Spacecraft Systems Engineer – Electronics (Stock Options)

Roman Health Pharmacy LLC; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 158,012 - 189,969; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company stock options

Health, dental, vision, and retirement

Job summary

CesiumAstro in Westminster, CO, is seeking a Staff Spacecraft Systems Engineer – Electronics to lead requirements, architecture, and verification across the lifecycle of complex aerospace systems.

You will collaborate with software, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and mission operations teams, translate customer requirements into technical solutions, and mentor engineers while improving engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline with typically 8–12 years of relevant experience.
• Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, lifecycle processes, and aerospace development practices.
• Experience developing, allocating, managing, and verifying complex system and subsystem requirements.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, interface management, integration, configuration management, and technical risk management.
• Experience leading technical trade studies, system analyses, and design assessments.
• Knowledge of verification, validation, qualification, and compliance methodologies.
• Ability to translate customer requirements, mission objectives, and CONOPS into technical solutions.
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).
• Requirements Management tools (Jama, IBM DOORS, or similar).
• Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools (CATIA Magic/Cameo, MagicDraw, or similar).
• Systems modeling and simulation tools.
• Collaboration platforms (Confluence, SharePoint, or similar).
• Configuration management and version control systems (Git, GitLab, Bitbucket, or similar).
• Issue tracking tools (Jira or similar).
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and influence cross‑functional engineering decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, analysis, allocation, and management of system and subsystem requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Responsible for systems engineering of new electronics subsystems for CesiumAstro satellites.
• Collaborate with technical design leads to bring new spacecraft electronics products to life, integrating requirements across multiple satellites and missions to drive design implementation.
• Communicate technical needs across the spacecraft team, using data from flight operations to drive requirement evolution in future design cycles.
• Analyze customer, mission, and system‑level requirements and decompose them into clear, verifiable subsystem requirements.
• Ensure subsystem requirements maintain end‑to‑end traceability to customer requirements, system architecture, and CONOPS.
• Translate customer requirements and operational concepts into technical requirements, system architectures, and engineering solutions.
• Lead system architecture development, technical trade studies, and engineering analyses to evaluate design alternatives and optimize system performance.
• Collaborate with systems, software, hardware, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and integration teams to ensure requirements are complete, feasible, and technically sound.
• Define and manage hardware, software, electrical, mechanical, thermal, and data interfaces across system elements.
• Support requirements management, configuration management, baseline control, and engineering change activities throughout the development lifecycle.
• Identify technical risks, requirement gaps, ambiguities, and integration challenges early in the design process and develop effective mitigation strategies.

Skills

Systems engineering principles

Technical leadership

Requirements management

MBSE tools

Jama

IBM DOORS

Jira

Confluence

Git

GitLab

Bitbucket

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field

Master’s degree in related technical field

PhD in related technical field

Tools

CATIA Magic/Cameo

MagicDraw

Confluence

SharePoint

Jama

IBM DOORS

Git

GitLab

Bitbucket

Jira

Job description

CesiumAstro in Westminster, CO, is seeking a Staff Spacecraft Systems Engineer – Electronics to lead requirements, architecture, and verification across the lifecycle of complex aerospace systems.

You will collaborate with software, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and mission operations teams, translate customer requirements into technical solutions, and mentor engineers while improving engineering practices.