System Engineer - Flight Software

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Intuitive Machines, LLC is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer for the 300 Systems Engineering group at our Palo Alto, CA office. You will contribute to ConOps development, requirements management, and verification activities for complex spacecraft programs, emphasizing Flight Software in a demanding space environment.

The role requires a strong background in systems engineering, software verification, and collaboration across subsystems to ensure mission success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, electrical, mechanical engineering, physics, or STEM field.
• Minimum 5 years of systems engineering experience with real-time control of complex systems, emphasis on Flight Software
• Experience with C, C++, Python, TCL, or MATLAB and verification tools

Responsibilities

• Lead ConOps development and validation
• Decompose and flow requirements across levels
• Manage requirements development and maintenance
• Develop and maintain system budgets (mass, power, data)
• Oversee system validation and verification plans
• Lead discussions on system design decisions
• Define mechanical interface and operability requirements
• Maintain system/subsystem compliance matrices
• Coordinate across subsystems for compliance
• Oversee spacecraft testing and test results
• Provide senior technical oversight for systems engineering discipline
• Promote psychological safety and belonging within the team
• Identify risks and drive mitigation to meet timelines
• Support proposals and explore new business opportunities

Skills

Flight Software

ConOps development

Requirements management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, electrical, mechanical engineering, physics, or STEM field

Tools

C

C++

Python

TCL

MATLAB

Job description

Please review the job details below.

Engineering that outlasts careers, orbits, and expectations.

You’ve spent your career solving hard problems and want to continue to do so. We’ve spent 60+ years solving the hardest ones in space — from antennas still talking to Voyager in interstellar space, to satellites connecting the world, to spacecraft studying asteroids and supporting national security.

We’re not looking for someone to fill a seat. We’re looking for engineers who want their work to matter for decades — on missions like NASA’s SR-1 program and the Space Development Agency’s national security initiatives.

If that’s you, let’s build what’s next together.

To continue as the leader in the space industry, Lanteris Space LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intuitive Machines, is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer for the 300 Systems Engineering group who can apply their knowledge and experience in Flight Software to participate in systems engineering activities in support of our current programs. The ideal candidate will apply the systems engineering discipline to complex spacecraft designs including ConOps development, requirements management, requirements decomposition & flowdown. As the program progresses, your focus will transition to integration, verification, and validation activities. Your experience in Flight Software will enable the spacecraft’s design to meet its mission requirements. The preferred location for this role is our Palo Alto office in California.

Intuitive Machines is a leading space infrastructure company that builds spacecraft, connects networks, andoperatesinfrastructure-as-a-service for commercial,civil, and national security customers.

You will be responsible for some or all of the following:

• Lead Concept of Operations (ConOps) development and validation
• Develop, decompose, and flow requirements at the 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 regarding system design decisions
• Define and conceptualize mechanical interface & operability requirements
• Generate and maintain compliance matrix for system and subsystems
• Facilitate collaboration across subsystems engineers to ensure compliance
• Oversee spacecraft testing and review test results
• Provide senior technical oversight to ensure the expected quality, rigor, and discipline of systems engineering is maintained
• Role model interpersonal behaviors that promote psychological safety and belonging within the organization
• Ensure technical teams properly identify technical risks and opportunities, implement appropriate risk mitigation and action plans, and drive mitigation of risks to meet programmatic timelines
• Support proposal development and help explore new business opportunities that capitalize on our company’s strengths

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be a US citizen or permanent resident
• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, electrical, mechanical engineering, physics, or STEM field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in systems engineering or real-time control of complex of systems, with an emphasis in Flight Software development and verification
• Experience coding in C, C++, Python, TCL, or Matlab & creating software tools for verification activities
• Experience with software architecture, verification, and validation
• General understanding of spacecraft design and product life cycle

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience working on United States Government programs
• Experience with any requirements management systems (i.e. DOORS, JAMA, etc.)
• Familiarity with risk management
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Experience developing technical processes, and tailoring processes for unique programs
• Experience with GitLab, TortoiseSVN, or other software version control systems

In support of pay transparency at Lanteris Space Systems, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.

The base pay for this position within California is: $117,000.00 - $195,000.00 annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. More information on our benefits will be shared with candidates as they move forward in the recruitment process.

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

The date of posting can be found on the Lanteris Space Systems Career page at the top of each job posting.

Lanteris Space Systems values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.