Systems Engineer III (DNX Service Owner)

Overview Iridium is an award-winning satellite communications company operating the world's only truly global voice and data network, delivering reliable connectivity anywhere on Earth. For more than 20 years, Iridium has powered mission-critical communications for governments, businesses, aviation, maritime, and the rapidly expanding Internet of Things. Now part of Iridium, Aireon is the world’s only space-based air traffic surveillance system, providing real-time visibility of aircraft over oceans, the poles, and remote regions. Together, Iridium and Aireon are helping build a safer, more connected, and more efficient future for global aviation. Join our team and help shape how the world stays connected. We foster a collaborative, inclusive culture where employees are empowered to innovate, grow professionally, and make a meaningful impact. Responsibilities What We’re Looking For: Iridium is seeking a motivated and experienced Systems Engineer to join our Broadcast Service Engineering team. As a Service Owner, you will have overall technical ownership of the Managed Access DNX Service, ensuring the service operates reliably, efficiently, and in accordance with established performance requirements and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). You will monitor the DNX service to ensure it meets high-availability requirements and consistently achieves performance objectives across the three key performance pillars: Accessibility, Maintainability, and Integrity. In addition to your Service Owner responsibilities, you will contribute to systems engineering activities including requirements analysis, requirements decomposition and management, functional and performance analysis, system architecture and design, system integration, modeling and simulation, and troubleshooting of complex network systems. This role provides an opportunity to make a significant technical impact while working across multiple engineering teams and projects. You will thrive in this position if you are looking to advance your systems engineering career, take greater technical ownership, and help drive the development and continuous improvement of critical communication systems. What You’ll Do: Own and oversee the Managed Access DNX Service, ensuring the system consistently operates at optimal performance and meets established availability, reliability, and performance objectives. Monitor service performance, health, and operational metrics to identify potential issues and proactively address risks before they impact customers or system operations. Identify opportunities to improve system performance, availability, reliability, maintainability, and operational efficiency, while driving innovation in core system technologies. Establish and maintain service performance metrics and KPIs, ensuring alignment with the three performance pillars of Accessibility, Maintainability, and Integrity. Apply systems engineering best practices, processes, and methodologies to the development and evolution of complex ground and payload control systems. Conduct requirements analysis, definition, decomposition, allocation, traceability, and management while ensuring alignment with industry standards and program objectives. Collaborate closely with Project Systems Engineers, providing technical leadership, guidance, and subject-matter expertise to support successful project execution. Conduct comprehensive system analyses, including functional and performance assessments, interface definition, architecture evaluation, and technical trade studies to develop optimal system solutions. Participate in major technical reviews, including System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), and Program Increment Demonstrations, providing technical insight, recommendations, and risk assessments. Perform detailed technical analysis to verify that system designs meet defined technical performance requirements, operational objectives, and project expectations. Participate in Modeling and Simulation activities to evaluate, validate, and optimize new services, system architectures, and functional capabilities. Proactively engage with stakeholders to understand technical needs, operational challenges, and future requirements, translating those needs into actionable engineering requirements and plans. Demonstrate innovative thinking and technical leadership in the design, development, integration, and continuous improvement of existing and next-generation systems. Influence engineering teams in evaluating and adopting new technologies, tools, processes, and engineering approaches. Troubleshoot complex system and network issues, working across organizational boundaries to identify root causes and implement effective corrective actions. Provide support to less-experienced engineers, providing technical guidance and helping develop systems engineering skills and capabilities across the team. Leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies to improve engineering efficiency, streamline processes, automate repetitive tasks, accelerate analysis, and identify innovative solutions to complex technical problems. Qualifications What You’ll Need to Succeed: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant experience in lieu of a degree 5+ years of systems engineering experience supporting complex technical systems or projects, preferably with direct experience in telecommunications, ground networks, electronic product development/manufacturing, satellite systems, or related technologies Strong systems engineering fundamentals, including requirements development and management, system architecture, functional analysis, performance analysis, integration, and verification Ability to proactively and effectively communicate to a variety of technical #J-18808-Ljbffr Iridium Communications Inc.