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Principal Systems Engineer
Job Posted: 3 days ago
Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Oxfordshire
Expire in: 25 days
Job Description
We are seeking an exceptional Principal Systems Engineer to join a pioneering team developing next-generation in-space systems. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to complex space missions, including full spacecraft lifecycle development from concept through prototyping, detailed design, integration, testing, launch, and operations.
About the Role
As Principal Systems Engineer, you will provide expert insight, practical problem-solving, and technical leadership across multiple flight development programmes. You will work closely with colleagues and partners across Europe to establish robust system architectures, define clear requirements, and enable innovative satellite servicing missions.
You will draw on your breadth of experience developing complex systems within budget and on schedule, bringing passion for space systems engineering, whether across large or small space missions, or other technically challenging projects.
Key Responsibilities
Define system architecture for spacecraft, interfacing with all subsystem leads, external partners, and key suppliers
Perform analysis and modelling of spacecraft systems
Manage development schedules, system requirements, and design budgets
Guide systems engineering processes and facilitate technical trades across disciplines
Control and trade-off platform systems budgets (mass, power, data, fuel)
Perform top-level mission analysis and support the development of internal tools
Produce mission-level test and verification plans, FMECA, and FDIR
Coordinate rapid feasibility studies into different scenarios and architectures
Maintain configuration control of systems work and documentation
Support proposal writing from a systems engineering perspective
Qualifications & Experience
9+ years of systems engineering experience across the full spacecraft lifecycle
Proven leadership and collaboration with space systems engineering teams
Experience generating verification and validation plans and executing qualification campaigns
Deep knowledge in one or more of the following:
Spacecraft systems & avionics
Sensors and optical systems
Flight software development
Orbital mechanics
Structures and mechanisms
Propulsion systems and fluid components
Spacecraft operations
Desirable Skills
Experience in startup or high-growth environments
Experience on European-wide missions with multinational consortiums
Understanding of the spacecraft supply chain
Experience with both low and high budget space system development
Benefits
Stock options
Private healthcare (for you and your family)
Bespoke learning & development fund
Hybrid & flexible working
& much more!
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