Chief Engineer, Payload Integration

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⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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SES Space & Defense

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1973

🚀 Aerospace

🏢 Enterprise

Aerospace • Defense • Enterprise

SES Space & Defense is a company dedicated to providing services and solutions in the aerospace and defense sectors. They focus on enhancing operational capabilities and delivering innovative technology solutions to support military and government missions. SES Space & Defense embodies values such as diversity, inclusion, and a commitment to nurturing talent across various professional backgrounds, including engineering and information technology.

📋 Description

• 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.

🎯 Requirements

• 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.

🏖️ Benefits

• SES Space and Defense is an equal opportunity employer