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Flight Vehicle Systems Engineer

Lunar Outpost
Golden, CO Full Time
POSTED ON 11/7/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/6/2025
Are you passionate about shaping the future of humanity's presence in space? Lunar Outpost, an industry leader in space robotics and planetary vehicles, invites you to join our team! Lunar Outpost is dedicated to creating a permanent presence in space, while also driving positive impacts here on Earth. We are currently seeking a Flight Vehicle Systems Engineer to contribute to our mission in a dynamic startup environment. As a Flight Vehicle Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting the design, integration, and verification of NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work with subsystem leads to assess design against technical performance measures (TPMs) to ensure healthy design margins
  • Manage technical budgets, including mass, power, interface utilization, and others
  • Lead development of select cross-cutting vehicle designs in collaboration with subsystem leads
  • Develop and maintain internal and external interface control documents (ICDs)
  • Participate in the creation of analysis plans and test plans in accordance with verification and validation methodologies, and support documentation of test events and traceability back to requirements
  • Perform system-level modeling and analysis to optimize design performance, reliability, and safety
  • Assist with management of engineering documentation, including Master Equipment Lists, BOMs, Design Data Books, etc.
  • Ensure design and process compliance with applicable NASA standards
  • Collaborate with NASA Insight members in recurring working group sessions

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, or aerospace engineering or related discipline
  • 5 years of experience in Systems Engineering
  • Strong understanding of spacecraft subsystems, including flight hardware and flight software
  • Demonstrated experience in requirements management, interface control, and verification planning
  • Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering practices and tools, like Cameo
  • Experience using requirements management tools like DOORS or Jama
  • Self-motivated, focused, and driven to meet critical deadlines
  • Excellent organization and time management skills
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • U.S. Person

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Class A spaceflight missions, human space flight, or human-rated vehicle development
  • Prior experience with ITAR/EAR compliance documentation and handling export-controlled technical data
  • Previous experience in mission operations, integration, and test campaign design and execution

Any offer of employment for this position is conditional upon Lunar Outpost receiving the LTVS Phase II contract from NASA. If the contract is not awarded to Lunar Outpost, this offer will be considered null and void, without further obligation to Lunar Outpost.

Lunar Outpost is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against protected characteristics (gender, age, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, disability, veteran status). We want all employees (including executives and HR) to treat others with respect and professionalism.

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