Principal Lead Systems Engineer – Thermal & Fluids – Lunar Core Components

Principal Lead Systems Engineer – Thermal & Fluids – Lunar Core Components

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering or equivalent technical field.
• 15+ years of related experience in the design, development, and flight of aerospace products, preferably thermal / fluids components with an emphasis on cryogenic applications.
• 6+ years in aerospace systems engineering
• Have worked at least one aerospace system project from requirements definition through verification.
• Subject matter expert in Systems Engineering processes and best practices (deep understanding of the “Systems Engineering V”).
• Proven problem solving skills and has mastered trade study methods.
• Leadership or management experience as well as a history of mentoring.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
• Ability to obtain a US Government Top Secret Clearance
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical thermal / fluids product expertise and leadership to the systems engineering team as both a doer and a mentor to others.
• Own the systems engineering process for our products from design through delivery.
• Own requirements structure and allocation, and requirements change management, including interface definition and designs.
• Capture stakeholder needs from mission management and our systems architect for documentation in our product specifications.
• Coordinate requirement applicability for a specific build in a product line that is designed for multiple missions.
• Plan verification methods and conceptualize verification events.
• Perform technical analysis, trade studies, and research.
• Work with the engineering team to define and pursue a technical roadmap for our product groups.
• Complete product qualification buy-off with verification and validation information from Assembly, Integration, and Test.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience across the product life cycle (pre-conceptual design through operational support).
• Experience with cryogenic fluid applications – particularly turbomachinery, valves, and heat exchangers.
• Experience with cryocoolers.
• Experience with space-rated radiators.
• Space flight systems certification process experience.
• Knowledge of collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA.
• Familiarity with formal risk and opportunity management processes.