SYS Engineer I

The Systems Engineer I supports, at an entry level, designing, implementing, and maintaining complex systems to support program and organizational goals.

Sample duties may include:

• Support technical and systems engineering tasks for RVE Program Managers, Deputy PMs, Chief Engineers, Systems Engineers, or other designated leads.

• Support development of government flight experiment and space technology requirements, mission scope, design tradeoffs, CONOPS, conceptual designs, and mission analyses.

• Perform analyses and evaluations through experimental testing, modeling/simulation, and engineering analysis.

• Prepare documentation for systems engineering activities, including input into Government Reference Designs.

• Support MBSE: model development, evaluation, and testing throughout program life cycle.

• Support modeling and simulation tasks across the program life cycle.

• Support specialized systems engineering (mechanical, thermal, electrical, structural) for spacecraft and balloon designs.

• Support development of space technology and flight experiment requirements, design, and ICDs.

• Support program management tasks: technical meetings, reviews, off-sites, and conferences.

• Provide analytical, systems engineering, and administrative support to the University Nanosatellite Program (UNP).

• Travel to other Government agencies and contractor locations for design and test reviews, briefings, conferences, and meetings.

• Prepare and present monthly status reports on activity and document lessons learned.

• Provide direct analytical, technician, and systems engineering support to the RVE AI&T Infrastructure Lead(s).

• Draft, prepare, revise, and review design documentation; participate in reviews; conduct reliability and performance assessments.

• Provide direct analytical, systems engineering, and technical support to the RVE Operations Cadre lead.

• Support flight experiment mission and operations planning: procedures, CONOPS, LEOps, simulator/ground testing, ops center planning, training, IPT participation, scripting, antenna network onboarding, and crew logistics.

• Provide surge capability within unexpected or tightened program constraints.