Senior Multi-Discipline Systems Engineer, Spacecraft

Portal Space Systems; Bothell (WA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Portal Space Systems, headquartered in Bothell, WA, is seeking a Staff Multi-disciplined (Systems) Engineer. The role spans systems thinking across mission needs, requirements, architecture, interfaces, and system-level integration for space programs.

You will work in a hands-on, lightweight engineering environment, focusing on artifacts over heavy documentation while driving cross-disciplinary collaboration and technical rigor.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as an individual contributor in multiple engineering disciplines on complex systems.
• Experience examining industry processes and tailoring with traceability.
• Experience with design/diagramming/modeling tools such as Visio, Cameo, Rhapsody, Mermaid, or draw.io.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate across engineering disciplines and suppliers.
• Drive technical cross-functional consensus on interfaces and requirements.
• Perform trade studies and risk assessments.
• Support execution from system definition through integration readiness.
• Own hands-on technical contribution to Portal teams.
• Promote technical rigor across teams to ensure consistent system behaviors.
• Grow systems thinking within the team(s).
• Analyze tools and methodologies and their applicability to programs/teams.
• Help establish Portal processes, procedures, and standards.

Skills

Systems engineering

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent hands-on depth

Tools

Visio

Cameo

Rhapsody

Mermaid

draw.io

Job description

Portal Space Systems, headquartered in Bothell, WA, is seeking a Staff Multi-disciplined (Systems) Engineer. The role spans systems thinking across mission needs, requirements, architecture, interfaces, and system-level integration for space programs.

You will work in a hands-on, lightweight engineering environment, focusing on artifacts over heavy documentation while driving cross-disciplinary collaboration and technical rigor.