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Senior Space Systems Engineer
Location
Germany
Posted
5 days ago
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0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Space Systems Engineer
Vyoma
• Mission and Technical Leadership and Supplier Oversight • Lead cross-functional engineering initiatives (with colleagues from Space Systems, Advanced Concepts, Embedded Engineering, Mission Operations), serving as the subject matter expert (SME) for space system design and providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers. • Translate high-level mission objectives into clear, verifiable system and subsystem requirements; support requirements architecture definition. • Conduct trade studies to inform procurement decisions, including spacecraft bus selection, payload accommodation, orbit design, and launch vehicle compatibility. • Oversee the systems engineering process across all mission phases (concept, design, development, integration, test, launch, and operations), in conjunction with technical team. • Participate in and lead customer-side preparation for supplier milestone reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR, etc.), providing independent technical assessment, including dissemination of review procedures and findings. • Review and approve supplier-generated technical documentation, including design reports, interface definitions, test plans, and verification matrices. • Assess supplier compliance with contractual and technical requirements; identify non-conformances and drive resolution. • Verification, Validation and Acceptance Oversight • Review and approve supplier verification and validation (V&V) evidence, ensuring full traceability to requirements. • Oversee integration and test activities for spacecraft, payloads, or ground systems. • Support selection of internal tools to validate supplier analyses. • Support verification, validation and acceptance of mission hardware, software, procedures and processes. • Manage technical disposition of non-conformance reports (NCRs) and waivers raised during development and acceptance. • Oversee integration of the space segment with ground segment and user terminals, ensuring end-to-end system compatibility. • Risk & Program Management Support • Identify, assess, and track technical risks and opportunities across the procured system; drive mitigation actions with suppliers and internal stakeholders. • Support schedule and cost estimation activities; track technical performance measures and report system maturity status to programme leadership. • Interface with program managers, internal and external stakeholders on technical matters.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in space systems engineering, with demonstrated involvement in spacecraft development programmes on the customer, prime contractor, or system integrator side.
- Proven ability to define and manage system-level requirements and maintain a technical baseline across complex, multi-supplier programmes.
- Direct exposure to dual-use, defence, or government space programmes (e.g., ISR, SATCOM, PNT, Space Domain Awareness) preferred, including an understanding of export control regulations (ITAR, EAR, or national equivalents) as they apply to dual-use space systems.
- Familiarity with ground segment architecture, mission data systems and CCSDS standards.
- Experience managing technical aspects of supplier contracts, including SOW definition and change control, critical revision of supplier technical documentation and participation in formal design reviews.
- Familiarity with relevant industry standards, such as ECSS, MIL-STD, or equivalent national space/defence standards.
- Familiarity with spacecraft subsystem engineering in one or more domains (e.g., ADCS, RF communications, power, propulsion, thermal, structures/mechanisms, or payload).
- Proficiency with requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, Jama, or equivalent) and MBSE tools.
Benefits
- 30 days of holidays
- Flexible working hours
- Possibility to work from home
- Private pension plan
- Transportation allowances
- 5 days of paid sick leave for childcare per year for all parents
- Training while on the job
- Weekly Happy Hours and Game Nights
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