Spaceborne Payloads Lead Engineer

Roman Health Pharmacy LLC; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 158,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health, dental, vision

Retirement plans

Job summary

CesiumAstro in Westminster, Colorado seeks a Staff Electrical Engineer to lead the design, development, integration, test, and flight qualification of advanced spaceborne payloads. The Unit Lead (Responsible Engineer) role oversees RPU products, combining technical accountability with program management in a fast-paced startup environment.

You will head a multidisciplinary team of RF, digital, power, mechanical, thermal, software, and systems engineers, own schedule, review control schemes, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 8 years of engineering experience in electronics hardware development.
• Hands-on experience with software-defined radios.
• Leadership experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering practices and configuration management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the RPU Unit Lead and primary technical point of contact for the box throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Lead the end-to-end engineering effort for the box, including architecture, design, prototyping, integration, test, environmental qualification, and flight readiness.
• Coordinate and direct a team of RF, digital, power, mechanical, thermal, software, and systems engineers to ensure timely execution.
• Hold schedule accountability for the box development.
• Develop and review payload control schemes, internal data interfaces, command & telemetry architecture, and firmware/software integration as needed.
• Manage all flight qualification activities, including environmental test planning and final acceptance testing.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Leadership

Systems engineering

Communication

RF engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Software-defined radios

Job description

CesiumAstro in Westminster, Colorado seeks a Staff Electrical Engineer to lead the design, development, integration, test, and flight qualification of advanced spaceborne payloads. The Unit Lead (Responsible Engineer) role oversees RPU products, combining technical accountability with program management in a fast-paced startup environment.

You will head a multidisciplinary team of RF, digital, power, mechanical, thermal, software, and systems engineers, own schedule, review control schemes, and