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Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer
Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer-March 2024
El Segundo
Mar 27, 2026
About Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer

  This is NOT a C2C Position

  As a Sr Spacecraft Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for providing technical expertise and leading teams developing spacecraft systems serving a range of missions and customers. This includes creating, monitoring, and guiding requirements definition, spacecraft design, procurement and fabrication, integration and test, and verification and validation of the overall space vehicle system. You will interact with subsystem and unit engineers, manufacturing and test personnel, and program management. You will manage the technical elements of the space vehicle system.

  Responsibilities:

  Provides systems engineering leadership to programs.

  Provides mentorship to junior systems engineering and subsystem staff.

  Collaborates with program and financial leadership to ensure successful programmatic execution.

  Applies an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify a lifecycle balanced solution for space systems.

  Understands spacecraft subsystems functions and interfaces. Develops integrated spacecraft system designs and solutions.

  Responsible for all aspects of spacecraft systems engineering including performing preliminary concept development, trade studies, CONOPS definition, requirements decomposition and allocation, interface requirements definition, requirements verification and validation, support to integration and test operations, and anomaly resolution.

  Coordinates and communicates with subsystem engineering teams to ensure system execution.

  Develops the planning organization, implementation and monitoring of requirements management processes, tools, risk, issues, opportunity management and technology readiness assessment processes.

  Applies model-based systems engineering techniques for the definition of the spacecraft system.

  Participates in software integration and test activities to ensure mission functionality prior to deployment into operations.

  Coordinates with management and peers to ensure the integrity of high-quality operational products, including procedures, tools, and system configuration.

  Performs tasks to analyze technical data, verify and sustain specific systems configurations in accordance with defined constraints and operational requirements.

  Performs various analyses to optimize the spacecraft system and/or system architecture.

  Resolves cross-functional technical issues.

  Develops and improves systems engineering processes.

  Minimum Requirements:

  Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering or other relevant engineering or science discipline

  Minimum of 8 years of directly relevant aerospace industry experience, preferably with spacecraft systems

  Demonstrated leadership and communications skills

  Demonstrated experience with space systems engineering principles and techniques

  Demonstrated familiarity with program management principles and tools

  Demonstrated experience with power, mass, and other system budgets

  Demonstrated experience with requirements analysis and flow-down

  Demonstrated experience with design verification and validation processes

  Demonstrated experience with configuration management

  Demonstrated experience with satellite level integration and test processes

  Demonstrated experience with satellite in-orbit operations

  This position requires an active Secret or TS/SCI U.S. DoD Security Clearance

  Preferred Requirements:

  Master's Degree in Aerospace or other relevant engineering or science discipline

  Greater than 15 years professional experience in space systems engineering

  Direct experience with one or more spacecraft programs and missions. Experience with a full life-cycle from concept to in-orbit operations

  BENEFITS:

  Medical, dental, and vision insurance

  Six paid legal holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July Fourth, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day

  Paid time off

  DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION:

  At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

  Hiring diverse talent Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

  Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

  Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

  ABOUT ACTALENT:

  Actalent connects passion with purpose. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts that drive scale, innovation, and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 engineering and sciences consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia, and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. An operating company of Allegis Group, the global leader in talent solutions, Actalent launched as a new specialized engineering and sciences services and workforce solutions brand in 2021.

  Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.

  About Actalent

  Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

  Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

  At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

  Hiring diverse talent

  Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

  Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

  Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

  The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

  If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [email protected] (%[email protected]) for other accommodation options.

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