Principal Space Engineer – Strategic Initiatives

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⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧐 Strategy

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SES Space & Defense

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1973

💼 Consulting

🏭 Manufacturing

🚀 Aerospace

Consulting • Manufacturing • Aerospace

SES Space & Defense is a company dedicated to providing services and solutions in the aerospace and defense sectors. They focus on enhancing operational capabilities and delivering innovative technology solutions to support military and government missions. SES Space & Defense embodies values such as diversity, inclusion, and a commitment to nurturing talent across various professional backgrounds, including engineering and information technology.

📋 Description

• Support the Chief Engineer in the technical development, integration, and delivery of spacecraft and hosted payload solutions throughout the program lifecycle • Support technical execution of space system programs by tracking technical activities, actions, dependencies, and progress against program objectives • Coordinate across systems engineering, spacecraft engineering, payload engineering, mission assurance, specialty engineering, suppliers, and external mission partners • Document and track spacecraft and payload architectures, system interfaces, integration strategies, and technical baselines • Coordinate systems engineering artifacts including requirements, CONOPS, Interface Control Documents, trade studies, verification plans, and technical baselines • Support integration across spacecraft buses, communications payloads, onboard processing, avionics, propulsion, thermal, power, attitude determination and control, and other spacecraft subsystems • Drive technical planning and execution through SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, launch readiness, and early on-orbit operations • Support identification, assessment, tracking, and mitigation of technical, integration, schedule, and mission risks • Engage with government customers, mission partners, and suppliers to understand mission requirements and coordinate technical activities • Support engineering operating rhythms, design reviews, technical meetings, reporting, action tracking, and engineering decision documentation • Collaborate with ground engineering and mission operations organizations to integrate spacecraft and supporting operational infrastructure • Support strategic growth initiatives and technical studies for future hosted payload, communications, sensing, and emerging space mission opportunities

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline • Strong interest and/or academic, internship, co-op, research, or professional experience related to spacecraft architecture, payload systems, hosted payloads, satellite subsystems, or mission systems engineering • Foundational understanding of systems engineering processes, including requirements development, architecture definition, interface management, verification and validation, and technical risk management • Ability and willingness to work across a multidisciplinary engineering organization involving spacecraft, payload, systems, mission assurance, ground, and mission operations disciplines • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Ability to understand relationships between system requirements, interfaces, architecture, integration, and verification • Ability to develop and maintain clear technical documentation and effectively track engineering activities and actions • Ability to communicate effectively with engineering teams, program leadership, suppliers, mission partners, and customers • Experience through internships, co-ops, academic projects, research, or professional work supporting aerospace, spacecraft, satellite, defense, or other complex engineering systems preferred • Demonstrated interest in developing technical breadth across the complete space system lifecycle • U.S. Citizenship required • Ability to obtain and maintain security clearance up to TS/SCI desired

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual bonus eligibility where applicable • Paid vacation, sick, and personal leave • Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Life and disability insurance • 401(k) retirement plan • Other benefits programs

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