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United Launch Alliance

Rockets for national security and NASA

Systems Engineer 3

Spacecraft & Launch Vehicle SystemsUpdated on Nov 14
Full-timeCentennial, CO, USA$99.6k - $166k

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field from an accredited college or university is required.
  • A minimum of 4 years of related work experience is required.
  • Strong technical depth in one or more engineering domains relevant to launch vehicles, such as propulsion, structures, avionics, flight software, or ground software.
  • Experience generating, allocating, and verifying requirements.
  • Experience leading cross-functional technical efforts.
  • Experience preparing for and participating in major design or gate reviews.
  • Ability to influence technical direction without formal authority.

Responsibilities

  • Function as an independent integrator with cross-technology airborne development teams.
  • Lead evaluation of customer and operational needs and drive requirements development, allocation, integration, and verification planning.
  • Conduct technical analyses, fishbone analyses, failure mode and effects analyses, system performance assessments, and integration studies.
  • Lead subsystem-level trade studies, develop technical recommendations, and present results to leadership.
  • Support and guide cross-functional resolution of technical issues.
  • Develop and maintain architecture, verification logic, and cross-discipline technical data.
  • Support program execution planning and risk, issue, and opportunity management.
  • Prepare content for major design reviews, including SRR, PDR, and CDR, and influence technical decision-making.
  • Scale systems engineering rigor appropriately based on project maturity and risk.
  • Drive incremental value, support iterative planning, and collaborate closely with cross-functional Agile teams.

Desired Qualifications

  • Demonstrated proficiency in digital engineering or model-based systems engineering, including architecture modeling, behavioral modeling, or requirements-to-model traceability.
  • Ability to diagnose integration challenges across subsystems using strong engineering fundamentals.
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to translate technical data into actionable conclusions.
  • Experience with tools such as Teamcenter, DOORS, Cameo/MagicDraw, MATLAB/Simulink, or similar tools to produce technically credible engineering outputs.
  • Experience mentoring early-career engineers or leading focused technical activities.
  • Experience working within Agile frameworks such as Scrum and contributing to Agile ceremonies and team workflows.

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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