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System Engineer

ICEYE US
Irvine, QAT
Full Time
Senior
Onsite
5 days ago
Systems EngineeringFMEARequirements DecompositionVerification & ValidationRadar/RFAvionics
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Role Description

  • ICEYE US is developing next generation spaceborne SAR radar payloads and needs a Systems Engineer / Architect to own the full systems engineering lifecycle — from mission concept through flight readiness.
  • This role sits within the Space Systems team and is the single point of accountability for payload level architecture, requirements, verification, and reliability.
  • You will work daily with RF, digital, and mechanical design engineers, the software team, and program leadership to ensure the payloads are designed, built, and verified to meet mission objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain the payload system architecture including avionics.
  • Decompose mission and system level requirements into subsystem and interface specifications; maintain full traceability through verification closure
  • Lead FMEA and reliability analyses at system and subsystem level; identify single point failures and drive redundancy or mitigation decisions
  • Design the fault management architecture including FDIR strategies, safe modes, and anomaly response aligned to mission ConOps
  • Establish and track Technical Performance Measures (mass, power, thermal, link, data rate budgets); flag margin erosion and drive resolution
  • Own the V&V strategy and map every requirement to its verification method (test, analysis, inspection, demonstration) across design gates (PDR → CDR → TRR → FRR)
  • Develop and refine mission ConOps including orbit geometry, imaging modes, duty cycles, and ground segment interfaces
  • Define and control inter subsystem and payload to bus ICDs.
  • Collaborate with software engineers on embedded flight software architecture, command/telemetry definitions, and mode transitions
  • Partner with the product team to translate product roadmap objectives into system level technical requirements and trade spaces.
  • Support and present at formal design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, MRR, FRR) with complete artifact packages
  • Perform system level budget and trade analyses to inform make vs buy, design margin, and cost schedule performance decisions

Required Qualifications

  • 7+ years of systems engineering experience on space, radar, or avionics programs with at least 2 years in a system architect role
  • 5+ years Demonstrated experience leading FMEAs and reliability analyses for flight hardware.
  • 5+ years of hands on experience with requirements decomposition, management, and verification closure.
  • 2+ years working knowledge of radar or RF.
  • 5+ years experience defining and tracking system level budgets (link, mass, power, thermal) through full design lifecycle
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission design and performance analysis
  • Background in fault management / FDIR design for LEO or MEO missions
  • Familiarity with embedded flight software concepts (FPGA, real time OS, command/telemetry protocols)
  • Experience with avionics bus architectures (SpaceWire, MIL STD 1553, CAN, SPI/LVDS)
  • Exposure to NASA (NPR 7123) or DO 178, DO 330
  • Experience supporting or leading qualification and acceptance test campaigns for space hardware
  • Understanding of manufacturing readiness and production transition for space hardware.
  • Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline

Pay Range And Compensation Package

  • The estimated base salary range for this role is $145K $175K depending on experience
  • Other benefits include health coverage, flexible PTO, a friendly work environment, plus extra fun perks!

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