including holidays
• Performance-based bonuses

About Gentry Professional Services

Gentry Professional Services is an elite consulting firm connecting top-tier industry experts with challenging projects and alternative work arrangements. For more information, visit gentryservices.com or follow us on LinkedIn.