Maxar Technologies · 3 months ago
Systems Engineer and Product Owner
Maxar Technologies is seeking a Systems Engineer/Product Owner to join their Space Systems Engineering team in Westminster, CO. The role involves defining and managing software services within the Mission Control Ground System, supporting Agile development teams, and providing technical leadership to ensure smooth mission development processes.
AerospaceGeospatialGovernmentRemote SensingSatellite CommunicationTelecommunications
Responsibilities
Lead a scrum development team as Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Epic Owner - to include facilitating agile ceremonies such as team stand-ups, sprint and quarterly planning, and feature demonstrations
Orchestrate the design, implementation, and maintenance of the teams’ ground system services
Support the Agile Software Development Life Cycle process used to facilitate system baseline changes, taking ownership of those deliverables expected from the customer organization
Ensure quality by managing system and component-level requirements, providing traceability to design documentation, test cases, and operational training material
Work directly with other Product Owners, System Engineers, Program Managers, Developers, Testers, and customers to define technical user stories to generate an optimal system design implementation
Design, document, and maintain service APIs
Work directly with the internal software development teams
Create system-level functional flows with the ability to frame all requirements inside those flows
Lead development of as-built models and design documents for software components to ensure all documentation is current
Continually learn about our evolving complex systems with particular focus on spacecraft navigation and calibration
Make contributions to the enterprise vision, engineering processes, and overall architecture roadmap
Participate in design sessions with internal clients from back-end processing to user interfaces, with an emphasis on Spacecraft Engineering and Mission Control segments within the ground system
Manage customer expectations to ensure realistic deliverables and then exceed those expectations
Coordinate team responses to large-scale dynamic requests
Qualification
Required
Must be a U.S. citizen and possess, or have the ability to obtain, a U.S. Government Secret security clearance
Familiar with Software as a Service and Service Oriented Architectures, and the underlying infrastructures
Agile development and/or SCRUM experience
Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree
Demonstrated success in space and defense industry, cybersecurity, the military, or a similar commercial industry
High proficiency in MS Office Suite
Preferred
Experience with JIRA issue tracking software
Software and hardware development and integration experience
Familiarity with requirements-driven design
Excellent cross-functional skills across multiple technical domains
Complete and thorough understanding and experience in the complete life-cycle management of software development
Excellent collaboration, communication (both verbal and written), and facilitation skills across a broad range of roles
Excellent time management and organizational skills
Ability to work multiple tasks at the same time and possess a strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision making
Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles
Benefits
Paid time off
Health and welfare insurance
401(k)
Company
Maxar Technologies
Maxar Technologies is a space technology firm that offers communication and observation satellites for commercial and government sectors.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2004-07-20IPO
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