Senior Space Systems Engineer — Integrated Vehicle Expert

Gravitics; Florida; On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravitics in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support architecture development through qualification, integration, test, launch, and mission operations for a commercial spacecraft program.

The role requires broad technical capability, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and strong configuration discipline to balance schedule, manufacturability, and risk across the program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline.

Responsibilities

• Support development and management of spacecraft system architecture, requirements, interfaces, and verification approaches for the program.
• Translate mission and program objectives into clear subsystem and vehicle-level technical requirements.
• Develop and maintain system specifications, ICDs, CONOPS, verification matrices, and technical baselines.
• Drive technical integration across: Structures and mechanisms, Pressure systems, Propulsion systems, Avionics and software, Thermal systems, ECLSS / crew environment considerations, Docking and payload interfaces, Ground systems and GSE.
• Support program technical reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR.
• Coordinate system-level trades balancing: Performance, Mass, Safety, Reliability, Manufacturability, Testability, Schedule and cost impacts.
• Work closely with Manufacturing and Integration & Test teams to ensure designs are producible, inspectable, and verifiable.
• Support development of system verification and validation plans including qualification, acceptance, protoflight, and integrated vehicle testing.
• Participate in anomaly resolution, failure investigations, and risk reduction activities.
• Support hazard analysis, FMEA/FDIR activities, and human-rating related assessments.
• Ensure configuration control and technical baseline integrity throughout the program lifecycle.
• Interface with customers, suppliers, and partner organizations as required.
• Help drive closure of technical issues rather than simply tracking them.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements development

Interface management

Verification & validation

Configuration management

Technical risk management

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace/Mechanical/Systems Engineering or related

Tools

MBSE tools

Requirements management tools

Job description

Gravitics in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support architecture development through qualification, integration, test, launch, and mission operations for a commercial spacecraft program.

The role requires broad technical capability, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and strong configuration discipline to balance schedule, manufacturability, and risk across the program.