Senior Systems Engineer - Generalist and Test Lab
$125,000–$145,000 year
Hybrid · Tukwila, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Senior Systems Engineer at BlackSky responsible for definition, verification, assembly, and delivery of spacecraft, including leading development of internal and customer-facing SE deliverables, defining hardware-in-the-loop testbeds, managing spacecraft budgets/analyses, decomposing CONOPS into requirements, communicating results to engineers and program management, representing SE within IPTs, reviewing verification data, automating recurring analyses, developing verification/test plans, and overseeing suppliers with a hybrid on-site schedule in Tukwila, WA (3 days/week in office with flexible remote work). Required: BS in Engineering or equivalent, 5+ years in aerospace/defense, hands-on test lab experience, hardware/test rigor, satellite budgets/analyses, requirements management, Python/data analysis, and experience producing SE artifacts. Preferred: depth in at least one spacecraft subsystem, MBSE tools, Agile experience, and familiarity with Jama/DOORS/Jira/Confluence/GitLab. Benefits include comprehensive medical/dental/vision, PTO and holidays, 401(k) with match, FSA, stock purchase program, and professional development. Salary range: $125,000-$145,000 per year for Washington state.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Electrical, Aerospace, Systems, or Computer Science preferred) or equivalent experience
- Minimum of five years of experience in the Aerospace or Defense Industry
- at least two years in a hands-on role in an engineering test lab
- Strong foundation in hardware handling and test best practices
- Strong understanding of spacecraft and subsystem behaviors and dependencies
- Demonstrated ability to produce satellite budgets and analyses (power, mass, reliability, etc.)
- Proficient with requirements management practices
- Proficient with Python, or other similar tools for data analysis
- Experience developing systems engineering artifacts: Interface Control Documents, Internal block diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, state machines, etc.
- Strong sense of ownership and innate sense of urgency
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