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Senior Systems Engineer I
Rocket Lab Corporation
Tucson, USA
Onsite
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Systems engineeringElectrical architectureSubsystem integrationControls developmentRequirements managementVerification and validation
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Role Overview
Rocket Lab Optical Systems develops optical and infrared solutions for Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers.
The Senior Systems Engineer I will support the full lifecycle of advanced space payloads for Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The role is based in Tucson, Arizona and supports airborne and space-based systems.
Key Skills for This Role
Systems engineeringElectrical architectureSubsystem integrationControls developmentRequirements managementVerification and validation
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About Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems for space missions.
The Space Systems division develops complete spacecraft, payloads, and components including solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separation systems, and radios.
Role Overview
Rocket Lab Optical Systems develops optical and infrared solutions for Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers.
The Senior Systems Engineer I will support the full lifecycle of advanced space payloads for Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The role is based in Tucson, Arizona and supports airborne and space-based systems.
Responsibilities
- Support system architecture for optical instruments, subsystems, and payloads, emphasizing electrical architecture and controls integration.
- Define and manage system requirements, interface definitions, control functions, subsystem interactions, and system performance.
- Develop architecture descriptions, interface documents, concepts of operations, state and mode descriptions, test plans, and verification artifacts.
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