Satellite Systems Engineer

GeoLogics is helping a top Aerospace and Defense client looking for an Engineering Satellite Systems Engineer in Pittsburgh, PA

Satellite System Engineer

Client: A top Aerospace and Defense Company

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

A long term contract

Education: Bachelor s Degree required

Rate: $80 to $85.25 per hour on a W2 non-benefitted contract

Job Description

• Space/Ground system architecture experience with proven Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) skills
• Requirements analysis and decomposition into physical, functional, and logical views
• Architecture decomposition and interface definition
• System level Technical Performance Measures (TPM) development and analysis driving mission effectiveness with an ability to define segment budgets and system tradeoffs
• Ability to derive system probabilistic analysis related to space ground systems and create and manage associated workbooks
• Coordinate mission performance system design within an MBSE model
• Drive interface definition development based on mission derived technical performance measures
• Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C) satellite to ground experience
• Strong experience with driving the definition of Interface Control Documents (ICD)
• Experience collaborating with multiple customers to define a common solution
• Experience with space constellation systems
• Space mission design and architecture (sensing, communication, payload management, mission data processing)
• Experience with ICD development and coordination to support space missions
• System design change management and coordination
• System thread design and CONOPs development
• Flight dynamics management experience (preferably related to larger space constellations)
• Collision avoidance, station keeping, orbit insertion, de-orbit, LEOPs support
• Orbit determination methods
• Space to ground contact planning

What sets you apart:

• Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) & Familiarity with MagicDraw
• Requirements Management and Agile Development
• Familiarity with common enterprise interfaces (gRPC, Kafka, REST, etc.) and cloud architecture
• Familiarity with flight dynamics management and space satellite systems
• Cross company collaborative design development
• Managing customer requirements and coordination
• Knowledge of CCSDS protocol
• Knowledge of other common enterprise interface methods (i.e. SNMP, gRPC)
• Flight dynamics management experience
• Space ground antenna experience
• OpenC3 experience
• MBSE experience
• Knowledge of commercial cloud systems and enterprise interface protocols
• MDA program experience
• Ability to create clear documentation to drive system development
• RF and optical space communications
• IP network knowledge
• Space constellation program operational experience
• Knowledge of automated flight dynamics operational workflows (and related development)
• Knowledge of A.I. solutions Freeflyer and/or Meridian
• Knowledge of constellation situation awareness and trending analysis methods and tools
• Spacecraft anomaly support experience
• Constellation design experience

If interested in learning more, please send an updated resume to , and I will call back with more information.

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