Senior Mission Engineer

As a Senior Mission Engineer, you will serve as one of the technical and programmatic leaders responsible for delivering successful lunar and deep-space missions. Working within the Mission Management organization, you will integrate engineering, program execution, and mission objectives to ensure the spacecraft is delivered within technical, cost, schedule, and mission performance constraints.

Mission Engineers are responsible for making mission-level technical and programmatic recommendations by coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the complete spacecraft lifecycle—from mission concept through launch and mission operations.

Unlike traditional subsystem or systems engineering roles, Mission Engineers maintain a mission-wide perspective and balance competing technical, schedule, cost, and risk considerations to achieve overall mission success.

If you are;

• Systems thinker who naturally considers mission success above subsystem optimization.

• Strong technical leadership with the ability to influence without direct authority.

• Excellent judgment when balancing technical performance, cost, schedule, and mission risk.

• Ability to make timely, data-driven decisions under uncertainty.

• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment with evolving mission priorities.

• Passion for advancing lunar exploration and enabling successful space missions.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

• Minimum 7 years of experience leading the design, development, verification, or operation of at least one spacecraft subsystem, such as:

  • GNC

  • Communications

  • Propulsion

  • Thermal

  • Structures & Mechanisms

  • Avionics/CDH

  • Electrical Power System

  • Flight Software

  • Payload Engineering

  • Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary technical activities beyond a single subsystem.

  • Strong understanding of the complete spacecraft development lifecycle.

  • Experience participating in major engineering design reviews.

  • Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

• 10+ years of experience in Mission Engineering, Spacecraft Systems Engineering, Technical Program Leadership, or Chief Engineering roles.

• Experience leading mission-level technical decisions involving multiple engineering disciplines.

• Experience managing or influencing project cost, schedule, technical performance, and risk.

• Experience developing mission architectures, ConOps, and mission requirements.

• Experience with spacecraft integration, environmental testing, launch campaigns, and mission operations.

• Familiarity with ECSS, NASA, ISO 15288, or INCOSE systems engineering practices.

• Experience with MBSE methodologies and digital engineering tools.

• Experience working with international development teams and commercial suppliers.

• Experience with lunar, planetary, or deep-space exploration missions is highly desirable.