Senior Spacecraft Mission Architect & Integrations Lead

Outsiders Fund; Los Angeles, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shared upside equity in Apex

Best-in-class healthcare

Comprehensive PTO and holidays

Competitive 401(k) with match

8 weeks paid parental leave

Daily catered lunch and snacks

Vibrant company community

World-class Playa Vista office

Real impact opportunity

Job summary

Apex Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Mission Integration Engineer to convert our spacecraft platform into customer missions. You will act as the primary liaison between customers and technical teams, guiding mission concepts, analyses, interfaces, and end-to-end integration and test.

You will lead cross-disciplinary collaboration with electrical, mechanical, and software engineers, perform mission analysis, and own system-level documentation and test planning for complex satellite buses.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience on complex hardware systems (spacecraft preferred) or technical capture management.
• Experience in satellite manufacturing or related aerospace/defense/high-tech industries.
• Strong understanding of space systems, launch vehicle mechanics, orbital dynamics, and mission operations.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing timelines in a fast-paced environment.
• High attention to detail with ability to deliver concise technical reviews.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end mission architecture including spacecraft, launch vehicle, ground systems, and operations.
• Lead technical inputs to proposals with approaches, feasibility studies, and cost estimates.
• Perform mission analysis including orbital mechanics and deployment strategies.
• Serve as the primary liaison between customers and internal teams for requirements and issues.
• Lead technical discussions in meetings, design reviews, and status updates.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and software engineers for system integration.
• Develop and maintain customer system-level docs such as specs and interface control documents.
• Generate mission-specific technical budgets (power, mass, data, pointing).
• Analyze CLA and thermal results; perform EMC assessments.
• Perform system-level FMEA and support reliability engineering.
• Develop bus-to-payload communication architecture and support testing.
• Plan and execute final integrated space vehicle systems testing.
• Travel to launch sites for integration, checkouts, and rehearsals.
• Track spacecraft in operation with mission ops teams.
• Verify requirements and validation activities to meet customer needs and standards.
• Identify risks and work with engineering and partners to shape future missions.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Tools

Python

MATLAB

STK

FreeFlyer

GMAT

Job description

Apex Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Mission Integration Engineer to convert our spacecraft platform into customer missions. You will act as the primary liaison between customers and technical teams, guiding mission concepts, analyses, interfaces, and end-to-end integration and test.

You will lead cross-disciplinary collaboration with electrical, mechanical, and software engineers, perform mission analysis, and own system-level documentation and test planning for complex satellite buses.