Senior Systems Engineer

Jobtailor; Alabama; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned Systems Engineer to lead design, development, and integration across the full lifecycle of space-qualified engines and mécanical systems. You will own system requirements, drive verification, and coordinate with customers and internal teams to ensure safe, reliable operation.

The role emphasizes leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and disciplined process improvement in a safety-critical environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Engineering or another technical field.
• 5+ years system development/integration experience with complex mechanical systems.
• Experience with safety-critical environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and coordinate across disciplines.
• Experience with systems engineering tools such as DOORS, Jama, Jira, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Lead system design and development at all stages of the development lifecycle including requirements capture and flow-down, preliminary design, critical design, product realization, design verification testing, system integration, qualification, certification, and delivery.
• Develop, manage, and allocate system level requirements.
• Lead systems engineering activities and drive system engineering practices.
• Manage, organize, and own gated reviews.
• Develop and mature Concept of Operations documents.
• Ownership of System Safety data for our engines.
• Drive technical accuracy and completeness of verification records (test plans, test reports, analysis reports, inspection reports, etc.).
• Ensure all aspects of the system are working to the correct configuration including drawings, interface control documents, and the design description documents.
• Ensure completeness of the life cycle for operability, reliability, maintainability.
• Negotiate between multiple interests to ensure the larger system as a whole is optimized.
• Daily launch vehicle customer and test site coordination, create interface definition and design specification documents from engineering documentation.
• Respond to all facets of customer’s vehicle operability questions during all life-cycle phases of design, development, test and launch.
• Effectively communicate development status, risks, and challenges.
• Track, evaluate and report on system metrics.
• Lead engine level trade studies.
• Drive process improvement across systems engineering practices.
• Lead system safety and hazards analyses, failure modes and reliability analyses.
• Management of internal/external engine interfaces.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Team leadership

Communication

Risk management

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Tools

DOORS

Jama

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Demonstrates expertise in systems engineering processes, including requirements management, verification, and risk management, while effectively leading teams and driving process improvements in safety-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead system design and development at all stages of the development lifecycle including: requirements capture and flow-down, preliminary design, critical design, product realization, design verification testing, system integration, qualification, certification, and delivery.
• Develop, manage, and allocate system level requirements.
• Lead systems engineering activities and drive system engineering practices.
• Manage, organize, and own gated reviews.
• Develop and mature Concept of Operations documents.
• Ownership of System Safety data for our engines.
• Drive technical accuracy and completeness of verification records (test plans, test reports, analysis reports, inspection reports, etc.).
• Ensure all aspects of the system are working to the correct configuration including drawings, interface control documents, and the design description documents.
• Ensure completeness of the life cycle for operability, reliability, maintainability.
• Negotiate between multiple interests to ensure the larger system as a whole is optimized.
• Daily launch vehicle customer and test site coordination, create interface definition and design specification documents from engineering documentation.
• Respond to all facets of customer’s vehicle operability questions during all life-cycle phases of design, development, test and launch.
• Effectively communicate development status, risks, and challenges.
• Track, evaluate and report on system metrics.
• Lead engine level trade studies.
• Drive process improvement across systems engineering practices.
• Lead system safety and hazards analyses, failure modes and reliability analyses.
• Management of internal/external engine interfaces.

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Engineering or another technical field.
• 5+ years system development/integration experience working with complex mechanical systems.
• Knowledge of current systems engineering and integration tools and methodologies, in a safety-critical environment.
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to work effectively in teams, demonstrated execution and coordination skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through direct authority or through influence.
• Experience with systems engineering tools such as DOORS, DNG, Jama, or similar.
• Experience with Atlassian collaboration tools Jira and Confluence.
• Strong understanding of the System Engineering Process; Requirements, Verification, and Risk Management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in space qualified liquid rocket engines, fluid/mechanical systems, avionics, manufacturing, systems engineering, vehicle integration and/or test.
• Desire to support customer, government contractor and internal Blue leadership interaction.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.