Senior Space Vehicle Bus Systems Engineer, TS/SCI

Aurex; 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. You will coordinate across domains, lead reviews, and ensure alignment with mission requirements and schedules.

Ideal candidates have extensive DoD program review experience and active TS/SCI clearance, with a strong background in structures, power, attitude control, thermal, and CDH.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of space vehicle systems engineering, planning, integration, and testing.
• 7+ years of experience with systems engineering across at least two space vehicle subsystems (structures, mechanisms, power, attitude control, thermal, propulsion, communications, CDH).
• 3+ years of experience with space system and DoD program reviews (SRR, SDR, SFR, PDR, CDR, MRR, TRR, FCA, PCA).
• Experience with collaboration tools (Confluence or Jira).
• Experience analyzing subsystem and program-level integrated master schedules and earned value data.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering across space vehicle bus subsystems (structures, mechanisms, power, attitude control, thermal, propulsion, comms, CDH).
• Coordinate subsystem development and ensure alignment with system-level requirements, schedules, and mission objectives.
• Support major program reviews and system-level testing to verify requirements and readiness.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Space systems engineering

Schedule analysis

Earned value data

Collaboration tools

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. You will coordinate across domains, lead reviews, and ensure alignment with mission requirements and schedules.

Ideal candidates have extensive DoD program review experience and active TS/SCI clearance, with a strong background in structures, power, attitude control, thermal, and CDH.