Systems Engineer - Space Plane

Our Mission - to fly to space twice in a day.

This is a substantial, complex project and we are looking for someone with strong technical experience and a track record of exceeding expectations.

What you will do:

• Systems engineering on mission and system level including system product breakdown, and system sizing
• Work closely with the project manager, system and sub-system owners, design engineers and operations
• Use, improve and implement mission analysis tools
• Author, review and maintain technical documentation
• Collaborate with domain experts
• Define and manage requirements
• Define system interfaces and co-ordinate system and sub-system collaborations
• Co-ordinate system assembly, integration, and verification
• Support the flow of information from design through simulation and into final system verification, and mission flight.

Requirements

What you will bring:

• An advanced qualification in Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or similar
• At least 5 years of experience in Systems Engineering, or engineering on a vehicle or platform with a variety of systems.
• Experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams
• Great communication skills
• Great knowledge of varied engineering disciplines
• Ability to effectively and appropriately balance performance, resource use, risk, cost and schedule
• Ability to work in an R&D environment
• Critical thinking skills
• Work well in high pressure environments
• Detail oriented
• High level of integrity.

It would be great if you also have:

• Design experience
• Manufacture experience
• Testing experience
• Knowledge of flight dynamics
• Aerodynamics analysis
• Familiarity with aircraft and space system design standards
• Space launch system experience

About Dawn Aerospace

Our mission is to accelerate the next generation of space users with scalable and sustainable ways to deliver the things they care about from Earth to Space, and from Space to everywhere else. We’re building a spaceplane, a cutting-edge launch vehicle that combines the performance of a rocket with the rapid reusability and economic model of an aircraft. We’re also the fastest-growing supplier of green propulsion systems for satellites in the world. Our turnkey systems manoeuvre satellites in space and deorbit them at the end of their lifetimes.

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Important!

For security reasons background checks will be undertaken prior to any employment offers being made to an applicant. These checks will include nationality checks as it is a requirement of this position that you be eligible to access export-controlled information.

If you think you have what it takes, but are unsure that you check every box, we still want to hear from you.