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About Star Catcher
Star Catcher is building the world's first orbital energy grid: the Star Catcher Network. Spacecraft connect to the network and receive conditioned power via existing solar arrays with no retrofit needed, enabling more uptime, bandwidth, and mission capability.
The Role
You will lead and oversee the development, integration, and testing of complex space systems for space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and the Star Catcher Network.
Responsibilities
- Plan, design, develop and verify space systems using an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach
- Evaluate operational and customer needs to define system performance requirements and ensure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces
- Perform analyses to optimize system architecture for affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, and certification
- Support requirements management processes, risk management, issues tracking, opportunity management and technology readiness assessment
- Plan and conduct tests to validate systems meet performance criteria and regulatory standards
- Integrate systems into spacecraft and satellites, ensuring material compatibility with design specifications
- Create and maintain detailed documentation of system designs, testing procedures, and project status
- Manage project timelines, resources, and budgets for systems engineering tasks
- Support business development efforts for proposals and bids
Required Experience
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or related field
- At least 5 years of systems engineering experience in aerospace manufacturing or relevant industry
- Creative problem-solving skills and capability to develop innovative solutions to advanced engineering challenges
- Experience leading the development of space systems for challenging environments and missions
- Experience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)
- Experience with NASA/DoD lifecycle reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR)
- Experience with requirement tracking tools
Desired Skills
- Familiarity with configuration management practices
- Effective communication and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills
- Broad background in systems engineering
- Experience using software tools for complex analyses (Excel, MatLab, custom tools)
Requirements
Master's or PhD preferred. Background check required. You must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State to comply with ITAR regulations.
Star Catcher is an Equal Opportunity Employer.