Sr. Manager, Software Systems Engineering
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JobgetherAerospace and satellite systems
Fully remote working opportunities for eligible candidates across the United States, subject to approved work locations.Full-TimeManager
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Job Details
- Experience
- At least 20 years of relevant professional experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 18 years with a Master's degree.
- Required Skills
- AgileSCRUM
Requirements
- Hold a bachelor's degree in STEM or a related scientific discipline and have at least 20 years of relevant professional experience, or hold a relevant STEM master's degree and have at least 18 years.
- Have extensive experience with aerospace hardware and software systems across the complete engineering lifecycle, from conceptual design through operations.
- Have experience managing engineering professionals and leading multidisciplinary teams on complex aerospace or space technology programs.
- Demonstrate expert understanding of space mission architectures, including launch systems, flight operations, CONOPS, and user interfaces.
- Bring strong systems architecture design, development, and validation experience, including software and functional specifications and verification planning.
- Have hands-on experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS or comparable platforms.
- Know requirements definition, decomposition, allocation, verification, and validation methodologies, including Requirements Verification and Traceability Matrices.
- Demonstrate ability to lead complex technical projects, manage competing priorities, and coordinate activities across multiple programs.
- Be familiar with Agile and Scrum methodologies, including related tools, workflows, and project management practices.
- Have leadership, delegation, mentoring, and team-building experience with multidisciplinary teams.
- Be able to work in multicultural, cross-functional, fast-paced technical environments and deliver high-quality engineering outcomes.
- Be willing to travel periodically for less than 20% of working time, including to US facilities and partner locations and occasionally internationally.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the Software Systems Engineering team across concurrent programs and development phases, from proposals and design through delivery and on-orbit support.
- Provide technical leadership and direction for software systems engineering activities aligned with program objectives, technical requirements, and mission needs.
- Oversee Software Design Architecture Requirement Documents, engineering specifications, use cases, software specifications, and architectural documentation.
- Establish and manage requirements traceability, decomposition, allocation, and flow-down throughout the systems engineering lifecycle.
- Direct software and system-level verification planning and ensure requirements are validated against program standards.
- Oversee troubleshooting and resolution of flight hardware issues, software challenges, and anomalies found during testing and integration.
- Improve software systems engineering tools, processes, methodologies, and practices, while coordinating resources and technical activities across programs.
- Develop spacecraft products and long-term product roadmaps, contribute to proposal and business capture activities, and mentor engineering professionals.
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