Senior Components Systems Engineer – Emphasis on ADCS

Blue Canyon Technologies • Boulder, CO

23h • $108,000 - $180,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more. Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future.

Position Purpose: Blue Canyon Technologies is hiring a Senior Components Systems Engineer to own the day-to-day technical execution of our spacecraft component lines. This role is embedded in the Components team, supporting Attitude Determination and Control Systems and related components like star trackers, reaction wheels, control moment gyroscopes, torque rods, and sun sensors. This person will support all technical aspects of the product in active production with authority to lead technical development efforts and issue investigations and continuously enhance the technical maturity of the products.
This role is for someone who is comfortable being the technical “glue” for the team. You take ownership naturally, especially when things are ambiguous or need attention, and you don’t wait for perfect requirements to start asking the right questions and moving issues forward. You communicate clearly, stay steady under pressure, and rely on sound engineering judgment. You are comfortable leading through influence by creating clarity, aligning the team, and helping others make sound, product-minded technical decisions. You care about products that can be built, tested, and delivered at scale, and you take pride in engineering decisions that enable smooth factory execution, reliable throughput, and broad mission impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline
• Minimum 7 years of relevant engineering experience; Master’s degree may substitute for up to 2 years
• Proven experience supporting space-qualified hardware through development, test, delivery and integration
• Demonstrated ownership of engineering documentation including configuration management, interface control documents, verification matrices, and qualification test plans
• Direct involvement in failure investigations and root cause analysis, with evidence of implemented corrective actions
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals: interface control, requirements decomposition, and verification planning
• Ability to lead and facilitate cross-functional technical reviews with mechanical, electrical, software, etc. counterparts
• Clear and effective communication skills suitable for technical and customer-facing contexts
• Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ADCS systems and related components like star trackers, reaction wheels, control moment gyroscopes, torque rods, and sun sensors.
• Hands-on support of on-orbit flight hardware or customer post-delivery troubleshooting
• Familiarity with sustaining engineering practices, including configuration management and performance trending
• Prior responsibility for customer-facing technical discussions, reviews, or briefings
• Demonstrated ability to surface and resolve cross-functional risks early in the development lifecycle
• Experience driving quality improvements across multiple flight programs or product lines
• Exposure to rapid prototyping, agile hardware development, or concurrent engineering environments

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and execute continuous production support activities including configuration management, production support including end-item-data-package (EIDP) generation and post-delivery troubleshooting
• Contribute to test planning, qualification campaigns, and design validation testing; ensure test coverage aligns with system requirements
• Identify and eliminate recurring quality issues; embed corrective actions into design and verification processes
• Own sustainment efforts for flight and delivered hardware; track performance, identify trends, and implement long-term fixes
• Work closely with Operations to identify production bottlenecks and opportunities to reduce lead time
• Develop and maintain high-quality documentation including ICDs, verification matrices, test plans, and user guides; ensure engineering artifacts require no cleanup
• Anticipate downstream integration issues and surface cross-functional risks early; resolve interface gaps before they escalate
• Drive internal technical alignment by leading design reviews, risk burn-downs, and internal engineering meetings across mechanical, electrical, software and other engineering disciplines
• Lead failure investigations for supported components and subsystems; drive root cause to closure and translate findings into design and test changes
• Assist customer-facing discussions; clearly communicate status, design intent, and risk posture
• Effectively work with and communicate with all levels of management and team member contributors on the product or program
• Support onboarding and alignment of Level 1/2 engineers; model clear ownership and technical rigor in execution
• May include personnel management responsibilities
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Benefits

• Employer sponsored health, dental, and vision benefits effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution)
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level