Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer, Embedded Software

CesiumAstro, Inc.; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 133,000 - 161,000; Full time

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Job summary

CesiumAstro in the United States is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer – Software to translate system-level concepts into detailed software requirements and verification strategies for complex embedded systems.

You will work closely with Systems and Software teams to ensure traceability, architecture alignment, and successful integration and verification across the program, contributing to mission-critical space and airborne platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field with 5–8 years of experience in systems/software engineering.
• Experience decomposing system requirements into software requirements.
• Experience creating verification plans or acceptance criteria.
• Understanding of embedded systems and software lifecycles.
• Experience with hardware/software interfaces and communication protocols.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements and decompose into verifiable software-level requirements.
• Maintain traceability to higher-level system requirements and CONOPS.
• Collaborate with systems, software, and hardware teams to refine requirements.
• Support verification planning, cross-reference matrices, and evidence packages.
• Identify gaps, ambiguities, and risks early in development.
• Define software verification approaches and acceptance criteria.
• Identify required verification configurations and test environments.
• Mentor junior engineers on requirements quality and verification planning.
• Drive continuous improvement in systems/software collaboration and rigor.
• Support PI planning, staffing, and execution readiness activities.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline

Tools

Git

IDEs

Debuggers

CI/CD platforms

Job description

CesiumAstro in the United States is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer – Software to translate system-level concepts into detailed software requirements and verification strategies for complex embedded systems.

You will work closely with Systems and Software teams to ensure traceability, architecture alignment, and successful integration and verification across the program, contributing to mission-critical space and airborne platforms.