Satellite Systems Engineer, Payload & Constellation

Tomorrow; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Unlimited vacation

Relocation assistance

Flexible hours

Job summary

Tomorrow.io in Golden, CO seeks a Systems Engineer to aid development, integration, and verification of an integrated satellite vehicle for our weather observation constellation. You will translate mission objectives into technical requirements, develop verification plans, manage risks, and coordinate across multi-disciplinary teams to ensure high reliability and data quality.

You will join a collaborative, mission-driven environment that values technical excellence and accountability, bridging

Qualifications

• 4-7+ years of experience developing, integrating, and testing complex engineered systems, specifically satellite payloads or similar hardware.
• Strong working knowledge of spacecraft subsystems, payload integration, and performance modeling.
• Proven experience in system-level architecture, requirements management, interface control, and verification planning.
• Familiarity with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) or similar structured systems approaches.
• Experience performing system-level trade studies and identifying/mitigating and managing program risks.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of integrated satellite payload systems for constellation programs.
• Support requirements definition, interface coordination, integration planning, test planning and execution, and technical documentation across the payload lifecycle.
• Collaborate closely with internal and external engineering teams, partners, and scientific stakeholders.
• Help deliver reliable, mission-ready systems that meet operational objectives.
• Bridge hands-on engineering discipline with system-level thinking and mission execution.
• Support architecture definition and technical design across the payload lifecycle from concept through launch and operations.
• Contribute to system-level trade studies and performance modeling.
• Establish and maintain requirements, interfaces, and verification documentation.
• Identify technical risks and support mitigation planning.
• Collaborate with leadership to track technical performance, support integration test planning, and strengthen engineering quality and systems rigor.

Skills

Payload integration

Requirements mgmt

System architecture

MBSE

Trade studies

Risk management

Orbital mechanics

Collaboration

Communication

System thinking

Tools

STK

GMAT

Orekit

Job description

Tomorrow.io in Golden, CO seeks a Systems Engineer to aid development, integration, and verification of an integrated satellite vehicle for our weather observation constellation. You will translate mission objectives into technical requirements, develop verification plans, manage risks, and coordinate across multi-disciplinary teams to ensure high reliability and data quality.

You will join a collaborative, mission-driven environment that values technical excellence and accountability, bridging