Senior Space Payload Systems Architect

Vantor Holdings, Inc.; Colorado; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantor Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Payload Systems Engineer to join our Westminster, CO team.

You will define mission, satellite, and payload architectures, interfacing with spacecraft buses and high-precision optical payloads. You will influence high-impact programs with industry partners, balancing lean execution with rigorous engineering. The role requires extensive space systems experience, funding cross-functional collaboration, and leadership in design reviews to ensure performance and

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active secret Security Clearance.
• 8+ years of experience with space-based optical remote sensing payloads, especially LEO missions.
• Experience with radiation effects on electronic systems and derating/qualification.
• Spacecraft-payload interface development and electrical interface analysis.
• Ability to interpret and integrate requirements across teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical interface between the imaging payload and spacecraft bus across electrical, mechanical, thermal, and data interfaces.
• Lead system-level trades on design alternatives, cost/risk, and tech insertion opportunities.
• Assess payload and bus designs and troubleshoot down to circuit level.
• Support radiation analysis and mitigation strategies for electronics in space environments.
• Perform signal and power integrity analyses and ensure MIL-STD, ECSS, NASA standards compliance.
• Model payload power, data, timing interactions and contribute to ICDs.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and new mission concepts for system integration feasibility.
• Contribute to design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) across disciplines.

Skills

Electrical systems

Spacecraft interfaces

Signal analysis

Radiation effects

Power integrity

System trades

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Vantor Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Payload Systems Engineer to join our Westminster, CO team.

You will define mission, satellite, and payload architectures, interfacing with spacecraft buses and high-precision optical payloads. You will influence high-impact programs with industry partners, balancing lean execution with rigorous engineering. The role requires extensive space systems experience, funding cross-functional collaboration, and leadership in design reviews to ensure performance and