Systems Engineer IV – Space Vehicle Systems Engineer

Location: Louisville, Colorado; must be local to the work location. Flexible for occasional telework.

Salary: $102,516.20–$178,255.78 projected compensation range.

Company

hirify.global develops products and programs for space, aerospace, defense, civil space, and commercial customers.

What you will do

• Perform systems engineering across the full product lifecycle, from customer requirements derivation through design, verification and validation, assembly, integration and testing, and launch.
• Derive, manage, and trace requirements for complex spacecraft, payloads, subsystems, and components.
• Design and evaluate end-to-end system architectures and translate product strategies into system and implementation requirements.
• Lead a dedicated mechanical, electrical, or software subsystem and manage payload-to-bus interface control documentation.
• Review component designs, test plans, and procedures to verify compliance with contractual and system requirements.
• Organize and lead customer-facing SRR, PDR, and CDR milestone design reviews and participate in risk and configuration control boards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant engineering field with 8–10 years of systems engineering experience; equivalent requirements include an MS with 6–8 years or a PhD with 0–2 years.
• Professional experience in systems engineering for high-reliability space and aerospace applications.
• Extensive experience with systems engineering development methods for complex product architectures.
• Experience supporting programs through all development phases, from requirements derivation and development to sustainment.
• Experience with aerospace requirements management tools such as DOORS, Jama, or similar.
• Must be local to the Louisville, Colorado work location.

Nice to have

• Experience developing and implementing architectures for national defense, NASA civil space, and commercial aerospace customers.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment.
• No security clearance required.
• Health, life, disability, retirement, and savings benefits, depending on position.
• Paid time off, holiday pay, wellness programs, and learning and development opportunities.
• Equal opportunity employment with federal government contractor status.