Chief Space Systems Engineer

Job description

Space Systems Integration (SSI) is a fast-growing engineering company that provides aerospace solutions to a variety of government and commercial customers. Our employees are forward-thinking, self-directed individuals who are committed to solving our customers’ technical challenges. SSI is seeking a **Chief Space Systems Engineer** for a role in El Segundo, CA. **Role and Responsibilities include:** - Engages with developers to evaluate software simulators, engineering units, and hardware simulators through integration activities. - Leads technical requirements development, systems engineering, and oversees the development contractor to develop, design, produce, integrate, and test space systems. - Oversees payload integration and interface control management. - Performs system integration of multiple efforts to integrate complex space systems, ground segment integration, and deployment into operations. - Manage and negotiate interface control documents with external stakeholders. - Performs systems architecting and engineering activities such as system requirements definition, interface definition, design, interface management, data architecture development, systems integration, performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis & estimation, decision analysis, and development and refinement of communications concepts of operation. - Oversees requirements verification and validation. - Makes program risk assessments and provides actionable recommendations to the chief engineer and program manager. - Independently collaborates with Government program office representatives, FFRDC, SETA, and contractor personnel. ### Required Qualifications - Bachelor of Science and eighteen (18) years or more experience; Master's and sixteen (16) years or more experience, or an additional 4 years of experience may be used in lieu of a Bachelor's degree. - Experience with space systems development, integration, and/or operations of DoD or other agencies (NRO, NSA, NASA, etc.). - Experience leading systems engineering teams focused on integration of complex space and/or ground systems. - Active TS clearance with in-scope T5/SSBI is required, along with SCI eligibility and participation in Continuous Evaluation. - Must meet all requirements for SCI and SAP access and be willing to undergo a polygraph examination.