Vast
Senior Systems Engineer - Satellites
$121K–$210K
Long Beach, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional or project experience; the posting welcomes applicants across a range of experience levels.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or another engineering discipline.
About the job
Designs and supports avionics systems for high-power satellites through development, integration, testing, launch, and operations.
What you'll do
- Lead avionics systems design, requirements, interfaces, trade studies, and configuration management.
- Develop verification plans, assess vehicle health, troubleshoot issues, and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Support system reliability and production improvements; travel to launch sites or test facilities as needed.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or another engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of professional or project experience with avionics design, analysis, system-level integration, and/or unit-level testing.
- Experience with systems engineering principles and processes for spacecraft development.
- Experience with space-systems lifecycle development, including requirements, design solutions, integration, validation and verification, qualification, and operation.
Nice to have
- Experience defining, managing, and verifying flight software interfaces.
- Experience with power, GNC, RF, or propulsion interfaces, or high-reliability/fault-tolerant aerospace or defense electronics.
Pay
$120,540 — $209,520 USD (base salary)
Tools
avionics, flight software, power, GNC, RF, propulsion, multimeters, oscilloscopes
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