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True Anomaly · Denver, CO · Long Beach, CA · Space Systems · first seen 2026-07-16
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Your Mission

True Anomaly seeks Senior Aerospace Systems Engineers to develop and integrate cutting-edge aerospace and defense systems. You will define, analyze, and ensure successful implementation of mission, element, and subsystem requirements across complex, mission-critical space systems. You will support requirements development, traceability, and verification across multiple vehicles, work with cross-functional teams, conduct impact analyses, ensure design integrity, support integration and test planning, perform risk assessments, and provide inputs for design reviews.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will act as a subsystem focal for one or more of these disciplines:

  • Command and Data Handling
  • Communications
  • Cyber/Crypto
  • Electrical Power
  • Flight Software
  • Guidance, Navigation, and Control
  • Mechanisms
  • Payload Integration
  • Propulsion
  • Structures / Harness
  • Thermal Control

Your responsibilities may include:

  • Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and internal teams to define mission objectives, system requirements, and operational concepts
  • Translate customer and mission needs into actionable engineering solutions aligned with technical and programmatic constraints
  • Lead system trade studies, performance evaluations, and feasibility assessments to optimize system architecture design
  • Prepare detailed technical reports, presentations, and documentation for internal and external stakeholders, including government agencies
  • Develop system-level integration and verification plans, conducting end-to-end testing to validate mission requirements
  • Coordinate with subsystem teams to troubleshoot and resolve integration challenges
  • Support mission operations teams during testing and real-time mission execution
  • Conduct system performance analysis, including reliability, safety, and mission effectiveness under various environmental conditions
  • Assess mission success criteria and operational risks, proposing mitigation strategies
  • Identify and analyze mission risks related to complex space missions, including collision risks and operational uncertainties
  • Develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans for safe and reliable mission execution

Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years full lifecycle experience leading a major subsystem through design, test, and verification
  • Strong technical leadership and systems architecture experience
  • Proven leadership in design, analysis, and verification on a major aerospace program
  • Strong analytical and communication skills with ability to lead technical trades
  • Ability to lead cross-functional technical teams and coordinate across hardware and software boundaries
  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related field
  • U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD TS/SCI or TS/SAP U.S. government security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

  • Advanced degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering
  • Strong track record leading cross-functional engineering teams and managing design-to-delivery cycles
  • Demonstrated expertise with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
  • Background in range certification, test readiness reviews, and safety boards
  • Active TS/SCI clearance
  • Experience in defense or classified space missions
  • Familiarity with U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and NASA mission standards and processes

Compensation

  • Base Salary: $130,000-$195,000
  • Equity plus Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401(k), Parental Leave

Actual level and base salary determined on a case-by-case basis based on job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience.

Work Location and Environment

Fully onsite position based in Centennial, CO or Long Beach, CA. Standard office environment working at a desk or in a production factory. Physical demands may include frequent standing, sitting, walking, bending, and lifting or carrying items up to 20 lbs.

Additional Requirements

Ability to maintain or obtain TS/SCI clearance. To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations including ITAR, you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.