Millennium Space Systems · 6 hours ago
Deputy Chief Engineer - Millennium Space Systems
El Segundo, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$211K/yr - $310K/yr
15+ years expMillennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company, delivers affordable, high-performance space systems for exacting customers. As the Deputy Chief Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in developing space, ground, and network systems that perform high-performance space missions, providing critical capabilities to national security and scientific missions.
AerospaceSpace Travel
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Perform independent review of designs, development plans, and test plans
Assess risks
Synthesize information across multiple disciplines
Provide recommendations for technical solutions to issues
Lead ad hoc teams to diagnose problems and find solutions
Summarize issues, document issues and report concerns
Brief high level officials and customers
Provide praise for a job well done
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline, Master's degree or PhD is a plus
15+ years of experience in satellite design, development, test, and operations across multiple flight projects/program
Demonstrated breadth and depth across multiple spacecraft engineering disciplines
Demonstrated leadership of ad hoc, cross-functional teams
Experience taking a product from concept/proposal phase through prototyping, launch and operation
Broad understanding of the spacecraft component supply chain and broad network of vendor relationships across the supply chain
Experience performing make/buy trades
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to travel
Applicants MUST be U.S. citizens and eligible for a security clearance
Applicants must be willing to apply for and maintain a security clearance
This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship
An interim U.S. Top Secret Clearance Pre-Start and final U.S. Top Secret Clearance Post-Start is required
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401k plan
Company
Millennium Space Systems
Millennium Space Systems, a provider of agile, flight-proven small-satellite solutions.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2018-08-16Acquired
Leadership Team
Robert Jacobsen
Chief Financial Officer
Shasta Noble
Chief Financial Officer
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