Develop a complete mission concept based on customer needs.
Perform mission-level analysis and own all top-level mission budgets.
Requirements definition and design for the mission and a variety of mission payloads.
Leverage software tools and/or writing code to explore engineering trade studies and answer system design questions.
Understand key metrics and spacecraft and payload design trades.
Perform spacecraft performance and constellation configuration evaluation.
Collaborate with other discipline engineers and scientists to ensure the product meets objectives.

B.S. or higher degree in a related engineering field plus 12 years of experience working with space missions.
Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills.
Dedication to drawing conclusions based on the most important factors and data available.
Spacecraft design experience.
Space mission design experience.
Software skills in one or more of Python, Julia, Matlab, C, C++.
Travel to the Mountain View facility to support in-person meetings, build, and test.
Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week.
Active TS/SCI.

Principal Mission Architect

Key skills