Head of System Engineering

ReOrbit; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch vouchers

Health insurance

Relocation assistance

Team events

Job summary

ReOrbit in Helsinki, Finland seeks a visionary Head of Systems Engineering to lead our high-performing systems engineering team and drive end-to-end architecture of our next-generation satellite platforms. In this senior leadership role you will own requirements integrity, align across domains, mentor a multidisciplinary team, and champion a software-first approach to secure, reliable spacecraft.

You will shape mission-critical programs, collaborate with Payload, AOCS, Propulsion, Flight

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in system engineering teams for multiple spacecraft programs.
• Full lifecycle experience from early design to in-orbit validation.
• Hands-on ECSS-E-ST-10C and related ECSS standards.
• Experience applying NASA SP-6105 in real projects.
• Leadership in system-level V&V and IV&V.
• Ability to translate customer needs into actionable system requirements.
• Strong cross-functional communication across engineering and management.
• Deep understanding of satellite subsystems and their interactions.
• Experience with satellite testing and validation.
• Production-oriented mindset and scalable delivery focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end system engineering for space and ground segments with unified architecture.
• Define technical direction and drive high-quality system-level decisions.
• Build, mentor, and lead a multi-location SE team aligned with company needs.
• Own and maintain requirements integrity from customer needs through verification levels.
• Manage system budgets (mass, power, data rate, performance, margins) across lifecycle.
• Coordinate system-level efforts across Payload, AOCS, Propulsion, Flight Software, AIT, Operations.
• Establish and uphold SE processes, workflows, and standards for distributed teams.

Skills

Leadership in SE

ECSS-E-ST-10C

NASA SP-6105

System V&V

Architecture decisions

Customer requirements

Satellite subsystems

Satellite testing

Delivery mindset

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

ECSS standards

NASA SP-6105

Job description

ReOrbit is seeking a visionary Head of Systems Engineering to lead our high-performing systems engineering team and drive the end-to-end architecture of our next-generation satellite platforms. In this highly senior role, you will take ownership of system requirements integrity, ensuring seamless alignment across all technical domains while fostering cross-functional collaboration and technical excellence.

This is a unique opportunity to step into a leadership position at the heart of a fast-growing, innovative company. You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of mission-critical space communications, where reliability, precision, and leadership are non-negotiable from day one. If you thrive in technically complex, high-stakes environments and are ready to mentor, inspire, and drive a team toward groundbreaking achievements, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end system engineering for both space and ground segments, ensuring a unified architectural vision.
• Define technical direction and drive high-quality, system-level decision-making across all programs.
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing, multi-location system engineering team, while supporting its growth in alignment with company needs.
• Own and maintain requirements integrity—from customer needs through system, subsystem, and verification levels.
• Manage system budgets (mass, power, data rate, performance, margins) and ensure their consistency throughout the lifecycle.
• Coordinate and align system-level efforts across Payload, AOCS, Propulsion, Flight Software, AIT, Operations, and related domains.
• Establish and uphold system engineering processes, workflows, and standards for distributed teams.

Skills And Requirements

• Proven leadership in System Engineering teams for multiple spacecraft programs that successfully reached orbit.
• Full lifecycle expertise, from early design to in-orbit validation, including long-lifetime missions (LEO/GEO).
• Hands-on application of ECSS-E-ST-10C and related ECSS standards in real-world projects.
• Practical experience with the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook (SP-6105) in applied contexts.
• Leadership in system-level V&V and IV&V activities.
• Expertise in trade-offs, feasibility studies, and architectural decision-making under constraints.
• Ability to translate customer and operational needs into clear, actionable system requirements.
• Strong communication skills across engineering teams, management, and external stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of satellite subsystems and their interactions.
• Experience with satellite-level testing and validation.
• Production-oriented mindset with a focus on scalability and delivery.

What does ReOrbit do?

ReOrbit builds the foundation for the next generation of space applications by transforming satellites into truly intelligent, interconnected platforms, defined by software. Our satellite design philosophy revolves around the idea that satellites must network, communicate with each other and thus improve mission efficiency. How can this be achieved? Thanks to a flexible software-first architecture, where all these aspects are dealt with upfront in the mission concept, as integrated functionalities.

ReOrbit’s top-notch team of software engineers and system architects develop in-house software, procure hardware from the best-in-class suppliers, and seamlessly integrate the components to create flexible and secure satellites. Today, we are a rapidly growing company building a very strong multidisciplinary team to support our activities. We are headquartered in Helsinki, Finland with a subsidiaries in Bristol, UK and Bariloche, Argentina.

Working at ReOrbit

At ReOrbit, we are focused on building a strong team as we believe nothing can be accomplished without innovative, humble and curious minds working together on a common goal. We’re all about fostering an inclusive, dynamic environment where equality and diversity are our strength.

We offer

• Challenging but rewarding environment – you will thrive if you are always reflecting on how to make things better. Your ideas will be heard.
• Ambitious and supportive network of people, who are motivated to change the space industry, bringing expertise from both classic and new space .
• Benefits such as lunch vouchers, events, parties, occupational health care and additional health insurance - but most importantly a possibility to be a part of a unique and diverse team, connected by similar mindset and sense of humor.
• We like to spend time together! You can choose activities whichever is to your liking – runOrbit, climbOrbit; become ping pong or board games champion.
• We support relocation and integration into Finnish society.

Join us in our journey of building software enabled satellites for secure communications

and, thus, creating the most compelling in space data flow company of the new space era.

The Company may require a security clearance for certain positions. Any such security clearance will be conducted in accordance with applicable law and the Company’s relevant policies

For agencies: We do not accept unsolicited CVs for our open vacancies. Any CV sent to our team unsolicited will reserve us the right to pursue a candidate without obligation to the sender. All candidate submissions must be conducted through our official channels and in accordance with our terms of engagement.