Level 3 Communications, Inc

Lead, Systems Engineering - Space Vehicle Bus Integration & Test

Level 3 Communications, Inc$120K — $145K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree and 9+ years of experience, or Master's Degree and 7+ years, or 13+ years of relevant experience without a degree.
  • Proven systems engineering expertise in space-vehicle bus systems, including interface ownership.
  • Strong knowledge of subsystems: electrical power, attitude control, and telemetry.
  • Experience with requirements development and test execution in hardware programs.
  • Leadership experience with suppliers and multidisciplinary teams addressing technical challenges.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain SAP access.

Responsibilities

  • Lead planning and execution of Space Vehicle bus integration and testing.
  • Act as the main technical contact for bus and telemetry suppliers, setting baseline standards and resolving issues.
  • Coordinate environmental testing, including readiness reviews and data analysis.
  • Maintain traceability of requirements and assess change impacts across systems.
  • Investigate and resolve anomalies and technical risks effectively.
  • Collaborate with various engineering teams to ensure successful transitions through developmental phases.
  • Report on technical status and mentor engineers in effective integration and testing practices.

Benefits

  • Flexible work schedule with a 9/80 workweek.
  • Opportunities for professional mentorship and development.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology in space vehicle systems.
  • Collaborative environment with diverse engineering teams.
  • Support for obtaining necessary security clearances and training.
Full Job Description
Job Title: Lead, Systems Engineering - Space Vehicle Bus Integration & Test

Job Code: 42141

Job Location: Palm Bay, Florida

Job Schedule: 9/80 Regular

Job Description:

This technical-lead role provides Space Vehicle bus integration and test leadership for Moog buses. The lead is the primary technical coordinator for bus and TT&C suppliers, directs Bus environmental verification test readiness and execution, and integrates bus-level requirements, interfaces, verification, and anomaly resolution across the development, integration, and production lifecycle.

Essential Functions:

  • Lead SV-bus I&T planning and execution across electrical power, attitude control, TT&C, C&DH, and other bus-to-payload/system interfaces.
  • Serve as the technical point of contact for bus and TT&C suppliers; establish technical baselines, flow down requirements, resolve interface issues, and contribute to supplier and program technical reviews.
  • Coordinate Bus environmental verification test readiness, integration, test procedures, readiness reviews, test-data disposition, and closure of verification evidence.
  • Maintain requirements, interface, and verification traceability; assess impacts of changes across bus, payload, ground, and mission interfaces.
  • Lead investigation and resolution of anomalies, nonconformances, and technical risks, including root-cause/corrective-action closure and lessons learned.
  • Partner with systems engineering, hardware, software, quality, manufacturing, and operations teams to transition bus capabilities through first-unit build, development test, integration, and production.
  • Communicate technical status, decisions, risks, and recovery plans to program leadership and customers; mentor engineers in disciplined I&T execution.


Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience; Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
  • Demonstrated experience in space-vehicle bus systems engineering, integration, and test, including technical ownership of subsystem and system interfaces.
  • Working knowledge of SV bus subsystems such as electrical power, attitude control, TT&C, C&DH, structures, thermal, and avionics, with the ability to resolve cross-domain interface issues.
  • Experience with requirements development and flowdown, interface management, verification planning and execution, test readiness, and test-data review in a hardware development program.
  • Experience leading or coordinating suppliers and multidisciplinary engineering teams through technical decisions, anomaly resolution, and corrective actions.
  • Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) access, as required


Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Experience with DOORS, RVTM, or comparable requirements and verification-traceability tools.
  • Experience with model-based systems engineering, SysML, or architecture models used to manage SV interfaces.
  • Experience coordinating environmental, development, qualification, acceptance, or production test for space-vehicle hardware.
  • Experience preparing for and conducting system, supplier, test-readiness, and flight-readiness reviews.
  • Experience with supplier technical management, failure review, root-cause/corrective-action methods, and risk-recovery planning.

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