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# Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Agile Space Industries
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Hardware Design, Systems Development Life Cycle, Requirements Management, Software Requirements Analysis, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Jama (Software)
- **Published:** October 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_beb7b5701

## About the Role

Required Qualifications - Senior Engineer I

 * B.S. in Engineering or related technical field (or equivalent experience)
 * 6+ years of experience driving systems development in aerospace or related technical field
 * Experience with liquid propellent rocket engine or thruster hardware development programs
 * Strong understanding of propulsion systems, fluid systems, and system integration challenges
 * Demonstrated experience in requirements definition, decomposition, and management
 * Experience leading or supporting verification and validation planning and execution through hardware development lifecycles
 * Experience supporting gated design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR, and TRR)/product lifecycle
 * Experience working with customers (government or commercial)
 * Ability to drive system-level decision making and cross-functional alignment
 * Experience with requirements management tools (e.g., JAMA or similar)

Required Qualifications - Senior Engineer II

 * All qualifications listed above, plus:
 * 8+ years of experience driving systems development in aerospace or related technical field
 * Demonstrated experience leading advanced technical efforts across teams with a deep system-level understanding
 * Demonstrated ability to define roadmaps and ability to simplify complexity for others while ensuring high-quality execution., * Experience developing space flight hardware with a comprehensive understanding of space design best practices.
 * Experience with test plan development and hot fire testing of rocket engines, especially monopropellant and bipropellant liquid rocket engines.
 * Experienced in leading failure investigations and root cause analysis
 * Familiarity with NASA or other relevant industry standards.
 * Familiarity with Range Safety requirements, such as AFSPCMAN 91-710, and process of tailoring industry standard specification to a specific application
 * Experience with leading teams and working with Government customers.
 * Experience with Propulsion Systems Engineering is desired.
 * Clear and concise presentation skills.
 * Demonstrated experience with risk and opportunity management activities and strategies

Physical Requirements: Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

## Description

* Work directly with customers to define mission objectives, CONOPS, and system success criteria
 * Translate mission needs into clear, testable system requirements and maintain end-to-end traceability through delivery
 * Lead system architecture development and trade studies, including evaluation of performance, risk, cost, and schedule impacts
 * Ensure consistency and integration across propulsion, structures, avionics, thermal, fluids, and manufacturing interfaces
 * Lead the definition, planning, and execution of the verification and validation approach, including qualification plans and acceptance test procedures (ATP)
 * Ensure verification is tied directly to requirements and planned early in the development lifecycle
 * Lead and support gated product development reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, etc.)
 * Identify, track, and drive closure of technical risks, interface issues, and system gaps
 * Independently analyze system performance and recommend design or architecture changes as needed
 * Facilitate communication between customers, internal teams, and suppliers, ensuring clear understanding of system intent, constraints, and decisions
 * Support failure investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions
 * Contribute to improving systems engineering processes, tools, and execution across programs