Data Systems / Network Engineer

About the role

Stratolaunch accelerates the development of next-generation aerospace and defense technologies through reusable hypersonic flight testing. Our autonomous, air-launched Talon-A vehicles provide access to operationally realistic flight environments at speeds exceeding Mach 5, delivering critical data that helps customers validate system performance and advance technologies toward deployment. Our team brings together expertise in engineering, manufacturing, and flight operations to solve complex challenges and advance capabilities essential to national security.

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a level II, Sr-, or Staff-level Data Systems/Network Engineer to support integration, testing, and operations of flight related networking, computer and telemetry systems. The data system - network is critical to mission success and interfaces with multiple subsystems, therefore this position will include collaborating with other system owners to understand test requirements and operations support needs. You must be comfortable receiving direction and guidance from lead data systems engineers and taking ownership of your responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

- Contribute to data & telemetry system architecture, testing, & operation for local and extended range missions

- Support flight operations by ensuring data system assets are prepared for flight test

- Determine data flow based on customer needs and system capability, advocate for upgraded systems when appropriate

- Develop and maintain software tools as required

- Develop and support telemetry, network, & data tests as required

- Collaborate with network engineers, data engineers, telemetry technicians as required to accomplish goals

- Complete ownership of corporate network including switches, firewalls, routers, WiFi, NAC, cloud networking products, etc.

- Act as an expert resource for our Engineering team to provide best practices for our Airplane and Vehicle networks

- Be available during tests and missions on headset as a point of escalation for networking issues

- Rack, patch, and label devices

- Maintain updated network diagrams and documentation

- Utilize a Change Control platform to keep changes documented

- Keep all devices up to date, perform emergency updates if CVEs are released

- Troubleshoot and fix network related issues

- Work with engineering to provide support and expertise for key networks and systems

- Act as owner of various systems relating to our vehicles, control room, and simulator, and provide maintenance and upgrades as needed

- Provide high quality solutions to complex computer and network challenges

- Deploy and manage servers and workstations

- Administer network switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, RF equipment, and VOIP

- Provide project planning, management, and implementation