Systems Engineer

Star Catcher Industries, Inc. (Star Catcher), located in Jacksonville, FL,  has an opportunity for a  Systems Engineer  to support the development of space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and the Star Catcher Network, its orbital power grid. This role will be responsible for leading and overseeing the development, integration, and testing of complex space systems.

Responsibilities:

• Applies an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify basic lifecycle balanced systems and system solutions.
• Evaluating operational and customer needs to define system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces.
• Performing analyses to optimize total system and/or system architecture for affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, and certification, to ensure mission success.
• Supporting the planning, organization, implementation and monitoring of requirements management processes, tools, risk, issues, opportunity management and technology readiness. 
• Planning and conducting tests to validate that systems meet performance criteria and regulatory standards.
• Working closely with a cross-functional team to integrate systems into spacecraft, satellites, and other systems and ensuring that materials are compatible with design specifications and operational requirements.
• Creating and maintaining detailed documentation of system designs, testing procedures, and project status to ensure transparency and compliance.
• Managing project timelines, resources, and budgets related to systems engineering tasks.
• Support business development efforts for proposals/bids.

Ideal Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field; Master’s or PhD preferred.
• At least five years of experience in systems engineering, in an aerospace manufacturing environment or other relevant industry experience.
• Creative problem-solving skills, with the capability to develop innovative solutions to advanced engineering challenges.
• Experience leading the development of space systems for challenging environments and missions.
• Experience with MBSE (Model Based System Engineering).
• Experience with NASA/DoD lifecycle reviews (e.g. SRR, PDR, CDR).
• Experience with requirement tracking tools.

Desired skills:

• 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). 

Help us deploy and scale space infrastructure that will drive our utilization of space forward! We offer a highly competitive benefits package.