Senior Advanced Systems Engineer

Acara Solutions seeks a Senior Advanced Systems Engineer for our client in Pittsburgh, PA.

• Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering or Science or Engineering or Mathematics.
• Minimum of 8 years of Space/Ground system architecture experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C) satellite to ground experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience driving the definition of Interface Control Documents (ICD).
• Minimum of 8 years of experience collaborating with multiple customers to define a standard solution.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience with space constellation systems.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience with ICD development and coordination to support space missions.
• Minimum of 8 years of Flight dynamics management experience (related to larger space constellations).

• Master's Degree.
• Agile experience.
• System-level Technical Performance Measures (TPM) development and analysis, driving mission effectiveness with an ability to define segment budgets and system tradeoffs.
• Ability to derive system probabilistic analysis related to space ground systems and create and manage associated workbooks.
• Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) & Familiarity with MagicDraw
• Systems Leadership and ability to direct a team of systems engineers
• Requirements Management and Agile Development
• Familiarity with common enterprise interfaces (gRPC, Kafka, REST) and cloud architectures
• Familiarity with flight dynamics management and space satellite systems
• Cross company collaborative design development
• Managing customer requirements and coordination
• Knowledge of CCSDS protocol
• Knowledge of other common enterprise interface methods (SNMP, gRPC)
• Knowledge of data archiving methods (elasticache)
• Flight dynamics management experience
• Space ground antenna experience
• OpenC3 experience
• MBSE experience
• Knowledge of commercial cloud systems and enterprise interface protocols
• MDA program experience
• Ability to create clear documentation to drive system development
• RF and optical space communications
• IP network knowledge
• Space constellation program operational experience
• Knowledge of automated flight dynamics operational workflows (and related development)
• Knowledge of A.I. solutions Freeflyer and Meridian
• Knowledge of constellation situation awareness and trending analysis methods and tools
• Spacecraft anomaly support experience
• Constellation design experience

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be needed to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
• Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), all employees assigned to this client must provide documentation verifying their status as a 'U.S. Person,' as defined in ITAR clause 120.15. A U.S. Person is a protected individual under the anti-discrimination provisions of U.S. immigration laws.