Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer

CesiumAstro•Westminster, CO

About The Position

CesiumAstro is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer to develop, integrate, and validate systems supporting products and platforms. The role applies established systems engineering principles to develop system solutions, optimize performance, and resolve complex challenges from concept through integration, verification, and production. The engineer works cross-functionally with systems, software, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, integration and test, quality, and program teams to support multidisciplinary engineering efforts, contribute to technical investigations, and promote continuous improvement. Applicants must meet U.S. Government space technology export requirements: be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations. The role pays $133,000–$160,000 per year. Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related engineering field and 5–8 years of related experience; or a master's degree and 3–6 years; or a Ph.D. and 0–3 years. Related experience may be in systems engineering, system architecture, requirements management, configuration management, systems integration, or a related discipline.
Strong knowledge of systems engineering principles, system architecture, requirements development, systems integration, and technical baseline management.
Experience with systems modeling, trade studies, functional analysis, engineering analysis tools, and technical documentation.
Knowledge of requirements management, interface development, verification methodologies, configuration management, product lifecycle processes, and technical risk assessment.
Understanding of systems engineering processes, engineering documentation, technical standards, model-based systems engineering, and requirements traceability.
Proficiency in multidisciplinary engineering collaboration, modeling and simulation, system verification, performance analysis, and product development.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
Experience with engineering analysis and modeling tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, STK, Python, or equivalent applications.
Experience with engineering documentation, requirements management, and collaboration tools such as DOORS, Jira, Confluence, or equivalent applications.
Must meet U.S. Government space technology export eligibility requirements.

Responsibilities

Develop system architectures, requirements, interfaces, technical baselines, and system specifications supporting product development.
Conduct requirements analysis, system modeling, trade studies, functional analysis, system decomposition, and systems integration activities.
Evaluate system requirements, interface specifications, architecture documentation, engineering analyses, and technical documentation to support implementation.
Develop and conduct verification, validation, testing, simulation, integration, and troubleshooting activities.
Analyze system performance, test results, simulation data, and engineering observations to resolve technical issues.
Recommend engineering changes, system improvements, corrective actions, and design updates to improve system performance, reliability, and operational effectiveness.
Collaborate with systems, software, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, integration and test, quality, and program teams throughout product development.
Prepare requirements documentation, interface control documentation, verification reports, engineering reports, engineering change documentation, and technical recommendations.
Participate in design reviews, technical investigations, customer support activities, system integration, and verification initiatives.
Evaluate systems engineering methods, requirements management processes, modeling techniques, and development activities to identify improvement opportunities.
Validate compliance with engineering standards, company procedures, customer requirements, and systems engineering best practices.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen system performance, requirements quality, technical accuracy, engineering efficiency, and operational effectiveness.