Senior Space Vehicle Bus Systems Engineer

Pace Runners; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurex is seeking a Space Vehicle Bus Systems Engineer to drive systems engineering and integration across critical spacecraft bus subsystems supporting national security missions. The role ensures subsystem performance, integration, and alignment across the full vehicle lifecycle, coordinating across engineering domains and stakeholders.

The position requires leading engineering efforts across bus subsystems, participating in major program reviews, and ensuring readiness and compliance with DoD

Qualifications

• 7+ years of space vehicle systems engineering and testing experience.
• Experience with at least two space vehicle subsystems (structures, mechanisms, power, attitude control, thermal, propulsion, communications, or CD&H).
• 3+ years of space system and DoD program reviews experience (SRR through PCA).
• Experience analyzing schedules and contractor EV data.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering across space vehicle bus subsystems and ensure integration.
• Coordinate subsystem development and align with system-level requirements, schedules, and mission objectives.
• Support and participate in major program reviews (SRR, SDR, SFR, PDR, CDR, MRR, TRR, FCA, PCA).
• Collaborate with government clients and contractor teammates to ensure cross-subsystem integration and mission readiness.
• Support system-level testing and verification to meet performance objectives.

Skills

Space systems engineering

Subsystem integration

Schedule analysis

Earned value management analysis

Stakeholder communication

DoD program reviews

Confluence/Jira

Clearance TS/SCI

Government liaison

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Job description

Aurex is seeking a Space Vehicle Bus Systems Engineer to drive systems engineering and integration across critical spacecraft bus subsystems supporting national security missions. The role ensures subsystem performance, integration, and alignment across the full vehicle lifecycle, coordinating across engineering domains and stakeholders.

The position requires leading engineering efforts across bus subsystems, participating in major program reviews, and ensuring readiness and compliance with DoD