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United Launch Alliance

Rockets for national security and NASA

Systems Engineer 2

Spacecraft & Launch Vehicle SystemsUpdated on Nov 14
Full-timeCentennial, CO, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field from an accredited college or university.
  • At least two years of related work experience.
  • Foundational technical depth in at least one engineering discipline relevant to launch vehicles, such as propulsion, structures, avionics, flight software, or ground software.
  • Ability to interpret engineering data and contribute to technical problem solving.
  • Experience with requirements development, traceability, or verification.
  • Familiarity with system design reviews, including SRR, PDR, and CDR.
  • Strong technical writing and presentation skills.
  • Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary, fast-paced technical teams.

Responsibilities

  • Support cross-functional integration on airborne system development teams.
  • Assist in evaluating customer and operational needs and contribute to the development, allocation, and integration of system requirements.
  • Perform systems engineering tasks such as requirements decomposition and traceability, system analyses, trade study inputs, and test documentation.
  • Participate in integration and verification activities, including data review, test support, and verification planning.
  • Support development of operational processes, risk and issue tracking, and configuration-controlled artifacts.
  • Apply appropriately scaled systems engineering rigor based on project maturity and risk.
  • Contribute effectively within Agile teams using iterative development, rapid learning cycles, and collaboration-focused workflows.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience contributing to subsystem integration or development activities.
  • Exposure to Agile development practices, such as stand-ups, backlog refinement, and iterative planning, and willingness to develop an Agile mindset.
  • Exposure to digital engineering or Model-Based Systems Engineering principles, such as SysML basics and requirements-to-model traceability.
  • Experience with tools such as Teamcenter.

About the Company

United Launch Alliance

Rockets for national security and NASA

ULA builds launch vehicles for national security, NASA and commercial space missions. Its rockets are designed to reach challenging and distant orbits and deliver highly accurate payload insertions, offering wide orbital flexibility for different mission profiles. The company’s approach centers on providing reliable, direct-to-orbit capabilities tailored to meet customers’ needs for secure national missions, space agency programs, and commercial launches. The goal is to expand access to space by offering dependable, precise launches that can place payloads into the specific orbits required by each mission.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$1.6B
Headquarters
Centennial, CO
Founded
2006

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