Systems Engineer

Star Catcher; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive benefits package

Job summary

A leading aerospace company in Jacksonville seeks an experienced Systems Engineer to support space-to-space power beaming spacecraft development. This role requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering and at least five years' experience in systems engineering. Responsibilities include leading system development, managing project resources, and ensuring compliance with testing standards. The company offers a collaborative environment and a competitive benefits package.

Qualifications

• At least five years of experience in systems engineering.
• Experience leading the development of space systems.
• Experience with MBSE.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the development of space systems.
• Evaluate operational and customer needs.
• Manage project timelines and budgets.

Skills

Creative problem-solving skills

Effective communication

Familiarity with configuration management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

Excel

MatLab

Requirement tracking tools

Job description

Star Catcher Industries, Inc. (Star Catcher), located in Jacksonville, FL, has an opportunity for a Systems Engineer to support the development of space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and the Star Catcher Network, its orbital power grid. This role will be responsible for leading and overseeing the development, integration, and testing of complex space systems.

Responsibilities

• Applies an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify basic lifecycle balanced systems and system solutions.
• Evaluating operational and customer needs to define system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces.
• Performing analyses to optimize total system and/or system architecture for affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, and certification, to ensure mission success.
• Supporting the planning, organization, implementation and monitoring of requirements management processes, tools, risk, issues, opportunity management and technology readiness.
• Planning and conducting tests to validate that systems meet performance criteria and regulatory standards.
• Working closely with a cross-functional team to integrate systems into spacecraft, satellites, and other systems and ensuring that materials are compatible with design specifications and operational requirements.
• Creating and maintaining detailed documentation of system designs, testing procedures, and project status to ensure transparency and compliance.
• Managing project timelines, resources, and budgets related to systems engineering tasks.

Ideal Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field; Master’s or PhD preferred.
• At least five years of experience in systems engineering, in an aerospace manufacturing environment or other relevant industry experience.
• Creative problem-solving skills, with the capability to develop innovative solutions to advanced engineering challenges.
• Experience leading the development of space systems for challenging environments and missions.
• Experience with MBSE (Model Based System Engineering).
• Experience with NASA/DoD lifecycle reviews (e.g. SRR, PDR, CDR).
• Experience with requirement tracking tools.

Desired skills

• Familiarity with configuration management practices.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to interface with the team and organization and prioritize tasks, projects, and personnel from a variety of disciplines.
• Possesses a broad background in systems engineering.
• Experience using software tools for performing complex analyses (Excel, MatLab, custom tools).

Help us deploy and scale space infrastructure that will drive our utilization of space forward! We offer a highly competitive benefits package.

Star Catcher is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Star Catcher is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

All offers of employment at Star Catcher are contingent upon results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.