Senior Satellite Design Engineer for Fastwater Staffing

Your Mission on the Team:

You will be responsible for the overall design and development of satellites for the Meridian Space constellation, from concept through on-orbit operation. This includes top level design, risk and cost assessment, systems engineering, testing and operations. As part of a small team tackling ambitious challenges, you’ll take full ownership of satellite performance in orbit - driving each phase of development to ensure mission success and dependable service delivery.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years professional design/development experience in satellite systems.

• Proven experience as a leader on at least one satellite program.

• Skill in using and creating software tools to model systems performance across a variety of disciplines (MATLAB, Python, Excel, etc.)

• Strong understanding of satellite technologies, design principles, and concepts of operations

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or related field

• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years professional design/development experience in satellite systems

• Master's degree in Electrical or Systems Engineering, or related field

• Previous experience with spacecraft and/or space mission top level design

• Previous work on small LEO satellites

• Breadth of experience leading satellite systems development and testing

• Experience with creating satellite simulations and models

• Satellite operations experience