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Firefly Aerospace · 3 months ago

Aerospace Systems Engineer - Mission Assurance III

Cedar park, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. The Mission Assurance Engineer will leverage their creative and technical expertise for the development of Firefly launch vehicles, spacecraft, and landers, ensuring the production of thoroughly tested, operationally efficient, and reliable vehicles that meet system level requirements.

AerospaceAir TransportationSatellite Communication

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Innovate Firefly's Mission Assurance process, creating structured flexibility to meet the needs of programs - ranging from Class D Missions to Category 3 Vehicles - applying the appropriate level of rigor

Be a force-enabler for the engineering and operations teams at Firefly by continuously eliminating non-value-added overhead across the organization; identify opportunities for automation and implement it

Empower the Systems Engineering team to support an increasing mission rate with the same level of effort - working directly with the Director of Systems Engineering across all programs

Own traceability between requirements, design data, qualification/acceptance test data, performance capabilities, and as-built records. Work directly with IT and software developers to execute your feature requests for the Firefly tool suite and inter-tool connectivity

Support the Quality Assurance Team and Chief Engineering Office for critical audits and program milestones

Support Root Cause Investigations, by contribution or by leading them directly, as appropriate

Set the standard for actionable, high signal-to-noise ratio analyses that drive progress and continuous improvement

Create training and lectures to bring every Systems Engineer and every Subsystem Lead up to your level for mission assurance analyses, and industry standard tailoring

Travel to support off-site testing and launch integration activities, as needed. (~4-6x/ year)

Serve as surge support for Launch Vehicle and Spacecraft Systems Engineers and mission operations, by performing functions such as: Become subject matter expert on key program system requirements. Effectively communicate at a technical level across all program disciplines to help guide each team towards compliance. Write, revise, and maintain interface control documents

Qualification

Aerospace EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentProject ManagementInterdisciplinary Team LeadershipFabricationAssemblyQuality Control ProcessesSystems Engineering StandardsPublic SpeakingAgile Project ManagementPythonC++Communication SkillsPresentation Skills

Required

BS in Aerospace Engineering or related engineering discipline required

5+ years of focused hands-on experience in an interdisciplinary project management or execution role on spacecraft, equivalent work will be considered

Firm comprehension and demonstrated application of first principles in engineering disciplines (orbital mechanics, controls, mechanical, structural dynamics, electrical, mechatronics, materials, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and propulsion)

Strong working knowledge of fabrication and assembly methodologies, production management tools, and quality control processes

Experience leading interdisciplinary project teams of including hardware and software engineers

Fundamental software development experience in Python, C++, or equivalent

Strong working knowledge of ASME, MIL, ASTM, and/or NASA Standards, as well as Systems Engineering best practices – able to adapt processes to meet the needs of the team

Exceptional communication (written and verbal), public speaking and presentation skills

Preferred

Experience through the full lifecycle of a spacecraft mission from SRR to mission operations

Experience tailoring SMC/AFSPCM/91-710/etc equivalent range documents; understanding, documenting and resolving the technical implications and risks associated with the tailoring

Experience developing software solutions, and interface requirements for engineering and production tools

Experience designing spacecraft architectures or critical subsystems for reliability and radiation resiliency

Experienced on Agile Project Management using Atlassian tools (JIRA, confluence, bitbucket)