Space GNSS Payload Engineer — On-Orbit Weather Tech

tomorrow.be; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Unlimited PTO

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Tomorrow.io in Golden, CO is seeking a GNSS Payload Engineer to support development, integration, verification, and on-orbit performance of GNSS payloads for our weather observation constellation.

You will translate mission objectives into instrument requirements, perform verification plans, and work across GNSS, RF, spacecraft systems, and science teams.

The role offers hands-on space hardware experience, ownership growth, and a collaborative, mission-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 4-7+ years hands-on engineering in GNSS or satellite payloads.
• Strong knowledge of GNSS signals, receiver operation, and C/N0.
• Experience with RF link budgets, calibration, and validation.
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing or signal simulators is valued.

Responsibilities

• Support GNSS payload development and on-orbit performance assessment.
• Translate mission data needs into payload requirements and verification plans.
• Collaborate across GNSS, RF, spacecraft, software, and science teams.
• Contribute to environmental testing and test-data analysis.

Skills

GNSS fundamentals

RF systems

Payload hardware

Hardware-in-the-loop

Link budgets

Measurement-error analysis

Interference mitigation

Tools

GNSS receivers

RF front ends

Antennas

Timing references

Oscillators

Job description

Tomorrow.io in Golden, CO is seeking a GNSS Payload Engineer to support development, integration, verification, and on-orbit performance of GNSS payloads for our weather observation constellation.

You will translate mission objectives into instrument requirements, perform verification plans, and work across GNSS, RF, spacecraft systems, and science teams.

The role offers hands-on space hardware experience, ownership growth, and a collaborative, mission-driven environment.