Senior Engineer, Constellation Systems

Hidden Jobs; United States; Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with match

PTO and holidays

Professional development

Job summary

Hidden Jobs is seeking a senior engineering professional to join a distributed Constellation Modeling and Analysis team focused on a space-based intelligence platform. You will model, simulate, and optimize satellite constellation performance across launch planning, revisit, and mission design scenarios.

The role requires 5+ years of technical experience, expertise in Python or C++, and strong communication skills. Remote-friendly with US-based guidelines and a path to advanced analysis work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, physics, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant technical experience.
• Familiarity with spacecraft systems, orbit constellations, or modeling and simulation.
• Independent work style with ability to manage multiple efforts in parallel.
• Programming in Python and/or C++.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and expand internal tools for constellation orbit design and launch planning.
• Support constellation design trade studies and provide orbital mechanics input.
• Build analysis scenarios that quantify operational impact against mission requirements.
• Improve modeling and automation tooling to produce performance metrics.
• Document and present analysis results to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to internal analysis products and team training.

Skills

Python

C++

Independent work

Written comms

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Git

JIRA

Job description

Role overview

A senior engineering role on a distributed Constellation Modeling and Analysis team supporting a space-based intelligence platform that delivers satellite imagery and analytics to defense, intelligence, and commercial customers. The work centers on modeling, simulating, and improving the performance of an active satellite constellation across launch planning, revisit, and mission design scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Develop and expand internal tools, methods, and processes for constellation orbit design, including launch planning and revisit specifications.
• Support constellation design trade studies and contribute subject matter expertise in orbital mechanics.
• Build analysis scenarios and configurations that quantify operational impact against specific mission requirements.
• Improve modeling and automation tooling to produce performance metrics for internal trade studies, programs, and proposals.
• Document and present analysis results, highlighting key findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to internal analysis products, constellation performance demos, and team training.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline (aerospace, mechanical, software, or similar), physics, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant technical experience.
• Familiarity with spacecraft systems, concepts of operations, satellite constellations, or modeling and simulation.
• Independent work style with the ability to manage multiple efforts in parallel.
• Programming ability in Python and/or C++.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience collaborating across multiple time zones.
• Background in remote sensing topics.
• Demonstrated project work with Python, JIRA, and Git (or equivalents).

Benefits and work setup

• Remote-friendly role; candidates in the Seattle, WA metro should expect a targeted base salary of approximately $135,000-$150,000, with the actual offer dependent on background and experience. Other US locations may see different pay scales.
• Full-time benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage with employer-paid employee premiums plus a monthly out-of-pocket contribution; disability, life, and AD&D insurance; 401(k) pre‑tax and Roth with employer match; flexible spending accounts; an employee stock purchase program; employee and travel assistance programs; employer donation matching; professional development; and a choice of Mac or PC.
• Time off includes 15 days of PTO, 11 company holidays, four floating holidays, paid volunteer leave, and parental leave.
• Must be a US person as defined by ITAR export-control regulations.