Senior Satellite Design Engineer for Fastwater Staffing

HIKINEX • Long Beach, CA

19d

About The Position

You will be responsible for the overall design and development of satellites for the Meridian Space constellation, from concept through on-orbit operation. This includes top level design, risk and cost assessment, systems engineering, testing and operations. As part of a small team tackling ambitious challenges, you’ll take full ownership of satellite performance in orbit - driving each phase of development to ensure mission success and dependable service delivery.

Requirements

• 5+ years professional design/development experience in satellite systems.
• Proven experience as a leader on at least one satellite program.
• Skill in using and creating software tools to model systems performance across a variety of disciplines (MATLAB, Python, Excel, etc.)
• Strong understanding of satellite technologies, design principles, and concepts of operations
• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or related field
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

• 10+ years professional design/development experience in satellite systems
• Master's degree in Electrical or Systems Engineering, or related field
• Previous experience with spacecraft and/or space mission top level design
• Previous work on small LEO satellites
• Breadth of experience leading satellite systems development and testing
• Experience with creating satellite simulations and models
• Satellite operations experience

Responsibilities

• overall design and development of satellites for the Meridian Space constellation, from concept through on-orbit operation.
• top level design
• risk and cost assessment
• systems engineering
• testing and operations
• full ownership of satellite performance in orbit - driving each phase of development to ensure mission success and dependable service delivery.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees