Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer – Software & Integration

CesiumAstro; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 133,908 - 160,991; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Comprehensive benefits

Retirement plans

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 embedded systems used on satellites and airborne platforms.

You will bridge Systems and Software Engineering, define software configurations, support integration, and guide verification activities across teams to ensure mission objectives are met.

Qualifications

• Experience decomposing system requirements into software-level requirements.
• Strong understanding of embedded systems and software development lifecycles.
• Experience with hardware/software interfaces and communication protocols.
• Ability to interpret system-level CONOPS for engineering execution.
• Experience creating verification plans and acceptance criteria.

Responsibilities

• Decompose customer and system requirements into verifiable software requirements.
• Maintain traceability to higher-level requirements, architecture, and CONOPS.
• Collaborate across systems, software, and hardware teams to refine requirements.
• Develop software verification descriptions, methods, and acceptance criteria.
• Plan software integration and readiness reviews with cross-functional teams.
• Mentor junior engineers in requirements quality and verification planning.

Skills

Python

C++

C

Java

Bash

Embedded systems

CONOPS interpretation

Requirements decomposition

System software lifecycle

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering / Software Engineering

Tools

Git

IDEs

Debuggers

CI/CD

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 embedded systems used on satellites and airborne platforms.

You will bridge Systems and Software Engineering, define software configurations, support integration, and guide verification activities across teams to ensure mission objectives are met.