Program Chief Engineer

Required

• Establish and maintain robust requirements traceability frameworks to satisfy customer compliance documentation expectations
• Author and oversee Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and all systems engineering documentation required for program compliance
• Define and execute verification and validation plans (test, demonstration, analysis, inspection) at system and subsystem levels
• Track system compliance and overall performance against mission needs, proactively identifying and resolving gaps
• Stakeholder & Team Leadership
• Provide top-level technical leadership across the entire mission lifecycle, including space and ground segments, from proposal and concept through design, manufacturing, test, and operations
• Collaborate with and guide multi-disciplinary engineering experts across all subsystems
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure mission CONOPS alignment and technical coherence
• Mentor senior and mid-level systems engineers, elevating team-wide systems engineering discipline
• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field
• 12+ years of experience in spacecraft systems engineering or spacecraft design, with hands-on experience in satellite design and integration, OR 8+ years of experience with direct experience in relevant mission areas.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a Chief Program Engineer or lead systems engineer on a complete spacecraft program