Space Vehicle Architect/Engineer

Stellar Solutions, a nationally recognized "Great Place To Work", has exciting opportunities providing Engineering solutions for innovative new-entrant space companies, as well as established space systems manufacturers, commercial space system operators and service providers, and other industry stakeholders including investors.

At Stellar Solutions, we offer talented, energetic, and immediately productive resources to satisfy our customers' critical needs in systems engineering and integration, mission operations, program management and strategic planning. We are a leading service and expertise provider for high-tech commercial ventures, spanning communications, earth observation and remote sensing systems and data products, to the infrastructures that support earth orbiting and beyond earth orbit businesses.

Stellar Solutions is seeking a Space Vehicle Architect/Engineer to support advanced space vehicle development across planning, integration, technical review, and lifecycle execution. This role helps shape system-level engineering rigor and technical decision-making for complex space programs supporting critical national missions. It is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who can bring strong systems thinking, disciplined execution, and effective collaboration to high-consequence work.

This role supports systems engineering across space vehicle architecture, planning, integration, and technical review activities. The engineer will work with government and partner teams to help maintain technical alignment, assess program progress, and contribute to sound engineering outcomes across the lifecycle.

Key responsibilities include:

Support space vehicle systems engineering, planning, integration, and testing activities
• Contribute to architecture and engineering efforts across complex space vehicle programs
• Support risk and opportunity management activities in coordination with program stakeholders
• Participate in reviews of space systems, including SRR, SDR, SFR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FCA, SVR, MRR, and PCA
• Apply knowledge of the DoD acquisition system to program and engineering support efforts
• Build collaborative relationships with government clients and partner teammates
• Support engineering analysis and technical planning across the lifecycle
• Contribute to requirements verification and design review activities as needed
• Provide disciplined systems engineering support in a fast-paced mission environment
• Help maintain technical rigor and alignment across the program

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience with space vehicle systems engineering, planning, integration, and testing
• 7+ years of experience with risk and opportunity management
• 3+ years of experience with reviews of space systems, including SRR, SDR, SFR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FCA, SVR, MRR, or PCA, and the DoD acquisition system
• Ability to be highly motivated, have a dynamic work ethic, and contribute to the DoD mission
• Ability to communicate and establish collaborative relationships with government clients and contractor teammates
• Active Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science

Desired Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with space vehicle systems engineering, planning, integration, and testing
• Experience with computer tools, including Confluence or JIRA
• Experience with designing, building, and testing communications antennas, transmitters, or receivers of a payload
• Knowledge of DoD systems engineering, test, and production policies and practices
• Ability to perform multiple systems engineering and program management functions in support of design reviews and requirements verification
• Possession of excellent interpersonal skills
• Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills
• Experience with mission assurance or strategic or tactical MILCOM-related payload development
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Clearance & Additional Requirements

• Active Secret clearance required
• Active TS/SCI clearance is desired

Location
El Segundo, California - This position is full-time and supports a Government customer environment; Work style expectation is considered hybrid-local (2-4 days per week on site at LAAFB).

Compensation:

The typical salary range for this position is USD $145,000 - $185,000 per year. Individual pay is determined by many factors including work location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for a comprehensive total rewards package that includes an annual performance bonus, an employer-funded Profit-Sharing Plan (PSP) contribution based on base compensation, and comprehensive employer-paid medical benefits, PTO pay-out options, along with additional company-sponsored benefits. All of these benefits represent an additional 30-40% to your base compensation for a total compensation package.

Deliverables will be in the format of reports, briefings, spreadsheets, or other documents as directed by the Government, using government approved and/or mandated systems/software and processes governed by guidance/instructions/policy or direction.