Staff Systems Engineer - Spacecraft Systems Lead

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

Intuitive Machines in Palo Alto, CA is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to lead system-level engineering for spacecraft programs. You will apply SE discipline to ConOps, requirements flowdown, interface management, and cross-functional collaboration across hardware and software subsystems.

The role emphasizes integration, verification and validation activities, with a focus on ensuring design rigor and risk mitigation while coordinating with customers and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or STEM; 5+ years in systems engineering.
• Real-time control of complex systems experience.
• Strong requirements management, decomposition and flowdown ability.
• Experience with DOORS/JAMA and interface management.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and customer discussions.
• Familiarity with spacecraft testing, verification and validation.
• Knowledge of NASA/DoD standards is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop ConOps and Use Cases for spacecraft programs.
• Drive system analysis and mission-level trades.
• Decompose and flow requirements across levels (mission/system/subsystem/component).
• Manage requirements development and maintenance.
• Develop and maintain system budgets (mass, power, data).
• Lead customer discussions on design decisions and test results.
• Oversee spacecraft testing and verify results.

Skills

Systems engineering

Real-time control

Cross-functional leadership

Requirements management

Interface management

Communication

Risk management

Test & verification

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or STEM

Tools

DOORS

JAMA

Python

C/C++

MATLAB

Job description

Intuitive Machines in Palo Alto, CA is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to lead system-level engineering for spacecraft programs. You will apply SE discipline to ConOps, requirements flowdown, interface management, and cross-functional collaboration across hardware and software subsystems.

The role emphasizes integration, verification and validation activities, with a focus on ensuring design rigor and risk mitigation while coordinating with customers and internal teams.