• Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; six or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, four or more years of experience with a masters degree, or two or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education. • Demonstrates a detailed and extensive technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice with the ability to organize, plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones with some experience in project leadership. • Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment; strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to effectively interface with other departments, customers, government representatives, and/or professionals; the capability of representing the organization as a prime subject matter technical contact; and, the ability to provide leadership and guidance to less experienced professionals. • Must be comfortable working with custom/standard serial protocols. Ability to develop custom utilities to assist with those efforts is a plus. • Must have experience with spacecraft integration & test. • Spacecraft operations experience is a plus. • Must be comfortable writing scripts and analyzing data using standard software packages (Excel, MATLAB, gnuplot, etc). • Must be comfortable testing hardware/software/communication protocols on deeply embedded systems (e.g., using logic analyzers and associated lab tools such as debugging aids). • Proficiency in C programming language is desirable. • Experience working within the Linux environment (command line, GCC, Makefiles, shell scripting, etc.) is desirable. • Must be customer focused and able to work on a self- initiated basis or in a team environment and able to work extended hours and travel as required. • Travel in support of spacecraft launch campaigns or testing at a supplier’s facility is required. • The ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance is required.