Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer

Firefly Aerospace; Leander (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision plans

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Short term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace is seeking a Spacecraft Systems Engineer to drive system-level design, interfaces, and budgets for Blue Ghost and Elytra spacecraft from concept through fabrication, test and flight. You will collaborate with design, manufacturing, integration, test and launch teams to ensure a thoroughly tested, reliable vehicle meeting system requirements and performance budgets.

The successful candidate will lead cross-discipline teams, develop test plans, validate architectures, and support

Qualifications

• BS in Aerospace Engineering or related engineering discipline required.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience in an interdisciplinary project management or execution role on spacecraft.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain system-level designs, schematics, interface control documents and performance budgets (fluid, electrical, software).
• Own requirements development and flowdown, subsystem interfaces, and vehicle-level test plans; review all test plans.
• Lead system-level trades, design reviews, and data reviews for the vehicle.
• Deliver SRR, PDR and provide inputs to CDR, MRR, TRR and LRR.
• Resolve issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Coordinate with manufacturing/integration teams and support offsite testing; travel as needed.

Skills

System engineering

Project leadership

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Communication

Education

BS in Aerospace Engineering

MS/PhD in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Bitbucket

Job description

Firefly Aerospace is seeking a Spacecraft Systems Engineer to drive system-level design, interfaces, and budgets for Blue Ghost and Elytra spacecraft from concept through fabrication, test and flight. You will collaborate with design, manufacturing, integration, test and launch teams to ensure a thoroughly tested, reliable vehicle meeting system requirements and performance budgets.

The successful candidate will lead cross-discipline teams, develop test plans, validate architectures, and support