Chief Engineer, Payload Integration

🕒 Junho 12

⚔️ Virginia – Remoto

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⏰ Tempo Integral

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SES Space & Defense

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51 - 200 funcionários

Fundada em 1973

🚀 Aeroespacial

🏢 Corporativo

Aerospace • Defense • Enterprise

A SES Space & Defense é uma empresa dedicada a fornecer serviços e soluções nos setores aeroespacial e de defesa. Eles se concentram em aprimorar as capacidades operacionais e fornecer soluções tecnológicas inovadoras para apoiar missões militares e governamentais. A SES Space & Defense incorpora valores como diversidade, inclusão e um compromisso com o desenvolvimento de talentos em várias áreas profissionais, incluindo engenharia e tecnologia da informação.

Descrição

• In this role, you will serve as the technical authority for hosted payload missions, leading payload development from early mission concept through integration, launch, and on-orbit operations. • You will operate as a payload-focused Chief Engineer, owning payload performance, payload-to-bus integration, technical risk retirement, and mission success across communications, sensing, compute, and advanced technology payloads. • Working closely with spacecraft manufacturers, suppliers, mission operations teams, and customers, you will ensure payload requirements are translated into executable designs and successfully integrated into GEO and MEO spacecraft architectures. • This role sits at the center of mission execution, requiring deep systems thinking, cross-functional leadership, and hands-on involvement throughout the spacecraft lifecycle.

🎯 Requisitos

• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance preferred • Demonstrated ownership of payload development across at least one spacecraft mission through requirements, integration and test, launch, and on-orbit commissioning • Deep understanding of spacecraft payload integration across mechanical, thermal, structural, electrical, power, RF, avionics, software, and mission operations domains • Experience leading requirements development, interface 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, onboard processing systems, and mission operations concepts • Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to drive technical alignment across internal and external teams.

🏖️ Benefícios

• SES Space and Defense is an equal opportunity employer