Senior Systems Engineer, Power & Thermal

Intuitive Machines, LLC; Palo Alto, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Lanteris Space Systems in Palo Alto, CA is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer for the 300 Systems Engineering group to apply power and thermal subsystem expertise to spacecraft designs. You will lead ConOps development, requirements decomposition, and verification planning to ensure mission success.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, risk management, and engagement with customers, with a focus on rigorous engineering processes and lifecycle management.

Qualifications

• US citizen or permanent resident status is required.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics or STEM; more years may substitute for degree.
• Minimum 5 years in systems engineering or real-time control with power and thermal focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead ConOps development and validation for spacecraft programs.
• Develop, decompose, and flow requirements across mission, system, subsystem, and component levels.
• Manage requirements development, budgets (mass, power, data), and verification plans.
• Lead customer discussions on system design decisions and risk mitigation.

Skills

Systems engineering

Real-time control

Power & Thermal engineering

Requirements management

Risk management

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics or STEM

Tools

DOORS

JAMA

C

C++

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Lanteris Space Systems in Palo Alto, CA is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer for the 300 Systems Engineering group to apply power and thermal subsystem expertise to spacecraft designs. You will lead ConOps development, requirements decomposition, and verification planning to ensure mission success.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, risk management, and engagement with customers, with a focus on rigorous engineering processes and lifecycle management.