Sr. Systems Engineer

Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) is leading the way in the New Space revolution! Our state-of-the-art systems are currently on missions from low Earth orbit to the Moon, near earth asteroids, and to Mars. We create high-reliability spacecraft with significantly greater performance, much smaller size and at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We are involved in a wide range of projects for academic, commercial, and government applications. Join our innovative and dynamic company, as we build the small spacecraft of the future.

Position Purpose: This Senior Systems Engineer will be working in a team environment, with frequent opportunities for customer engagement, new business development, concept design, mission formulation, system analysis, and detailed design, analysis, integration, tests, verification, and on-orbit operations.

Title: Senior Systems Engineer

Position Type: Full Time

Pay Range: $114,000 - $160,000

Location: Boulder, CO

Benefits:

• 100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a 5% contribution)
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain technical budgets for vehicle
• Develop and manage system requirements and verification
• Develop simulations and perform analysis across vehicle
• Develop test methods and plans for new
• Develop, in collaboration with team members, interface specifications, CONOPS definition, and other design documents.
• Lead customer meetings and facilitate technical exchanges with
• Lead proposal activities and facilitate technical exchanges with the engineering
• Work closely with program management and product
• Lead and execute complicated flight programs that meet technical
• Work closely with other contractors/teammates in meeting customer
• Collaborate with other technical program leads and diverse domain
• Allocate driving requirements (balancing cost and technical)
• Execute or managekeytrades
• Provide mentoring for more junior Systems
• Ensure all business is conducted using the highest ethical standards and in compliance with all applicable laws, statutes, and regulations as well as company policies and directives
• Work closely with customer to help define their needs and provide competitive solutions
• Develop winning competitive solutions for the customer
• May include personnel management responsibilities
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Required Qualifications/Education:

• 7+ years' experience with all phases of the program life cycle (business development, mission formulation, requirements flow-down, manufacturing, integration and test, and on-orbit operations)
• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Engineering, Science, or related technical field
• Demonstrated responsibility for space hardware missions for Commercial, Defense, Restricted, or NASA satellites
• Experience as a spacecraft systems engineer or subsystem engineer
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work with and communicate with all levels of management and team member contributors on the program
• Thorough understanding of the Systems Engineering development lifecycle and change management process
• Demonstrated engineering experience with a track record of results
• Good documentation and communication skills
• System design experience, balancing performance, cost, power, emerging technologies,
• Ability to perform trade studies and parametric analyses
• Ability to develop procurement documents (specification, SOW) and manage subcontracts
• Ability to conceive and develop configurable products across a diverse set of customer needs
• Ability to establish innovative, balanced technical and cost solutions
• Strong systems engineering and technical management skills and demonstrated ability to grow new business opportunities and execute demanding flight programs
• Ability to work rapidly with minimal supervision on projects involving both small and large engineering teams
• Experience in systems engineering functions including operations concept development, System and product design, requirements management, technical risk management, interface definition and control
• Ability to obtain a security clearance
• Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education

Working Conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time. The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Blue Canyon Technologies is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other protected factor. Blue Canyon Technologies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Melissa Po at 720-450-8252 or [email protected].