Senior Systems Engineer

Position overview: Ursa Major is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer within Mission Assurance to drive quality, reliability, and risk management in our propulsion systems. This role blends systems engineering and mission assurance to ensure our products meet the highest standards of performance and safety. You will work cross-functionally with design, test, manufacturing, and program teams to develop robust risk mitigation strategies and ensure successful mission execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement mission assurance processes to ensure product reliability and performance.
• Work directly with customer-facing operations teams to execute successful and safe test or flight campaigns
• Establish and maintain best practices for risk register management across different product lines.
• Work with design and product teams to find creative and efficient solutions to engineering challenges that ultimately reduce product risk.
• Support system-level risk analysis and mitigation; own and carry to closure system-level risks
• Lead root cause and corrective action (RCCA) investigations for product failures and quality issues.
• Work closely with test teams to evaluate performance and reliability data, as well as compliance and enforcement of Test Like You Fly philosophy.
• Perform system-level trade studies and analyses (ex. Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA), building fluid systems models) to develop system architecture concepts, with engine leads. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
• 4-8+ years of experience in mission assurance, systems engineering or propulsion.
• Experience with propulsion systems, launch vehicles, or defense aerospace programs. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Comprehensive knowledge of systems engineering processes, including requirements development and verification.
• Experience with risk analysis methods (FMEA, FHA, probabilistic risk assessment).
• Familiarity with aerospace industry standards (AS9100, NASA, MIL-STD, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with testing and validation of high-performance hardware.

Colorado law requires us to tell you the base compensation range of this role, which is $130,000- $160,000, determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. The salary range for this role is intentionally wide as we are evaluating individuals based on their unique experience and abilities to fit our needs. Most importantly, we are excited to meet you, and see if you are a great fit for our team. What we can’t quantify for you are the exciting challenges, supportive team, and amazing culture we enjoy.