Senior Systems Engineer full_time

Power the future of Space at Star Catcher

Star Catcher is powering the future of space by building the world’s first orbital energy grid: the Star Catcher Network. Spacecraft connect into the Star Catcher Network and receive conditioned energy via their existing solar arrays, requiring no retrofit to utilize the first true space-based infrastructure. The Star Catcher Network provides power as needed from tens of Watts to tens of thousands of Watts at concentrations from fractions of a Sun of flux to ten Suns of flux.

The Star Catcher Network enables More Uptime, More Bandwidth, and More Mission.

Join our team of experienced and passionate space innovators driven to transform and expand humanity’s utilization of space. The creation of space-based power infrastructure is as impactful for space missions in the 2020’s and 2030’s as the advent of low-cost launch services was in the 2010’s. We seek individuals who share our passion for enabling people to do more in space and are not afraid to get their hands dirty to make our vision of the future reality.

Star Catcher, located in Jacksonville, FL, has an opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer to support the development of space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and the Star Catcher Network, its orbital power grid. As an SME, extensive experience with all phases of the space systems development process including requirements definition, system and spacecraft interfaces, system and spacecraft design, integration, test, verification and validation, and mission operations is sought.

Responsibilities:

• Applying an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify a lifecycle balanced system of systems and system solutions.
• Serving as a focal point for technical issues and functions, and coordination between engineering teams.
• Evaluates customer and /operational needs to define and coordinate system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters/algorithms, and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces.
• Create, Track, Maintain Requirements in state of the art tools.
• Performs various analyses to optimize total system of systems and/or system architecture.
• Lead the resolution of technical issues with other SMEs and product team.
• Write technical policies, procedures, and documentation.
• Support business development efforts for proposals/bids.

Ideal Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering or related field and a minimum of 10 years’ experience in a broad background in systems engineering is preferred.
• Experience leading the development of space systems for challenging environments and missions.
• Experience in small teams and building systems engineering teams.
• 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.

Star Catcher is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Star Catcher is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

All offers of employment at Star Catcher are contingent upon results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.