Senior Space System Engineer

· Support the definition of a “product baseline”, creating standard requirements, system architecture, ICDs, design and analysis goals, test plans and operations concepts.

· Perform system level trade-offs, coordinating inputs from various disciplines within the team, to evaluate any proposed changes of the design baseline to satisfy the need of each individual mission.

· Take ownership of the technical budgets, such as mass, propellant budget, power, link and data for spacecraft performance.

· Ensure internal interfaces between various spacecraft subsystems are maintained.

· Contribute to requirements management ensuring all requirements are closed-out at the planned project landmarks.

· Contribute to risk assessments during the spacecraft development and support the Project Manager in defining risk mitigation plans

· Support AIT/Flight&Test Operations Groups and subsystem leads in defining test plans and specifications which will successfully verify the spacecraft design.

· Coordinate efforts between relevant subsystems and Operations Team in defining a spacecraft operational concept.

· Contribute to the maintenance of our Model-Based Systems Engineering tools and the integration.

· Bachelor or Masters degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent

· 3+ years of experience of systems engineering within the space industry under a Model-Based Systems Engineering paradigm.

· 3+ years of experience in any of the following: Structure, Thermal, Avionics, GNC, Propulsion, Communications, Software

· Experience in defining requirements for spacecraft systems

· Experience with programming languages such as Matlab, Python, or equivalent

· Familiarity with spacecraft design and test standards: ECSS, MIL-STD, or similar

· Self-motivated and comfortable making key decisions within a fast-paced environment

· High sense of accountability and ownership

· Excellent presentation skills, both verbally and written. Enthusiastic attitude and team player

· Business level in English

· Requirements management and traceability of requirements until verification

· Experience performing FMECA, reliability analysis, and/or hazard analysis

· Experience with system level testing such as hardware-in-the-loop testing

· Experience with spacecraft operations

· Native/Business level Japanese