Be more than just an employee number! Join Terran Orbital, a leader in innovation, manufacturing, and operations in the satellite industry. We are a pioneer in the miniaturization of space technologies and the delivery of responsive space solutions. We are a unique, fast-growing, and trusted team focused on quickly and economically designing, building, launching, and operating state-of-the-art satellites for advanced mission constellations.

Terran Orbital is seeking an experienced Ground Software Systems Engineer to contribute to the Ground Systems Engineering Team at our Irvine, CA, location. This position reports to the Ground Systems Engineering Manager. The team is responsible for building and maintaining software applications and tools that enable end-to-end operations of our spacecraft and the entire ground segment. The Ground Software Systems Engineer will support Terran Orbital in developing, deploying, and sustaining an extensive system of systems spacecraft constellation.

The position requires experience with systems engineering processes and documentation. You will interact and coordinate daily with numerous stakeholders (Program Managers, Developers, and external/customer organizations). The successful candidate will have excellent communication and team skills.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and implement solutions-focused strategies for system architecture and engineering activities, including system requirements, design, interface management, and data architecture
• Support various systems architecting and engineering activities such as system requirements definition, design, interface management, data architecture development, verification and validation, integration, performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis & estimation, decision analysis, and physical configuration assessments
• Manage ground segment technical and interface requirements, interface negotiations with external stakeholders, and oversee requirements and interface verification
• Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Support development of system engineering items such as CONOPs, requirements definitions (or features, themes, epics), system testing, algorithm document review, and interfaces to other application development efforts
• Support business development activities, including ground systems architecture development, system analyses, and proposal inputs