Senior Space Systems Engineer: Mission Architect & Verifier

Viasat, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 121,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cash incentives

Stock incentives

Medical benefits

Job summary

Viasat, Inc. seeks a seasoned Space Mission Engineer to support architecture and spacecraft design through integration, verification, and operations, coordinating across spacecraft, software, ground, supplier, and mission teams.

You will develop mission architectures, manage requirements, MBSE models, and interfaces with subsystems like attitude control, power, propulsion, and comms, contributing to readiness assessments and program milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, systems, electrical, mechanical, computer engineering, physics, computer science, or related field.
• 5–10+ years of experience in aerospace, spacecraft systems, mission engineering, or related area.
• Experience with requirements development, systems integration, interface management, or verification.
• Familiarity with spacecraft subsystems such as attitude control, electrical power, propulsion, thermal, communications, payloads, and flight software.
• Experience with MBSE, SysML, or comparable modeling approaches.
• Familiarity with engineering tools such as Python, MATLAB, STK, GMAT, or Ansys.

Responsibilities

• Develop mission architectures and concepts, conduct system trade studies, and help shape spacecraft designs.
• Create and maintain mission, spacecraft, subsystem, and interface requirements; support allocation and verification.
• Contribute to mission planning, operational concepts, and spacecraft CONOPS.
• Support SysML-based MBSE models and manage interfaces across spacecraft, payload, software, and ground systems.
• Help plan and execute verification, validation, environmental testing, integration, simulations, and readiness assessments.
• Participate in launch and early operations, anomaly resolution, supplier reviews, and program milestones such as SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, ORR, and FRR.

Skills

MBSE

SysML

Python

MATLAB

STK

GMAT

Ansys

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace, systems, electrical, mechanical, or related field

Tools

Python

MATLAB

STK

GMAT

Ansys

Job description

Viasat, Inc. seeks a seasoned Space Mission Engineer to support architecture and spacecraft design through integration, verification, and operations, coordinating across spacecraft, software, ground, supplier, and mission teams.

You will develop mission architectures, manage requirements, MBSE models, and interfaces with subsystems like attitude control, power, propulsion, and comms, contributing to readiness assessments and program milestones.