# Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer

**Company:** [Turion Space](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/turion-space)
**Location:** Irvine, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $160k – $200k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** spacecraft systems engineering, satellite design, requirements derivation, system budgets, verification and validation, model based systems engineering, cameo, capella, Python, MATLAB, stk, gmat, requirements management, jama, doors
**Posted:** 2026-07-16

> Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer responsible for technical leadership across the full satellite lifecycle, including requirements derivation, system budgets, V&V planning, and leading technical reviews. Requires 6+ years spacecraft experience, systems engineering skills, and ability to obtain security clearance.

## Job Description

## Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership on projects and programs throughout the entire spacecraft lifecycle
- Derivation and maintenance of system requirements to ensure mission success
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to define mission CONOPS
- Ownership of system budgets, such as mass, power, delta-V, data, and link budgets
- Define verification and validation plans for system and subsystem activities (test, demonstration, analysis, inspection)
- Collaborate with multi-disciplinary experts
- Track system compliance and overall performance to the desired mission needs
- Lead teams through technical milestones such as MCR, SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and PSR
- Author Interface Control Documents (ICD)'s and other documentation necessary for the systems engineering process
- Interact directly with customers and/or suppliers to ensure mission success

## Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field
- 6+ years of experience in spacecraft systems engineering, spacecraft design, or a related field, with hands-on experience in satellite design and integration
- Previous experience with the derivation and maintenance of requirements from a system level down to a lower level
- Ability to create system level budgets (mass, power, dV, pointing, link, etc.) and track the budget throughout the project lifecycle
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with multiple teams and disciplines
- Must be able to obtain a Secret and/or a TS/SCI clearance

## Preferred Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in spacecraft systems engineering, spacecraft design, or a related field, with hands-on experience in satellite design and integration
- Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering and applicable software such as Cameo, Capella, Innoslate, or others
- Experience with satellite analysis tools such as Python, Matlab, STK, GMAT, or FreeFlyer
- Experience with requirement management tools such as Jama, Doors, Flow, or others
- Previous experience in a startup work environment
- Full product lifecycle experience: Initial concept design, preliminary design, manufacturing, testing, and operations

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