Senior Systems Engineer

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TITLE: Senior Systems Engineer

• System level trade-offs, coordinating inputs from various disciplines within the team to evaluate any proposed changes of the design baseline;
• Requirements management including deriving and writing requirements using functional analysis and flowdown from existing parent requirements sources, planning and executing verification and validation testing, and ensuring all requirements are closed-out at the planned project milestones;
• Develop concept of operations for Rover missions, including consideration of environmental and system constraints, alongside payload operation and science return considerations to maximise the mission return and chances of success
• Develop mission DD&V logic, including model philosophy, test matrix, hardware matrix, incompressible test list, etc
• Independently perform system-sizing simulations and develop configuration design studies.
• Implement, operate, develop, and interpret models and tools for design simulations and budgets;
• Derive system interfaces, author interface documentation such as IRDs, ICDs, and coordinate any necessary design developments with external stakeholders such as instrument providers and lander team
• Support the planning, preparation and hands-on execution of assembly, integration, and test activities as necessary, including taking responsibility for troubleshooting and resolving anomalies and non-conformances in co-ordination with the PA function
• Represent the systems engineering function as necessary in ongoing project control meetings and platforms, including NRBs, CRBs, Risk Reviews, Lessons Learned Reviews, etc
• Define appropriate approaches to standards conformance, including tailoring of ECSS, proposing methodologies to balance conformance to different standards applied in different regions, maintaining a new space approach, while balancing risk, schedule and cost considerations appropriately.
• Appropriately apply margins throughout the program according to agreed practices, including creating and developing these practices where necessary.
• Creation or amendment of Systems Engineering Plan as necessary within the project context
• Authoring of project documentation and other deliverables and lead discussions related to the team’s work in customer reviews;
• Support business team sales activities, develop outstanding proposals and service offers to customers,
• Perform feasibility studies and develop requirements, payload interface documents, statement of work, test procedures, etc with payload customers as necessary
• Support the planning of effort and resources needed for the systems engineering function on a mission, including listing deliverables, timelines and milestones in co-ordination with the Project Manager
• Establish and contribute to the development and improvement of value-added systems engineering processes and tools that enable our company to continue to grow and operate efficiently;
• Become conversant with lunar science, the design of planetary science instruments, ISRU processes
• Speak up, identify risks and issues, define and manage mitigations
• Travel occasionally to ispace offices and to vendor and instrument provider locations, represent ispace at events and conferences

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent
• 5-7 years of experience within the aerospace industry
• Exhibit sound judgement and a deep understanding of systems engineering processes and thinking
• Be highly organized and capable of autonomously planning and executing complex technical work
• Be knowledgeable in processes for spacecraft systems, subsystems and payload design, and assembly & test.
• Able to quickly develop subject matter expertise in new subjects
• Possess practical experience in one or more of the following: avionics or payload electronics, electrical power systems, communications and RF, mechanical or thermal analysis, or integration and testing of aerospace systems
• Thrive in multi-disciplinary environment in close cooperation with engineering team, business team, and customers
• Must have excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
• Show initiative, ownership, accountability, and positive can-do attitude
• Be comfortable with change and fast-paced environment
• Have a strong command of English

• Has gone through the iterative process of problem identification, approach definition, analysis and/or test, data reduction and interpretation, and communication of results;
• Experience in developing concept of operations, functional analysis, specifications, and procedures;
• Experience with hands-on lab, prototyping, and/or AIT work
• Knowledge of mechanical or structural engineering including design for manufacturing
• Knowledge of spacecraft subsystems and interfaces
• Knowledge of instrumentation/sensor physics and/or lunar science
• Knowledge of spacecraft operations principles, planning and execution
• Experience generating, managing, or controlling requirements
• Experience performing FMECA, FDIR, reliability analysis, and/or hazard analysis
• Experience with Engineering Software Architecture, including understanding of TM/TC formats, modes, interfaces and functional testing
• Familiarity with spacecraft design and test standards: ECSS, MIL-STD, or similar