Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer – Payload Lead

Roman Health Pharmacy LLC; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 133,908 - 160,991; Full time

Job summary

CesiumAstro in the United States is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer – Payload to lead the systems engineering activities required to define, develop, integrate, verify, and support complex aerospace systems through the product lifecycle.

This role translates mission objectives, customer requirements, and system architecture into technical solutions that enable successful system integration and mission execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or related technical discipline with typically 5–8 years of relevant experience; Master's with 3–6 years; PhD with 0–3 years.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering principles and lifecycle.
• Experience developing, managing, and verifying system and subsystem requirements.
• Knowledge of systems architecture, interface management, systems integration, and configuration management.
• Understanding verification, validation, and systems integration processes.
• Ability to interpret customer requirements, CONOPS, and technical specifications to develop engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Decompose customer, mission, and system-level requirements into clear, verifiable system and subsystem requirements.
• Establish clear definitions for all hardware and software interfaces between the payload and the space vehicle.
• Ensure requirements maintain end-to-end traceability to customer requirements, system architecture, and CONOPS.
• Define and manage hardware, software, electrical, mechanical, and data interfaces between system elements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to refine requirements for completeness, feasibility, technical accuracy, and manufacturability.
• Support requirements management, configuration management, baseline control, and engineering change activities.
• Identify technical risks, requirement gaps, ambiguities, and design issues early in the development lifecycle.
• Support system architecture development, technical trade studies, and engineering analyses to evaluate design alternatives and optimize system performance.
• Develop system verification and validation strategies, including verification methods, acceptance criteria, and verification levels.
• Define verification configurations, including hardware, software, firmware, and test environments required to support verification activities.
• Develop and maintain verification documentation, verification cross-reference matrices, requirements traceability matrices, and verification evidence packages.
• Partner with Integration & Test teams to plan, coordinate, and support system integration and verification activities.
• Evaluate test results, resolve technical discrepancies, and support corrective actions to ensure compliance with system requirements.
• Mentor junior engineers on systems engineering best practices, requirements development, traceability, verification, and technical documentation.
• Drive continuous improvement of engineering processes, systems engineering rigor, and technical documentation.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Interface management

MBSE

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelors in a technical field

Master's in related field

PhD in related field

Tools

Jama

IBM DOORS

CATIA Magic/Cameo

MagicDraw

Confluence

Git/GitLab/Bitbucket

Jira

Job description

CesiumAstro in the United States is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer – Payload to lead the systems engineering activities required to define, develop, integrate, verify, and support complex aerospace systems through the product lifecycle.

This role translates mission objectives, customer requirements, and system architecture into technical solutions that enable successful system integration and mission execution.