Aerospace Systems Engineer

Alto Cirra; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation days

Company holidays

Sick days

Medical premiums 75% covered

Professional-development budget

Relocation policy not included

Job summary

Alto Cirra, based in Salt Lake City, seeks a systems engineer to own aircraft and payload requirements, interfaces, and reliability while coordinating across mechanical, electrical and software teams. The role supports design reviews and translates field findings into system changes.

Hybrid work arrangement with travel up to 15% for integration and test support. Requires 3+ years in systems engineering or related fields and an engineering degree or equivalent.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of systems engineering or multidisciplinary hardware integration experience.
• Experience translating stakeholder needs into testable requirements and interface documents.
• Practical reliability analysis, failure-mode assessment and configuration-control skills.
• Ability to coordinate mechanical, electrical and software teams; engineering degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain aircraft and payload requirements and interface documents.
• Coordinate integration across mechanical, electrical and software teams.
• Analyze reliability and failure modes and track mitigations.
• Support design reviews and configuration control.
• Translate field and test findings into system changes.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements translation

Reliability analysis

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

FMEA

Requirements management tools

Job description

Own the system view of our aircraft and seeding payload: requirements, interfaces, reliability and how the pieces integrate.

Team Engineering

Location Salt Lake City, Utah · Headquarters

Employment type Full-time employee, normally 40 hours per week.

Annual base salary USD $115,000–$155,000

Compensation No equity or bonus is included in this package. Compensation within the range will reflect relevant experience and role scope.

Work arrangement Hybrid: normally three days per week at headquarters and up to two days remote, with in-person attendance required for lab, test and operational activities.

Travel Up to 15% travel for integration and test support.

Benefits 15 paid vacation days, 10 paid company holidays, 5 paid sick days, employer contribution of 75% of employee-only medical/dental/vision premiums, required work equipment, approved business travel reimbursement, and a $1,500 annual professional-development budget.

Relocation policy Applicants willing to relocate are welcome; relocation expenses are not included.

Visa policy Employment visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

About Alto Cirra

Alto Cirra develops drone-deployed cloud seeding technology and data-backed program capabilities for ski resorts, water districts and watersheds. Our headquarters is in Salt Lake City.

This planned 2027 headquarters role supports our next phase of development. Hiring dates will be agreed individually; regional deployment plans do not represent confirmed local bases or flight authorizations.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain aircraft and payload requirements and interface documents.
• Coordinate integration across mechanical, electrical and software teams.
• Analyze reliability and failure modes and track mitigations.
• Support design reviews and configuration control.
• Translate field and test findings into system changes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of systems engineering or multidisciplinary hardware integration experience.
• Experience translating stakeholder needs into testable requirements and interface documents.
• Practical reliability analysis, failure-mode assessment and configuration-control skills.
• Ability to coordinate mechanical, electrical and software teams; engineering degree or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred experience

UAS, robotics, requirements-management tools, FMEA and verification planning.

Core skills