Staff Spacecraft Systems Engineer – Electronics Verified today

About the Role

The Staff Spacecraft Systems Engineer - Electronics provides technical leadership in developing, integrating, verifying, and managing complex aerospace systems. You will translate customer requirements and mission objectives into system architectures, technical requirements, and engineering solutions that enable successful mission execution.

Working with high independence, you will lead multidisciplinary engineering efforts across the system lifecycle from concept through design, integration, verification, production, launch, and operational support. You will collaborate closely with software, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, integration and test, mission operations, and program management teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development, analysis, allocation, and management of system and subsystem requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Own systems engineering of new electronics subsystems for CesiumAstro satellites.
• Collaborate with technical design leads to integrate requirements across multiple satellites and missions, driving design implementation.
• Communicate technical needs across the spacecraft team, using flight operations data to evolve requirements in future design cycles.
• Decompose customer, mission, and system-level requirements into clear, verifiable subsystem requirements with end-to-end traceability.
• Lead system architecture development, technical trade studies, and engineering analyses to evaluate design alternatives and optimize performance.
• Define and manage hardware, software, electrical, mechanical, thermal, and data interfaces across system elements.
• Support requirements, configuration, and baseline management throughout development.
• Identify technical risks, requirement gaps, and integration challenges early; develop mitigation strategies.
• Develop system verification and validation strategies aligned with customer requirements and program objectives.
• Define verification approaches including methods, levels, acceptance criteria, and required evidence.
• Identify verification configurations including hardware setups, software loads, and test environments.
• Lead development of verification documentation including verification cross-reference matrices, traceability matrices, and compliance evidence packages.
• Partner with Integration and Test teams to plan and execute system integration, qualification, and functional verification activities.
• Evaluate verification results and drive closure of verification gaps.
• Serve as technical lead for assigned systems or major subsystems throughout development.
• Lead multidisciplinary technical discussions and provide engineering guidance across cross-functional teams.
• Participate in customer technical interchange meetings, architecture reviews, design reviews, and program milestone reviews.
• Provide technical mentorship on requirements development, traceability, and systems engineering practices.
• Drive continuous improvement of systems engineering processes and technical rigor.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or related technical discipline with typically 8-12 years of relevant experience; OR Master's degree in related field with 6-8 years experience; OR PhD with 3-5 years experience.
• Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, lifecycle processes, and aerospace development practices.
• Experience developing, allocating, managing, and verifying complex system and subsystem requirements.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, interface management, integration, configuration management, and technical risk management.
• Experience leading technical trade studies, system analyses, and design assessments.
• Knowledge of verification, validation, qualification, and compliance methodologies.
• Ability to translate customer requirements, mission objectives, and concepts of operations into technical solutions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).
• Experience with requirements management tools (Jama, IBM DOORS, or similar).
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering tools (CATIA Magic/Cameo, MagicDraw, or similar).
• Experience with systems modeling and simulation tools.
• Experience with collaboration platforms (Confluence, SharePoint, or similar).
• Experience with configuration management and version control systems (Git, GitLab, Bitbucket, or similar).
• Experience with issue tracking tools (Jira or similar).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and influence cross-functional decisions.

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting complex aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated engineering programs.

Required Clearance and Citizenship

To conform with United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, or refugees (as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Employment Terms

Full-time employment. CesiumAstro offers company stock options and a benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement plans.