Sr Launch Vehicle Integration Engineer

$120,552 - $165,759/Yr

Sierra Nevada Corporation - Louisville, CO

Full-time - Senior

Louisville, CO

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

At Sierra Space, we envision a future where humanity lives and works in space, on moons, and on distant planets. Our mission isn't restricted to the few; instead, we see a future where all people can choose to live, work, discover, and explore beyond our planet. As a Sr Launch Vehicle Integration Engineer, you will play a crucial role in this mission by utilizing your skills and expertise to define, design, simulate, integrate, test, certify, and support cutting-edge products and services. This role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities, from state-of-the-art mission payloads and electronic systems to highly integrated aircraft and orbital exploration systems. You will be responsible for designing systems that meet demanding customer requirements, developing and building complex systems integration labs to verify designs, and integrating various systems to create a seamless product for the customer. As a cross-functional engineer, you will perform system and component-level integration of new products and develop new integration processes throughout the product lifecycle. The Launch Vehicle Integration (LVI) Mission Integrator will generate and verify the interface requirements between the Sierra Space designated Spacecraft and the Launch Vehicle (LV). This includes supporting integration activities between the spacecraft and multiple launch vehicles, such as Vulcan, H3, Glenn, Falcon Heavy, Starship Super Heavy, Neutron, Terran R, Ariane 6, and other emerging launch service providers. Your essential knowledge will include understanding various engineering disciplines necessary for coordination between Sierra Space and the LV contractor design teams. This involves supporting the development of environmental requirements, coordinating integrated system analyses, generating interface requirements documents, and managing closure plans for verification evidence. You will also be involved in planning and executing technical reviews, generating input for program status reviews, and authoring technical memos as required. This position requires a comprehensive understanding of engineering principles and practices, as well as the ability to work in multidisciplinary design and development teams.

Responsibilities

• Define, design, simulate, integrate, test, certify, and support cutting-edge products and services.
• Generate and verify interface requirements between the Sierra Space designated Spacecraft and the Launch Vehicle (LV).
• Support integration activities between the spacecraft and multiple launch vehicles.
• Develop and build complex systems integration labs to verify designs.
• Perform system and component-level integration of new products.
• Develop new integration processes throughout the product lifecycle.
• Coordinate the distribution and configuration management of integrated system analyses inputs/outputs.
• Generate the LV statement of work Interface Requirements Document (IRD) and Interface Control Document (ICD).
• Support requirement allocation/flowdown to the LV system from the Spacecraft functional areas.
• Negotiate LV interface requirements that affect Spacecraft design with impacted teams.
• Support development of test plans and test execution for risk reduction and requirement verification.
• Manage closure plans and verification evidence for each ICD requirement allocated to the Spacecraft System.
• Plan and execute technical reviews for both Sierra Space internally and with the LV contractor.
• Generate input to and present launch systems status at program status reviews.
• Author technical and engineering memos as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field of study and typically 10 or more years of relevant experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles and practices.
• Progressive experience working in multidisciplinary design & development teams.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience with requirements development and management, system design, systems integration, technical risk identification, and Verification and Validation (V&V) principles.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance with SCI eligibility.

Nice-to-haves

• 10+ years of experience in aerospace Spacecraft/LV design or launch operations.
• Experience with SC to LV integration and requirement development/verification.
• Experience reviewing Mechanical/Structural design drawings for requirement compliance.
• Ability to decompose large complicated problems into manageable pieces and explain issues/solutions to other engineers and management.
• Active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Experience with generation, verification, and management of requirements on space programs.
• Experience using DOORS Database for requirement development and verification.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Well organized and detail-oriented.
• Self-starter with minimal supervision required.

Benefits

• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) with 150% match up to 8%
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Annual incentive pay based on performance
• 3 weeks paid time off
• Generous benefit package