Satellite Systems Engineer

Loft Orbital; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Orbitworks, building on Loft Orbital’s heritage, seeks a Senior Satellite Systems Engineer in Abu Dhabi to lead multiple satellite missions, ensuring system requirements, architecture, and budgets are met. You will collaborate with product, flight and ground software, AIT, and operations teams.

You will drive interface specs, support mission CONOPS, and assist program management, including customer scheduling discussions and in-orbit commissioning activities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in spacecraft/satellite systems engineering or equivalent across multiple subsystems.
• Experience in assembly, integration and test campaigns from a systems perspective or spacecraft delivery to orbit.
• Willingness to work in fast-paced development environments and challenge aerospace norms.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Experience with small sats and/or electrical subsystems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work with customers to develop and manage system requirements and verification techniques.
• Derive overall satellite architecture and interface specifications with team members.
• Maintain technical budgets for spacecraft performance with sub-systems engineers.
• Develop mission CONOPS and SLAs with Loft's customers.
• Support program and product management, including customer interfacing on scheduling matters.
• Assist with test procedures and participate in integration, test campaigns, launch and in-orbit commissioning.

Skills

Satellite systems eng

ADCS

Mechanical

Thermal

Power

Avionics

Systems integration

Customer comms

Test campaigns

Tools

STK

Python

Job description

Wanna join the adventure?

Orbitworks' mission is to make space simple for organizations that want to deploy physical and virtual missions to space. Building on Loft Orbital's heritage, Orbitworks will be the first commercial firm in the United Arab Emirates to mass-manufacture satellites. Orbitworks aims to manufacture tens of satellites annually and operates out of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Abu Dhabi.

As a Senior Satellite Systems Engineer at Orbitworks, you will work as a senior engineer for one or several satellite missions simultaneously, each one flying a single/multi-payload configuration. You will be a technical reference for these missions, working closely with the mission manager and all the Orbitworks and Loft teams: product development teams, flight and ground software, AIT, and operations.

Using flight-proven satellite buses and Loft-designed payload hub infrastructure, you will lead the development activities of the missions you are in charge of.

About this Role:

Work with customers to develop and manage system requirements and verification techniques, and flow down to software or hardware teams.

Develop, in collaboration with team members, interface specifications and derive overall satellite architecture and design.

Work with product and sub-systems engineers to develop and maintain technical budgets for spacecraft performance.

Work with flight operations to develop mission CONOPS, supporting the development of Service Level Agreements with Loft's customers.

Assist with program management and product management, including interfacing with customers on programmatic and scheduling matters.

Support test procedures, and participate in the integration, test campaign, launch and in-orbit commissioning.

Must Haves:

• You have 10 years or more demonstrated experience as a spacecraft / satellite systems engineer, or equivalent experience in at least two different subsystems (ADCS, Mechanical, Thermal, Power, Avionics, …).
• You have experience in satellite assembly, integration and test campaigns from a systems perspective and/or in spacecraft delivery to orbit.
• You challenge norms in aerospace engineering and testing activities and are experienced in fast-paced development environment.
• You handle pressure positively and are always ready to get hands-on.
• You have strong communication and organizational skills.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience working on small sats (less than 500kg).
• Experience in Electrical sub-systems.
• Proficient with STK.
• Knowledge of Python.
• International experience.

Orbitworks' mission is to make space simple for organizations that want to deploy physical and virtual missions to space. Building on Loft Orbital's heritage, Orbitworks will be the first commercial firm in the United Arab Emirates to mass-manufacture satellites. Orbitworks aims to manufacture tens of satellites annually and operates out of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Abu Dhabi.