Spacecraft Systems Engineer - Mechanical & Integration

Intuitive Machines, LLC; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Lanteris Space LLC, a subsidiary of Intuitive Machines, seeks a Staff Systems Engineer for the 300 Systems Engineering group in Palo Alto, CA. You will apply systems engineering to complex spacecraft designs, focusing on ConOps, requirements management, and test/verification to meet mission goals.

The role emphasizes mechanical interfaces, budgets, and cross-functional collaboration, with senior technical oversight and risk mitigation guiding program timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics or STEM or equivalent with 4 years of experience substituted for a degree.
• Minimum 5 years in systems engineering or real-time control of complex systems, with emphasis in Mechanical/Structural/Configuration subsystems.
• General understanding of spacecraft design and product life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead ConOps development and validation.
• Decompose and flow requirements to mission, system, subsystem, and component levels.
• Manage requirements development and maintenance.
• Develop and maintain system budgets (mass, power, data).
• Develop and execute full system validation and verification plan.
• Lead customer discussions on system design decisions.
• Define mechanical interface and operability requirements.
• Generate and maintain system/subsystem compliance matrices.
• Facilitate cross-subsystem collaboration to ensure compliance.
• Oversee spacecraft testing and review results.
• Provide senior technical oversight to maintain quality and discipline.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Problem solving

Experience with C/C++/Python/Matlab

Systems thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics or STEM

Tools

DOORS

JAMA

Job description

Lanteris Space LLC, a subsidiary of Intuitive Machines, seeks a Staff Systems Engineer for the 300 Systems Engineering group in Palo Alto, CA. You will apply systems engineering to complex spacecraft designs, focusing on ConOps, requirements management, and test/verification to meet mission goals.

The role emphasizes mechanical interfaces, budgets, and cross-functional collaboration, with senior technical oversight and risk mitigation guiding program timelines.