Sierra Nevada Corporation - Centennial, CO

posted 4 months ago

Full-time - Senior
Centennial, 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 space exploration systems. In this position, 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. You will also be tasked with generating and verifying interface requirements between the Sierra Space designated spacecraft and multiple launch vehicles, including the 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 launch vehicle contractor design teams. This includes environmental factors such as shock, vibration, acoustic, thermal, venting, gas velocity impingement, contamination, and mechanical/electrical ground support equipment. You will coordinate the distribution and configuration management of integrated system analyses inputs/outputs across diverse technical areas, including dynamic environments, control dynamics, structural dynamics, aero-physics, thermal, avionics, and mission design trajectory and performance. Additionally, you will support the development of test plans and execution for risk reduction and requirement verification of spacecraft and launch vehicle hardware interfaces.

Responsibilities

  • Define, design, simulate, integrate, test, certify, and support cutting-edge products and services.
  • Design systems to meet demanding customer requirements.
  • Develop and build complex systems integration labs to verify designs.
  • Integrate various systems to create a seamless product for the customer.
  • Generate and verify interface requirements between the spacecraft and multiple launch vehicles.
  • Coordinate the distribution and configuration management of integrated system analyses inputs/outputs.
  • Support requirement allocation/flowdown to the launch vehicle system from the spacecraft functional areas.
  • Negotiate launch vehicle interface requirements that affect spacecraft design.
  • Support the development of test plans and test execution for risk reduction and requirement verification.
  • Manage closure plans and verification evidence for each interface requirement allocated to the spacecraft system.

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/launch vehicle design or launch operations.
  • Experience with spacecraft to launch vehicle 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.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

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
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