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Sierra Space · 3 months ago

Mission Design & Analysis Engineer III (Clearance Required)

Centennial, CO

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$116K/yr - $160K/yr

5+ years exp

Sierra Space is a company focused on enabling humanity to live and work in space. The Mission Design & Analysis Engineer III will drive mission design through modeling, simulation, and analysis, defining mission parameters and requirements for spacecraft development while collaborating with a team to achieve project goals.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceIndustrial ManufacturingSpace TravelTransportation

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Analyze, model, and simulate system and system-of-systems performance parameters

Collect and analyze data related to mission design and system performance

Oversee system modeling efforts on small teams

Represent the mission viewpoint and present mission performance models and analysis results to the development team

Lead analysis-based mission performance validation and verification efforts

Prepare detailed technical documentation and reports to communicate findings and support project objectives

Work collaboratively with team members to achieve project goals and meet deadlines

Work and communicate effectively with technical and specialty subject matter expert engineers to drive mission design and analysis products

Qualification

Mission designModelingSimulationRequirements managementSystems designAnalytical skillsOrbital mechanicsPythonCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Requires a bachelor's degree in a related field (or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree or master's +3 yrs experience)

Typically, 5+ years of related experience (or Masters + 3 yrs experience)

Emerging expertise in mission design, mission modeling and simulation techniques, and mission analysis

Emerging expertise in mission level objectives, requirements and Design Reference Mission (DRM) development

Knowledge of requirements management, functional requirements parsing, derivation, and allocation

Knowledge of systems design, systems development, and technical risk identification and management strategies

Strong analytical and computational skills

Emerging ability to work and communicate with technical and specialty subject matter expert engineers to drive systems engineering products

An active Top Secret with SCI eligibility U.S. Security Clearance is required

Preferred

Masters's degree in Engineering, Physics or a related field

Proficiency with common industry system & mission modeling tools and languages, such as STK, FreeFlyer, Cameo EA, SysML, Matlab, Python or similar

Ability to derive requirements and design drivers from system modelling and simulation results

Ability to trade mission attributes to achieve design to cost and schedule constraints while maintaining mission objectives

Strong understanding of orbital mechanics and astrodynamics

Knowledge of spacecraft systems and subsystems, space mission sensors, payloads and ground systems

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans

401(k) with 150% match up to 8%

Life insurance

3 weeks paid time off

Company

Sierra Space

Sierra Space is a commercial space company that specializes in the development of advanced space technologies and solutions. It is a sub-organization of Sierra Nevada Corporation.

Founded in 2021

Louisville, Colorado, USA

1001-5000 employees