ACARA Jobs
Senior Advanced Systems Engineer
Apply- ID: 558076
- Posted: 3/12/2026
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA
- Category: Pro - Engineering
- Job Type: Temp to Direct
- Duration: Contract to Di
Description
Pay Rate:
Acara Solution is seeking a Senior Advanced Systems Engineer for our client, located in Pittsburgh, PA.
- As a Space Force Golden Dome - Systems Architect, you'll be part of a cross-functional team responsible for missile tracking and defense initiatives.
- Requirements analysis and decomposition into physical, functional, and logical views.
- Architecture decomposition and interface definition.
- System-level Technical Performance Measures (TPM) development and analysis, driving mission effectiveness.
- Coordinate mission performance system design within an MBSE model.
- Space mission design and architecture (sensing, communication, payload management, mission data processing).
- System design change management and coordination.
- System thread design and CONOPs development.
- Flight dynamics management experience (related to larger space constellations)
- Collision avoidance, station keeping, orbit insertion, de-orbit, LEOPs support.
- Orbit determination methods.
- Space to ground contact planning.
- Drive interface definition development based on mission-derived technical performance measures.
- Requirements Management and Agile Development.
- Managing customer requirements and coordination.
- Cross-company collaborative design development.
Job Requirements
Required Skills / Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering or Science or Engineering or Technology or Mathematics with 8 years of experience.
- Minimum 8 years of Space/Ground system architecture experience with proven Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
- Minimum 8 years of experience in Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C) satellite to ground.
- Minimum 8 years of experience in driving the definition of Interface Control Documents (ICD).
- Minimum 8 years of experience in collaborating with multiple customers to define a common solution.
- Minimum 8 years of experience in space constellation systems.
- Minimum 8 years of experience in ICD development and coordination to support space missions.
- Minimum 8 years of Flight dynamics management experience
- Minimum 8 years of Space ground antenna experience
- Minimum 8 years of OpenC3 experience
- Minimum 8 years of MBSE experience
- Minimum 8 years of MDA program experience
- Minimum 8 years of Space Constellation Program Operational Experience
- Minimum 8 years of Spacecraft anomaly support experience.
- Minimum 8 years of Constellation design experience.
Preferred Skills / Qualifications:
- Master's Degree with 6 years of experience.
- Agile experience.
- Ability to define segment budgets and system tradeoffs.
- Ability to derive system probabilistic analysis related to space ground systems and create and manage associated workbooks.
- Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) & Familiarity with MagicDraw.
- Systems Leadership and the ability to direct a team of systems engineers.
- Familiarity with common enterprise interfaces (gRPC, Kafka, REST) and cloud architectures.
- Familiarity with flight dynamics management and space satellite systems.
- Knowledge of the CCSDS protocol.
- Knowledge of other common enterprise interface methods (SNMP, gRPC).
- Knowledge of data archiving methods (Elasticache).
- Knowledge of commercial cloud systems and enterprise interface protocols.
- Ability to create clear documentation to drive system development.
- RF and optical space communications.
- IP network knowledge.
- Knowledge of automated flight dynamics operational workflows (and related development).
- Knowledge of A.I. solutions Freeflyer and Meridian.
- Knowledge of constellation situation awareness and trending analysis methods and tools.
Additional Information:
- Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
- In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
- Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), all employees assigned to this client must provide documentation verifying their status as a 'U.S. Person', as defined in ITAR clause 120.15. A U.S. Person is a protected individual under the anti-discrimination provisions of U.S. immigration laws.
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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.