Senior Optical Communications Systems Engineer

CesiumAstro; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 133,908 - 160,991; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

HSA

FSA

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plans

Job summary

CesiumAstro is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer – Optical Comms to lead systems engineering across the product lifecycle, translating mission objectives and customer requirements into technical solutions for optical communication payloads on aerospace platforms.

The role emphasizes end-to-end requirements management, architecture definition, verification planning, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering teams, vendors, and customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline with 5–8 years of relevant experience; Master’s 3–6 years; PhD 0–3 years.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering principles and lifecycle.
• Experience developing, managing, and verifying system and subsystem requirements.
• Ability to interpret customer requirements and CONOPS to develop solutions.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements and decompose into verifiable system and subsystem requirements.
• Define hardware/software interfaces between optical payloads and the vehicle.
• Lead verification planning, configurations, and evidence packages.
• Partner with integration/test teams to plan and support verification.
• Mentor junior engineers in systems engineering practices and documentation.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

MBSE

Collaboration

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

B.S. in Aerospace Engineering

M.S. in related field

PhD in related field (optional)

Tools

Jama

IBM DOORS

CATIA Magic

Cameo

MagicDraw

Confluence

SharePoint

Git

GitLab

Bitbucket

Jira

MS Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Visio)

Job description

CesiumAstro is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer – Optical Comms to lead systems engineering across the product lifecycle, translating mission objectives and customer requirements into technical solutions for optical communication payloads on aerospace platforms.

The role emphasizes end-to-end requirements management, architecture definition, verification planning, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering teams, vendors, and customers.