Satellite Mission Architect & Systems Lead

Quindar; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

15 days off

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Company offsite

Paid federal holidays

Job summary

Quindar is seeking a Mission Integration Engineer to define, architect, and deliver integrated satellite ground systems for commercial and government customers. You will own the systems engineering process, coordinate requirements, and translate mission needs into executable technical solutions.

You will work across sales, product, software, and delivery teams to shape architecture, proposals, verification, and deployment for complex missions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in satellite ground systems, mission integration, systems engineering, technical sales, mission operations, software platform engineering, government aerospace programs, spacecraft systems, or a related field.
• Experience working with complex technical systems that require coordination across software, hardware, operations, customer, and program stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to understand a technical system deeply and translate customer or mission needs into executable architecture, requirements, scope, and delivery plans.
• Experience supporting customer‑facing technical work such as solution architecture, technical proposals, design reviews, requirements discussions, integration planning, or technical program execution.
• Familiarity with satellite operations, TT&C concepts, ground system architectures, mission operations workflows, or spacecraft‑to‑ground interfaces.
• Strong technical communication skills, including the ability to write clearly, present technical concepts, and create structured documentation.

Skills

Systems engineering

Mission integration

Requirements management

Solution architecture

Technical proposals

Customer-facing

Documentation

Communication

Engineering leadership

Scripting

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

Cameo

SysML

Git-based engineering workflows

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Quindar is seeking a Mission Integration Engineer to define, architect, and deliver integrated satellite ground systems for commercial and government customers. You will own the systems engineering process, coordinate requirements, and translate mission needs into executable technical solutions.

You will work across sales, product, software, and delivery teams to shape architecture, proposals, verification, and deployment for complex missions.