Payload CONOPS Engineer Principal

Job description

The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers’ missions. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and strong execution.

• Manage Payload CONOPS and Operations requirements over the program lifecycle – including requirement elicitation from mission CONOPS, definition, analysis, allocation, verification and validation.
• Guide payload subsystem development with a focus on supporting the mission CONOPS, subsystem interfaces, and timelines.
• Gather needs and input from stakeholders, and translate them into payload constraints, operating procedures, and command sequences.
• Identify payload and subsystem interfaces. Work with technical experts to ensure proper documentation, maintenance, and flow of information through products like an Operations Manual, Command & Telemetry Handbook, and Command & Telemetry Database.
• Support multidisciplinary team defining payload fault management architecture and design.
• Identify risks and act with Systems Engineering to plan, monitor, and control opportunities and threats.
• Track and assess project changes as they impact operational plans and products.
• Communicate to internal/external customers how to operate the payload.
• Work with Integration and Test to ensure flight-like testing and provide input to risk assessments for exceptions.
• Deliver presentations to internal/external customers in both informal and formal settings.
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