Senior Systems Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer

22 Jan 2024
California, Paloalto, 94301 Paloalto USA

Senior Systems Engineer

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At Maxar, we are building upon our 60-year legacy of innovation, from designing the high-gain antennas for NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 which have raced beyond the heliosphere through interstellar space to establishing ourselves as the industry leader in geostationary satellites delivering services like broadband internet access, satellite radio, and direct-to-home satellite television. We are now designing the next generation of earth imaging satellites, building the Psyche spacecraft to study asteroids, and partnering with NASA on our PPE program in their effort to return humans to the moon!

To continue as the leader in the space industry, we are currently seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Systems Engineering team which is located in Palo Alto, CA. We are able to support having this senior position located in Westminster, CO, Washington DC, Houston, TX or other space-center hubs. In this role, you will participate in front-end systems engineering activities to support our current programs. You will apply systems engineering rigor and discipline to complex programs or proposals, converting customer needs into an appropriate design through ConOps development, requirements development, requirements decomposition and flow down. As the program progresses, your focus will transition to verification, integration, and validation activities. We are currently seeking candidates with broad engineering backgrounds along with a strong foundation in a particular technical area to transition into our team.

Responsibilities:

  • Concept of operations (ConOps) development and validation
  • Develop, decompose, and flow requirements at the mission, system, sub-system, and component levels
  • Manage requirements development and maintenance
  • Develop and maintain system budgets (mass, power, data)
  • Develop full system validation and verification plan
  • Customer discussions regarding system design and design decisions
  • Ability to define and conceptualize interface & interoperability requirements
  • Generate and maintain compliance matrix for system and sub-systems
  • Connect and work with sub-systems engineers to ensure compliance
  • Support proposals and help explore new business opportunities that capitalize on Maxar's strengths
  • Oversee spacecraft testing and review test results


Minimum Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree
  • Minimum of 8 years of relevant systems engineering experience
  • General understanding of spacecraft design and product life cycle
  • Good communication and presentation skills
  • Experience with any requirements management systems (i.e. DOORS, JAMA, etc.)
  • Intermediate working knowledge of MS-Office
  • Familiarity with software architecture, verification, and validation


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Previous experience working on USG programs
  • General understanding of product life cycle or equivalent experience from a different mission-critical field (e.g. aviation, automotive)
  • Experience developing technical processes, and tailoring processes for unique programs
  • Experience with Microsoft Visio
  • Experience coding in C, C, Python, or Matlab & creating software tools for verification activities a plusFamiliarity with risk management
  • INCOSE certification


Maxar Technologies 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.

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