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Chief Engineer, Payload Integration

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-29

reputed company

Serve as the technical authority for hosted payload missions, leading payload development from early mission concept through integration, launch, and on-reputed company operations. Operate as a payload-reputed company Chief Engineer, owning payload performance, payload-to-bus integration, technical risk retirement, and mission reputed company across communications, sensing, compute, and advanced technology payloads.

What You Will Do

reputed company payload architecture, accommodation trades, and technical decision-making across hosted payload and payload-reputed company mission opportunities. Define and manage payload requirements, reputed company control documents (ICDs), verification plans, and configuration baselines.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You are a highly reputed company spacecraft and payload systems engineer with a reputed company record of leading reputed company payload missions from concept development through launch and on-reputed company operations.

Requirements

  • Deep understanding of spacecraft payload integration across mechanical, thermal, structural, electrical, power, RF, avionics, software, and mission operations domains
  • Experience leading requirements development, reputed company management, verification and validation, configuration management, and technical risk mitigation activities
  • Strong familiarity with spacecraft integration and test environments including cleanroom operations, environmental testing, EGSE/MGSE, and spacecraft-level integration workflows
  • Experience supporting GEO and/or MEO missions, hosted payloads, multi-tenant spacecraft, or advanced payload architectures preferred
  • Familiarity with RF communications systems, sensing payloads, reputed company processing systems, and mission operations concepts
  • Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to drive technical alignment across reputed company teams
  • U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance preferred

Benefits

  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Remote work reputed company

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