Star Catcher · 21 hours ago
Senior System Engineer
Jacksonville, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expStar Catcher is a company located in Jacksonville, FL, seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support the development of space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and the Star Catcher Network. The role involves applying an interdisciplinary approach to system solutions, coordinating technical issues among engineering teams, and ensuring system performance requirements are met.
EnergySpace Travel
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Applying an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify a lifecycle balanced system of systems and system solutions
Serving as a focal point for technical issues and functions, and coordination between engineering teams
Evaluates customer and /operational needs to define and coordinate system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters/algorithms, and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces
Create, Track, Maintain Requirements in state of the art tools
Performs various analyses to optimize total system of systems and/or system architecture
Lead the resolution of technical issues with other SMEs and product team
Write technical policies, procedures, and documentation
Support business development efforts for proposals/bids
Qualification
Required
Extensive experience with all phases of the space systems development process including requirements definition, system and spacecraft interfaces, system and spacecraft design, integration, test, verification and validation, and mission operations
Applying an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify a lifecycle balanced system of systems and system solutions
Serving as a focal point for technical issues and functions, and coordination between engineering teams
Evaluates customer and /operational needs to define and coordinate system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters/algorithms, and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces
Create, Track, Maintain Requirements in state of the art tools
Performs various analyses to optimize total system of systems and/or system architecture
Lead the resolution of technical issues with other SMEs and product team
Write technical policies, procedures, and documentation
Support business development efforts for proposals/bids
U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency or eligibility to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in Systems, Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering or related field and a minimum of 10 years' experience in a broad background in systems engineering
Experience leading the development of space systems for challenging environments and missions
Experience in small teams and building systems engineering teams
Experience with MBSE (Model Based System Engineering)
Experience with NASA/DoD lifecycle reviews (e.g. SRR, PDR, CDR)
Experience with requirement tracking tools
Familiarity with configuration management practices
Effective communication skills with the ability to interface with the team and organization and prioritize tasks, projects, and personnel from a variety of disciplines
Possesses a broad background in systems engineering
Experience using software tools for performing complex analyses (Excel, MatLab, custom tools)
Benefits
Highly competitive benefits package
Company
Star Catcher
Star Catcher creates first energy grid for space.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$12.25M2024-07-24Seed· $12.25M
Leadership Team
Bryan Lyandvert
Co-Founder
Michael Snyder
Co-Founder and CTO
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