Spacecraft Systems Engineer — Mission Operations & Integration

Viasat, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat, Inc. contributes to the development and operation of spacecraft systems for government and commercial missions.

Working within a multidisciplinary engineering team, you will support mission concepts, requirements, payload integration, testing, and operational readiness throughout the program lifecycle. The role involves defining and verifying system requirements, contributing to spacecraft architecture, and coordinating with multiple teams to ensure mission success and robust engineering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, systems, electrical, or mechanical engineering, physics, computer science, or a related technical field.
• 2–5+ years of experience in systems or aerospace engineering, spacecraft development, mission operations, or a related field.
• Understanding of systems engineering, requirements management, and integration fundamentals.
• Familiarity with spacecraft subsystems such as attitude control, electrical power, propulsion, thermal, communications, payloads, or flight software.
• Experience with engineering analysis or modeling tools such as Python, MATLAB, or STK.
• Ability to work with cross-functional engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Support mission, spacecraft, payload, and operational concept development.
• Help define, allocate, trace, and verify system requirements.
• Contribute to spacecraft architecture, payload integration, interface management, MBSE models, diagrams, technical documentation, and engineering analyses.
• Assist with mission planning, CONOPS, and operational readiness activities.
• Support integration, assembly, environmental testing, and system verification, as well as launch preparation, early operations, and anomaly resolution.
• Coordinate with subsystem, software, payload, ground, and operations teams; contribute to technical reviews and process improvements.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Python

MATLAB

STK

MBSE models

Job description

Viasat, Inc. contributes to the development and operation of spacecraft systems for government and commercial missions.

Working within a multidisciplinary engineering team, you will support mission concepts, requirements, payload integration, testing, and operational readiness throughout the program lifecycle. The role involves defining and verifying system requirements, contributing to spacecraft architecture, and coordinating with multiple teams to ensure mission success and robust engineering