System Engineer - Mission Design Center

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Millennium Engineering and Integration Services, an Axient subsidiary, is seeking a System Engineer to support our customer at NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) in Moffett Field, CA. The individual will have experience working on multiple projects and development of Space Mission Concepts and Small Spacecraft Technologies. The primary duties and responsibilities will be to support the development of mission concepts, technical analyses, proposals, and project pre-formulation within the Mission Design Center at NASA Ames Research Center. The individual will be required to support the development of multiple mission concepts for Science and Technology Demonstrations, working within multi-disciplinary teams with expertise across science, engineering, technology, communications, and management.

What you will do:

Position Summary:

• Systems Engineer supporting mission concepts and technical analyses.
• Conceptual Mission Design for Small Spacecraft, Payloads, and Technologies.
• Study team member able to effectively communicate with both stakeholders and concept team members.
• Initiate and implement procedures and processes for concept development, capture, and analysis.
• Concurrent Systems Engineering Tool Development.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ability to understand project needs, goals, and objectives and translate them into a technical solution.
• Develop Mission Concepts for payload systems and subsystems.
• Support mission design and analysis efforts with industry and research partners.
• Perform feasibility assessments and trade study analysis of mission concepts, mission elements, subsystems, and components.
• Assist projects with developing requirements and documentation for space missions.
• Requirements management (develop, allocate, track implementation, control changes).
• Develop mission concept documents, products, and templates.
• Proposal development, writing, analysis, and review.
• Technical leadership.
• Configuration Management.
• Risk identification, tracking, and mitigation strategies.

Skills you will need:

• Clear and concise interpersonal communication.
• Possess strong critical thinking and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrate a strong technical aptitude for mechanical, electrical, propulsion, flight dynamics, RF communications, or systems engineering.
• Ability to present information clearly to a diverse audience (science, engineering, management, costs, scheduling).
• Work collaboratively with mission interdisciplinary team members from various fields and backgrounds.
• Possess an ability to work in a dynamic, team-based environment with mission-critical deadlines and deliverables.
• Ability to develop work and task plans with limited guidance.
• Effective time management for multiple concurrent studies and mission concepts.
• Possess an exceptional drive for mission success and a desire to support mission success through all tasks assigned.

Ideal Candidate:

• 2-5+ years experience in an Engineering Field.
• BEng or BS degree in a technical field.
• In-depth familiarity with systems engineering.
• Experience as a technical lead with system-level responsibilities.
• Knowledge of NASA systems engineering processes and requirements.
• Familiar with Space Mission Concepts and Small Spacecraft.
• Experience with project pre-formulation and proposal development.
• Deep understanding of Science and/or Technology Demonstration missions.
• Prior familiarity with software and concurrent engineering tool development.

US or Permanent ONLY

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what is outlined, but if you think you can bring Systems Engineering value to the Mission Design Center we encourage you to apply.