Systems Engineer

Summary

Stratolaunch is a technology accelerator that engineers operationally realistic testing at Mach 5+ to advance hypersonic technology and national security. The Systems Engineer will support expendable air-launched hypersonic vehicles through full lifecycle systems engineering, including requirements derivation, test and evaluation planning, test execution, and vehicle-level compliance verification.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to derive and document requirements
• Develop efficient and effective test and evaluation plans
• Plan and direct execution of tests for components, subsystems, and vehicles
• Track and monitor requirements compliance through the lifecycle of the program
• Work with system safety and environment health and safety teams to ensure test activities are executed in a manner which minimizes participant, environment, and hardware risk
• Participate in test design reviews, test readiness reviews, test execution, vehicle troubleshooting, and post-test data reviews
• Architect and optimize test data review and analysis methodologies and tools
• Set standards for test planning and documentation and ensure those standards are met
• Coordinate internally with multi-disciplinary team and externally with customers
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, and integrity in the fulfillment of commitments

Skills

• Knowledge of, and direct experience with, at least two of these disciplines: Electrical and Avionics Systems, EO/RF Seeker Systems, Energetics Systems, Propulsion Systems, Lethality Modeling, Guidance Navigation and Controls, Aerodynamics, Thermal, and Mechanical Systems
• Experience contributing to the systems engineering content for a major technical review such as System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review or Critical Design Review
• Familiarity with tactical missile system constraints from military launch platforms and logistics chains
• Familiarity with military standards pertinent to air launched missiles (e.g. 810, 1553, 1760,…)
• Previous systems engineering experience in a small dynamic team environment
• Experience integrating one or more missile system onto a military platform
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities while maintaining systems engineering rigor
• Excellent written & verbal communication
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the SECRET or above level
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Project)
• Familiarity with CAD
• Familiarity with configuration management systems such as Jira, Git, etc
• Familiarity with requirement management systems such as Jama, Cameo, DOORS, etc
• Level II ($101,000-$146,500): Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr-level ($120,500-$158,000): Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Staff-level ($157,000-$206,000): Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 10-20 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Position based in Mojave, CA.  Consideration for hybrid (partial remote/on-site work) work location arrangement for well-qualified candidates and remote (outside of CA) work location arrangement for exceptional candidates
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%
• Experience integrating a high Mach or hypersonic system onto a military platform
• Familiarity with WOSA and MOSA and how to decompose those architectures to requirements
• Familiarity with kill chain models such as F2T2EA and associated requirements decomposition
• Experience wearing multiple hats in a small team environment
• Experience defining, managing, and verifying requirements for hypersonic vehicles with hot-structure airframes
• Experience translating operational analysis into system requirements
• Active TS/SCI security clearance
• Experience programming (Matlab, Python)
• Experience with CAD (NX Preferred)
• Experience with configuration management systems such as Jira, Git, etc
• Experience with requirement management systems such as Jama, Cameo, DOORS, etc

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Knowledge of, and direct experience with, at least two of these disciplines: Electrical and Avionics Systems, EO/RF Seeker Systems, Energetics Systems, Propulsion Systems, Lethality Modeling, Guidance Navigation and Controls, Aerodynamics, Thermal, and Mechanical Systems
• Experience contributing to the systems engineering content for a major technical review such as System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review or Critical Design Review
• Familiarity with tactical missile system constraints from military launch platforms and logistics chains
• Familiarity with military standards pertinent to air launched missiles (e.g. 810, 1553, 1760,…)
• Previous systems engineering experience in a small dynamic team environment
• Experience integrating one or more missile system onto a military platform
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities while maintaining systems engineering rigor
• Excellent written & verbal communication
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the SECRET or above level
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Project)
• Familiarity with CAD
• Familiarity with configuration management systems such as Jira, Git, etc
• Familiarity with requirement management systems such as Jama, Cameo, DOORS, etc
• Level II ($101,000-$146,500): Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr-level ($120,500-$158,000): Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Staff-level ($157,000-$206,000): Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 10-20 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Position based in Mojave, CA.  Consideration for hybrid (partial remote/on-site work) work location arrangement for well-qualified candidates and remote (outside of CA) work location arrangement for exceptional candidates
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%

Nice to Haves

• Experience integrating a high Mach or hypersonic system onto a military platform
• Familiarity with WOSA and MOSA and how to decompose those architectures to requirements
• Familiarity with kill chain models such as F2T2EA and associated requirements decomposition
• Experience wearing multiple hats in a small team environment
• Experience defining, managing, and verifying requirements for hypersonic vehicles with hot-structure airframes
• Experience translating operational analysis into system requirements
• Active TS/SCI security clearance
• Experience programming (Matlab, Python)
• Experience with CAD (NX Preferred)
• Experience with configuration management systems such as Jira, Git, etc
• Experience with requirement management systems such as Jama, Cameo, DOORS, etc

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs)
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
• 50% company match per contributed dollar into 401(k) savings plan, up to $11,500
• Tuition reimbursement
• Consideration for hybrid (partial remote/on-site work) work location arrangement for well-qualified candidates and remote (outside of CA) work location arrangement for exceptional candidates.