Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer - Stock Options

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

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Stock options

Benefits package

Job summary

CesiumAstro, Inc. in Westminster, Colorado is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to translate customer and mission requirements into verifiable system and subsystem specifications.

You will define interfaces between payload and space vehicle and ensure traceability across requirements, architecture, and CONOPS. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, plan verification activities, manage configuration, and mentor junior engineers while driving continuous improvement in engineering rigor and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related engineering with 5–8 years of experience; or Master’s 3–6 years; or PhD 0–3 years.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering principles and lifecycle.
• Experience developing, managing, and verifying system and subsystem requirements.
• Knowledge of architecture, interface management, systems integration, and configuration management.
• Understanding verification, validation, and systems integration processes.
• Ability to interpret customer requirements and CONOPS and technical specifications.
• MS Office Suite; Jama/DOORS; MBSE tools; modeling & simulation.

Responsibilities

• Analyze customer, mission, and system requirements and decompose them 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 aligned with program requirements.
• 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.
• Support technical planning, PI planning, staffing assessments, and engineering execution activities.
• Prioritize systems engineering activities to meet technical, cost, schedule, and program milestones.
• Participate in technical reviews, design reviews, customer meetings, and engineering milestone activities.
• 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.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams to support successful program execution.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

MBSE tools

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Communication

Collaborative work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related technical discipline

Master’s degree in related technical discipline

PhD in related technical discipline

Tools

Jama

IBM DOORS

CATIA Magic/Cameo

MagicDraw

Confluence

SharePoint

Git

Jira

Job description

CesiumAstro, Inc. in Westminster, Colorado is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to translate customer and mission requirements into verifiable system and subsystem specifications.

You will define interfaces between payload and space vehicle and ensure traceability across requirements, architecture, and CONOPS. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, plan verification activities, manage configuration, and mentor junior engineers while driving continuous improvement in engineering rigor and