Senior Advanced Systems Engineer

Acara Solutions seeks a Senior Advanced Systems Engineer for our client in Pittsburgh, PA.

• Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering or Science, Engineering or Mathematics.
• Minimum of 8 years of Space/Ground system architecture experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C) satellite to ground experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience driving the definition of Interface Control Documents (ICD).
• Minimum of 8 years of experience collaborating with multiple customers to define a standard solution.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience with space constellation systems.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience with ICD development and coordination to support space missions.
• Minimum of 8 years of Flight dynamics management experience (related to larger space constellations).
• Minimum of 8 years of Space ground antenna experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of OpenC3 experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of MDA program experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of Space constellation program operational experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of Spacecraft anomaly support experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of Constellation design experience.

• Master's Degree.
• Agile experience.
• Requirements analysis and decomposition into physical, functional, and logical views.
• Architecture decomposition and interface definition.
• System-level Technical Performance Measures (TPM) development and analysis, driving mission effectiveness with an ability to define segment budgets and system tradeoffs.
• Ability to derive system probabilistic analysis related to space ground systems and create and manage associated workbooks.
• Coordinate mission performance system design within an MBSE model.
• Drive interface definition development based on mission-derived technical performance measures.
• Space mission design and architecture (sensing, communication, payload management, mission data processing).
• System design change management and coordination.
• System thread design and CONOPs development.
• Collision avoidance, station keeping, orbit insertion, de-orbit, LEOPs support.
• Orbit determination methods.
• Space to ground contact planning.
• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) & Familiarity with MagicDraw.
• Requirements Management and Agile Development.
• Familiarity with standard enterprise interfaces (gRPC, Kafka, REST) and cloud architectures.
• Familiarity with flight dynamics management and space satellite systems.
• Cross-company collaborative design development.
• Managing customer requirements and coordination.
• Knowledge of CCSDS protocol.
• Knowledge of other standard enterprise interface methods (SNMP, gRPC).
• Knowledge of commercial cloud systems and enterprise interface protocols.
• Ability to create clear documentation to drive system development.
• RF and optical space communications.
• IP network knowledge.
• Knowledge of automated flight dynamics operational workflows (and related development).
• Knowledge of A.I. solutions, Freeflyer, or Meridian.
• Knowledge of constellation situation awareness and trending analysis methods and tools.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be needed to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
• Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), all employees assigned to this client must provide documentation verifying their status as a 'U.S. Person,' as defined in ITAR clause 120.15. A U.S. Person is a protected individual under the anti-discrimination provisions of U.S. immigration laws.