As a Senior Electrical Satellite Systems Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring end-to-end mission success. You will lead the definition, integration, verification, and operational readiness of the satellite electrical architecture — from subsystem trade studies and design reviews to launch and early orbit phases.
You’ll act as a technical authority across payload and bus domains, mentoring junior engineers and serving as a trusted point of contact for operators, customers, and launch partners.
Key Responsibilities
System Design and Development
Support ongoing design of electrical subsystems through final flight design, build, and test.
Define system requirements and maintain performance budgets across power, data, and reliability.
Requirements Management
Maintain system requirements, verification, and test matrices from mission level down to subsystems.
Technical Analysis
Perform and manage analyses including power budgets, failure mode analysis, and reliability.
Interface Control
Manage interface control documents (ICDs) to ensure proper electrical connections between subsystems.
Testing and Verification
Develop and oversee execution of test plans and procedures to verify and validate satellite performance through qualification and LEOP phases.
Documentation
Prepare and maintain design reports, specifications, and verification matrices.
Team Leadership
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (software, mechanical, ground segment)
Supplier and Project Management
Oversee subcontractors and vendors to ensure compliance with program requirements.
Program Support
Participate in major reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, PSR, and LRR.
Required Skills and Experience
Education
Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
Experience
15+ years in satellite systems design for LEO constellations, with full lifecycle experience.
Technical Expertise
Systems Leadership & Architecture
Define spacecraft electrical system architecture ensuring optimal payload–bus integration.
Develop and maintain system-level documentation (Satellite Reference Database, Parameter Book, CONOPS).
Oversee subsystem interfaces for avionics, power, AOCS, propulsion, TT&C, thermal, and data handling.
Own requirements management, flow-down, and traceability across the project lifecycle.
Conduct gap analyses and ensure subsystem requirements meet mission-level objectives.
Design, Verification & Validation
Define and validate electrical performance budgets (power, data, fault management).
Lead all V&V phases including electrical ground testing (qualification, TVAC, EMC/EMI), and environmental qualification.
Drive fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR) strategy and contribute to flight software validation.
Oversee system-level integration testing and ensure design compliance.
Lead readiness for launch, early orbit, and end-of-rendezvous operations.
Operations & Launch Support
Interface with launch providers to ensure compliance with integration and environmental requirements.
Provide technical leadership during launch campaigns, LEOP, and in-orbit testing.
Support Satellite Operations Control Center (SOCC) activities including telemetry, command databases, and anomaly resolution.
Stakeholder Communication & Leadership
Engage with customers and satellite operators on complex technical matters.
Mentor junior engineers and promote systems thinking and disciplined engineering practice.
Lead and document design reviews ensuring compliance with ECSS, PUS-STD, and internal standards.
Tools & Soft Skills
Experience with flight engineering software, Agile methods, and modeling/simulation tools (e.g., MATLAB).
Strong written and verbal communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities in dynamic, ambiguous environments.
