Senior Program Chief Engineer — Space Systems & Mission Ops

Quindar Inc.; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Comprehensive health insurance

4% 401(k) matching

Job summary

Quindar Inc. seeks a Chief Engineer to lead engineering execution across satellite ground systems programs and mission operations software.

This senior role integrates software, platform infrastructure, reliability, security, and mission integration while coordinating with architects and domain leads. The ideal candidate combines strong software and systems understanding with operational awareness and the ability to guide multidisciplinary engineering teams through technical execution.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience developing, integrating, or operating aerospace, satellite, or mission‑critical software systems.
• Broad technical breadth across software, operations, and aerospace domains.
• Experience with satellite ground systems, mission operations, or flight dynamics and mission planning tools.
• Experience designing, integrating, or operating distributed software systems in production environments.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, systems integration, and operational reliability.
• Ability to communicate across software, operations, platform / infrastructure, and customer stakeholders.
• Experience leading technical efforts across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous and rapidly evolving technical environments.
• Active TS/SCI clearance preferred (S required).

Responsibilities

• Serve as a program technical leader / Chief Engineer for complex commercial and government space programs.
• Support successful engineering execution across mission software, platform infrastructure, reliability, security, and integration activities.
• Coordinate technical alignment across engineering teams to ensure cohesive system behavior and successful mission execution.
• Partner with engineering leads to identify and resolve cross-system technical risks, interface challenges, and integration concerns.
• Support architectural cohesion and long-term technical evolution across Quindar’s ground systems ecosystem.
• Contribute to technical strategy, system design, and architecture development for mission operations platforms.
• Participate in proposal development, technical solution definition, and customer technical engagements.
• Conduct technical reviews, design reviews, and mission readiness assessments.
• Support anomaly investigation, troubleshooting, and operational issue resolution for mission-critical systems.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers across the organization.
• Contribute directly to engineering efforts through design, implementation, prototyping, and technical problem solving.

Skills

Aerospace software systems

Satellite ground systems

Distributed software systems

Software architecture & integration

Operational reliability

Cross-team leadership

Effective communication

Security clearance TS/SCI preferred

Ambiguity navigation

Job description

Quindar Inc. seeks a Chief Engineer to lead engineering execution across satellite ground systems programs and mission operations software.

This senior role integrates software, platform infrastructure, reliability, security, and mission integration while coordinating with architects and domain leads. The ideal candidate combines strong software and systems understanding with operational awareness and the ability to guide multidisciplinary engineering teams through technical execution.