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Spacecraft connect into the Star Catcher Network and receive conditioned energy via their existing solar arrays, requiring no retrofit to utilize the first true space-based infrastructure. The Star Catcher Network provides power as needed from tens of Watts to tens of thousands of Watts at concentrations from fractions of a Sun of flux to ten Suns of flux. \nThe Star Catcher Network enables More Uptime, More Bandwidth, and More Mission.\nJoin our team of experienced and passionate space innovators driven to transform and expand humanity’s utilization of space. The creation of space-based power infrastructure is as impactful for space missions in the 2020’s and 2030’s as the advent of low-cost launch services was in the 2010’s. We seek individuals who share our passion for enabling people to do more in space and are not afraid to get their hands dirty to make our vision of the future reality.\nStar Catcher, located in Jacksonville, FL, has an opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer to support the development of space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and the Star Catcher Network, its orbital power grid. As an SME, extensive experience with all phases of the space systems development process including requirements definition, system and spacecraft interfaces, system and spacecraft design, integration, test, verification and validation, and mission operations is sought.\nResponsibilities:\nApplying an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify a lifecycle balanced system of systems and system solutions.\nServing as a focal point for technical issues and functions, and coordination between engineering teams.\nEvaluates customer and /operational needs to define and coordinate system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters/algorithms, and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces.\nCreate, Track, Maintain Requirements in state of the art tools.\nPerforms various analyses to optimize total system of systems and/or system architecture.\nLead the resolution of technical issues with other SMEs and product team.\nWrite technical policies, procedures, and documentation.\nSupport business development efforts for proposals/bids.\nIdeal Experience:\nBachelor’s degree in Systems, Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering or related field and a minimum of 10 years’ experience in a broad background in systems engineering is preferred.\nExperience leading the development of space systems for challenging environments and missions.\nExperience in small teams and building systems engineering teams.\nExperience with MBSE (Model Based System Engineering).\nExperience with NASA/DoD lifecycle reviews (e.g. SRR, PDR, CDR).\nExperience with requirement tracking tools.\nDesired Skills:\nFamiliarity with configuration management practices.\nEffective communication skills with the ability to interface with the team and organization and prioritize tasks, projects, and personnel from a variety of disciplines.\nPossesses a broad background in systems engineering.\nExperience using software tools for performing complex analyses (Excel, MatLab, custom tools). \nHelp us deploy and scale space infrastructure that will drive our utilization of space forward! 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