Senior Systems Engineer Verified today

Role Overview

As Senior Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for the technical outcome of complex space missions. You will be the overall technical lead responsible for 'building the right thing' and 'building it right'. This includes managing system requirements, technical budgets, and sub-system interfaces, and ensuring sufficient verification and testing of the system.

You will be the mission's technical lead for both Spire-internal and external teams (customer, contractor, etc), working collaboratively to resolve technical discrepancies in requirements, specifications, or system performance. You will also act as the technical point of contact for Spire's global customers during mission development phases and through on-orbit validation.

Responsibilities

• Take overall technical ownership of Spire Space and/or Ground Systems from technical development through on-orbit verification
• Lead requirements management for a given mission or program, including development, validation, verification, and change management
• Lead technical risk management for a given mission or program, including identification, qualification, mitigation, and resolution
• Develop top-level requirements and flow-down to lower-levels, consulting with discipline team-leads and subject matter experts
• Serve as the primary Spire technical point of contact to customers and contractors
• Serve as the customer's technical representative to Spire-internal teams
• Develop working knowledge of Spire's satellite platforms, operations systems, and payloads (both Spire and customer-developed), including customer APIs and software service interfaces
• Proactively communicate to program/project managers where changes in scope, requirements, expected system performance, or development outcomes impact the mission
• Develop, deliver, and maintain mission documentation required to support programs or missions for internal and external audiences
• Support the sales engineering team in the development of technical concepts, budgets, feasibility assessments, requirements, and scope

Basic Qualifications

• BSc in Engineering, Computer Science, equivalent STEM-related subject, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience working in a technical engineering discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Controls, RF Communications, etc) or as a systems engineer for complex integrated systems
• Comprehensive understanding of space systems, concepts of operations, and remote systems operation

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a space systems engineer working across engineering disciplines
• Experience developing or integrating RF and optical payloads
• Experience participating in architecture and design of digital systems including ground station networks, data distribution and data processing systems, and spacecraft data handling systems
• Experience coordinating or leading diverse technical teams spanning multiple engineering disciplines and time zones
• Strong interpersonal skills for building relationships with clients and communicating with cross-functional teams
• Strong comprehension skills to enable timely understanding of complex customer requirements and identification of thorough solutions
• Experience in satellite mission design, development, and testing with understanding of major mission design trades and scope drivers (power, payload duty cycle, communications systems, data budgets, ground stations, launch and environmental loads, EMI/EMC, thermal management)

Work Environment

Spire operates a hybrid work model. This position requires a minimum of three days per week in the office in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Access to US export-controlled software and/or technology may be required for this role. If needed, Spire will arrange the necessary licenses.