Principal Network Systems Engineer

Be more than just an employee number! Join Terran Orbital the leader in innovation manufacturing and operations in the small satellite industry. We are a pioneer in the miniaturization of space technologies and the delivery of responsive space solutions. We are a unique fast growing and trusted team focused on quickly and economically designing building launching and operating stateoftheart satellites for advanced mission constellations.

Terran Orbital is seeking an experiencedPrincipal Network Systems Engineerto join our growing team.

In this role the Principal Network Systems Engineer will ensure that our space vehicle products remain at the forefront of networking and industry standards. This role will implement and maintain robust and effective networking architectures and work closely with our customers and partners to provide a secure and resilient space domain system. You will support the architecture of key elements of mission operations system functional behavior and performance and detailed design for innovative highcapability small satellites.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical engineering and programmatic support for integrated command and control (C2 spacetoground and spacetospace network management systems.
• Support design development and integration test and deployment of C2 spacetoground and spacetospace network management systems
• Develop C2 spacetoground and spacetospace network management systems architectures standards requirements and frameworks.
• Monitor and ensure overall systems architecture adherence and draft/update systems and mission CONOPs with appropriate stakeholders
• Support roadmap development for common Software and networking architectures which are modular scalable and extensible.
• Support integration of mission management and data processing with C2 and integration of other C2 components across all levels of abstraction to enable effective and robust space/ground network management.
• Analyze and design for multiple and varying space data transport topologies and CONOPs
• Support network calibration network constellation modeling data storage and dissemination precision timing and twoway time and frequency transfer.
• Interdisciplinary and collaborative planning designing development verification and validation of lifecycle balanced product networking solutions.
• Establish standard operating procedures that support mission assurance risk mitigation and contingency plans to assure required mission up time for all ground activities.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to define interfaces; integrate mission applications and data storage; and verify Terran Orbital enterprise capabilities
• Implement life cycle systems engineering best practices

• 10 years or more of experience in networking and system of systems data transfer
• 10 years experience programming C/C or similar language
• Expertise with computer networking including switch and router networking solutions (packet processing MPLS DSCP VPN VLAN IPV4/6 TCP/UDP Quality of Service Type of Service HAIPE NETCONF)
• High speed and high reliability networking solutions such as the YANG data model
• Embedded systems hardware architecture processor architecture and switch/router OS
• Expertise in mission technical capabilities system performance and analysis and detailed network design.
• Demonstrated ability to make complex critical decisions in a timely manner.
• Experience leading daytoday operations on complex programs or large functional organizations with proven collaboration and coordination skills across internal and external stakeholder organizations.
• Experience with risk issue and opportunity management
• Proven ability to deliver effective communication verbally written and through wellcrafted presentations across all levels of an organization.
• Impeccable attention to detail and sense of urgency
• Ability to selfgovern with minimal supervision establish workload priorities and to utilize efficient time management practices to achieve assigned tasks
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicant must be a U.S. citizen lawful permanent resident of the U.S. protected individual as defined by 22 CFR 120.15 or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

Additional Differentiators

• Handson experience developing networking software/firmware implementations for embedded systems. Space or airborne vehicle deployment experience
• Demonstrated experience in networking engineering for space domain products
• Cryptography and security experience (ex. CISSP or similar security certification)
• Demonstrated experience in governance and compliance standards.
• Demonstrated experience and success with technical leadership of launched or operational space domain systems and architectures.
• Demonstrated experience and success with spacebased encrypted communications architectures and devices as well as knowledge of standards for GEOINT and SIGINT data and products
• Familiarity with Linux platforms

• 100 Companypaid comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• 401(k) Match
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)

Salary Range:$160000$200000

Your actual level and base salary will be determined casebycase and may vary based on the jobrelated qualification knowledge skills education and experience. In addition to base salary we offer 100 covered medical dental and vision coverage a 401(k) match Flexible Time Off (FTO) covered life insurance maternity and paternity leave tuition reimbursement employee referrals and lots of swag!

About Terran Orbital

Terran Orbital is a leading manufacturer of satellite products primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries. Terran Orbital provides endtoend satellite solutions by combining satellite design production launch planning mission operations and onorbit support to meet the needs of the most demanding military civil and commercial customers. Learn more atwww.terranorbital

Work Environment

The job operates in a professional office environmentbut in a manufacturing company.This job routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers phones photocopiers and scanners.

Disclaimers

To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations the applicant 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. In addition please note that this position may require a current United States National Security clearance or eligibility for such a clearance.

Terran Orbital is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race color religion age national origin ancestry ethnicity gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation marital status veteran status disability genetic information or membership in any other group protected by federal state or local law.

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