Principal Systems Engineer

Location: Webster, TX

Department: Mission Mgmt

Voyager is an innovative defense, national security and space technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space. 

Forge the Future: Join Voyager Technologies 

The future belongs to those who build it. At Voyager Technologies, we’re building technologies that protect lives, expand frontiers and prepare us for what’s next. And we’re doing that with people who are wired to solve, build, adapt and lead. These roles are not for the faint of heart.  

You’ll help lay the foundation for humanity's future. Join a culture where innovation thrives, curiosity is rewarded, and impact is real. We’re a company of doers, thinkers and builders, united by purpose and grounded in reality. 

If you want to put your skills to work where the stakes are real and the mission is bigger than any one person, forge the future with Voyager. 

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Job Summary: 

Voyager Technologies is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer. They will be responsible for supporting the development and continual refinement of the organization’s systems engineering processes as well as leading milestone reviews and presenting to internal and external stakeholders. The goal of this position is to lead an integrated multidisciplinary team through analysis, integration, verification, and validation leading to new or updated products, mission operations and system disposal.  

Responsibilities: 

System Management 

• Identifies interfaces requirements and control of interactions across system and subsystem boundaries.
• Leads the technical team in the development of verification and validation plans and test execution.
• Utilizes digital requirement management tools to define, trace and integrate system requirements across system lifecycles and variant systems and product lines.
• Manages and maintains stakeholder needs and transforms the integrated set of needs to design input requirements with a multidisciplinary team.
• Develops and reviews integrated system architecture utilizing trade studies to enable system design decision making.
• Supports technical understanding and decision making using prior experience with system modeling and analysis.
• Monitors and controls processes to ensure coordination of design changes and associated impact across subsystems.
• Engages in quality control procedures to ensure that systems meet the organization’s quality standards.
• Creates control features to ensure systems effectively meet the organization’s quality standards.
• Understands external and internal systems as they are related to the project.
• Facilitates various stakeholders to achieve integration of both technical and program objectives.
• Provide leadership with respect to technical and logistical goals for milestone reviews/events and stakeholder engagement.
• Evaluate performance milestone criteria and support the validation process.
• Prepare technical progress reports for internal dissemination.
• Exhibits company Values and Behaviors and holds project and mission managers accountable to same.
• Responsible for traveling up to 30%, both foreign & domestic, to launch sites, customer facilities, and NASA/Government centers.
• Responsible for working a flexible schedule to support launch & integration operations (to include weekends and/or holidays).
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory

• Provides technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and team members.
• May oversee small teams for specific projects or tasks.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university required.
• Master’s degree or equivalent preferred.
• 8 to 10 years' experience in system engineering with at least 4 years of experience on full design cycle projects.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience in the Space Hardware industry preferred. 
• Experience with system engineering and/or requirements management software tools preferred. (MBSE)
• Familiarity with engineering simulation, modeling, and/or analysis software preferred.
• Experience with numerical reliability and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Please click “Apply” to submit your application. 

The salary range represents the base salary range for this position. Actual compensation will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors. Those include but are not limited to location, experience, and performance.

Voyager offers a comprehensive, total compensation package, which includes competitive salary, a discretionary annual bonus plan, paid time off (PTO), a comprehensive health benefit package, retirement savings, wellness program, and various other benefits. When you join our team, you’re not just an employee; you become part of a dynamic community dedicated to innovation and excellence. 

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. 

Voyager is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.  

Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran 

The statements contained in this job description are intended to describe the general content and requirements for performance of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.