Systems Engineer (Level II / Senior / Staff)

Job title: Systems Engineer (Level II / Senior / Staff)

About the Role

Stratolaunch is seeking a Systems Engineer to support expendable air-launched hypersonic vehicles. This role involves full lifecycle systems engineering, deriving requirements from concepts of operation, developing test and evaluation plans, executing test activities, and verifying vehicle-level compliance. You will work with a multi-disciplinary team, program management, and customers in Mojave, CA.

What You'll Do

• 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

What We're Looking For

• 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; Mechanical Systems
• Experience contributing to the systems engineering content for a major technical review such as System Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR) or Critical Design Review (CDR)
• Familiarity with tactical missile system constraints from military launch platforms and logistics chains
• Familiarity with military standards pertinent to air launched missiles
• 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)
• CAD familiarity
• Familiarity with configuration management systems such as Jira, Git
• Familiarity with requirement management systems such as Jama, Cameo, DOORS

Nice to Have

• 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
• MATLAB
• Python
• NX CAD
• Jira, Git
• Jama, Cameo, DOORS

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: USD 101,000 - 206,000 per year (levels II through Staff)
• 9/80 schedule
• 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
• Travel