Terran Orbital is seeking an experienced Sr. Systems Integration Engineer to join our dynamic team. Reporting to the Manager, Systems Integration & Test the Sr. Systems Integration Engineer will work within a multidisciplinary team to build, integrate, and test space vehicles at both the sub-system and system levels.
This role is on our Weekday shift (Monday - Thursday) from 6:00AM - 4:30PM.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Design assembly and testing campaigns.
- Write, review, and execute assembly and test procedures.
- Manage work orders and drive nonconformances.
- Resolve electrical and mechanical issues, debugging at the satellite system and sub-system level.
- Responsible for enabling day-to-day execution of the vehicle integration and test flow.
- Evaluate proposed designs for manufacturability and integration.
- Interface with engineers and technicians to advance to larger-scale manufacturing and automation.
- Design and develop tools and hardware to enable vehicle assembly and ensure vehicle testing abilities.
- The position will require being hands-on and will require standing for extended periods.
- Able to work on multiple highly complex major projects requiring innovative, original solutions.
- Plans multiple projects simultaneously. Estimates, tracks, and completes project on time within budget.
- Results are key to successful completion of major projects and programs.
- Individual Contributor. Assigned multiresponsible task areas, may assign task to associate engineers or other engineers. Responsible for reviewing work.
- Is a subject matter expert on at least one system under specialty and with a detailed understanding of how multiple systems interact. Develops innovative solutions to unique problems. Professional abilities and technical accomplishments are recognized throughout the department.
- Works mostly independently with minimal supervision.
- Provides guidance to the group.
- Work is reviewed infrequently. Outcomes reviewed by department head.
- Exercises substantial initiative and judgment in work methods and in interpreting goals.
- Effectively train people outside work group.
- Able to give effective presentations to critical and high-level customers. Effectively represent work group on review panels and crossorganizational teams. Can write convincing proposals and reports with all necessary backup material for external consumption.
Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant STEM field
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
- U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance
Additional Differentiators
- Master's degree in a relevant STEM field
- Experience with assembly, integration, and testing of propulsion, thermal, electrical, and structural systems, including, but not limited to, vibration, shock, thermal, vacuum, and radiation testing.
- Experience with electrical debugging of PCB assemblies, including the ability to read electrical schematics
- Documentation and configuration management experience
- Experience writing test plans and procedures and providing go/no-go judgment
- Experience in a production environment within the aerospace industry, particularly a cleanroom with ESD precautions
- The ability to read and write basic code in any primary programming language
- Experience using Linux-based operating systems