Spacecraft Systems Lead — End-to-End Mission Delivery

Sierra Space; Centennial (CO); On-site; USD 174,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with 150% match

3 weeks PTO

Life insurance

Job summary

Sierra Space seeks a Space Segment Lead to oversee end-to-end spacecraft delivery, from kickoff to handover, ensuring conformance to mission specs, baselines, and budgets.

You will drive space segment requirements, manage interfaces between bus and payload, and lead risk-enabled engineering across multiple life cycles, including V&V activities, with an active Secret clearance requirement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 15+ years of related experience (or Master’s degree + 13 years).
• Ability to drive multidisciplinary system development initiatives.
• Advanced expertise in Systems Engineering principles.
• Experience across multiple system development life cycles, including requirements management, functional requirements parsing, derivation, and allocation.
• Expertise in developing systems architecture and performing V&V activities.
• Ability to contribute to corporate Systems Engineering policy and process definition.
• Demonstrated ability to work with technical engineers to drive SE products.
• Active Secret U.S. Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of the spacecraft from kick-off to final handover.
• Define, flow down, and trace space segment requirements with Systems engineering support.
• Manage interfaces between satellite bus and payload, resolving conflicts across teams.
• Guide AI&T flows and environmental ground testing and launch preparations.
• Direct acquisition and management of major bus contractors, payload providers, and subsystems suppliers.
• Track technical performance metrics and define risk mitigation strategies.
• Serve as primary technical point of contact for stakeholders.

Skills

Technical leadership

Project management

Communication

Problem solving

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Sierra Space seeks a Space Segment Lead to oversee end-to-end spacecraft delivery, from kickoff to handover, ensuring conformance to mission specs, baselines, and budgets.

You will drive space segment requirements, manage interfaces between bus and payload, and lead risk-enabled engineering across multiple life cycles, including V&V activities, with an active Secret clearance requirement.