CesiumAstro
Staff Spacecraft Systems Engineer – Electronics
Westminster, CO · Staff+ · Full-time
Work authorization required$158k-$190kDetected 6 days ago
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About the role
- The Staff Spacecraft Systems Engineer - Electronics provides technical leadership in the development, integration, verification, and lifecycle management of complex aerospace systems.
- CesiumAstro is an Equal Opportunity employer.
Responsibilities
- Communicate technical needs across the spacecraft team, using data from flight operations to drive requirement evolution in future design cycles
- Lead system architecture development, technical trade studies, and engineering analyses to evaluate design alternatives and optimize system performance.
- Define and manage hardware, software, electrical, mechanical, thermal, and data interfaces across system elements.
- Identify technical risks, requirement gaps, ambiguities, and integration challenges early in the design process and develop effective mitigation strategies.
- Lead development, analysis, allocation, and management of system and subsystem requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
- Collaborate with technical design leads to bring new spacecraft electronics products to life, integrating requirements across multiple satellites and missions to drive design implementation
- Ensure subsystem requirements maintain end-to-end traceability to customer requirements, system architecture, and Concept of Operations (CONOPS).
- Collaborate with systems, software, hardware, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and integration teams to ensure requirements are complete, feasible, and technically sound.
- Support requirements management, configuration management, baseline control, and engineering change activities throughout the development lifecycle.
- Develop system verification and validation strategies aligned with customer requirements, system architecture, and program objectives.
Requirements
- Master's degree in a related technical discipline with typically 6-8 years of relevant experience.
- PhD in a related technical discipline with typically 3-5 years of relevant experience.
- Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, lifecycle processes, and aerospace development practices.
- Strong understanding of system architecture, interface management, integration, configuration management, and technical risk management.
- Knowledge of verification, validation, qualification, and compliance methodologies.
- Ability to translate customer requirements, mission objectives, and CONOPS into technical solutions.
- If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you.
Compensation
- $158k-$190k
Benefits
- CesiumAstro considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills.
- Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U
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