Payload Pointing, Acquisition & Beam-Steering Engineer

Role mandate

Build the capability for the era ahead.

This team member will combine subject-matter depth, sound judgment and disciplined execution to move the mission from architecture to measurable results.

Responsibilities

• Own the Payload Engineering workstream for Payload Pointing, Acquisition & Beam-Steering Engineer and deliver measurable technical or operating outcomes.
• Own requirements, interfaces, performance budgets and verification for flight and ground systems.
• Coordinate hardware, software, payload, bus, network and mission-operation dependencies.
• Drive design reviews, risk retirement, integration and readiness through the mission lifecycle.

Required qualifications

• Engineering experience with spacecraft, payloads, RF systems, avionics, antennas or ground systems.
• Working knowledge of requirements management, interface control and verification.
• Ability to perform disciplined analysis and communicate technical risk.

Preferred experience

• Experience taking flight hardware or mission systems through qualification and operations.
• Familiarity with constellation, optical-link or quantum-communications programs.

The hiring sequence follows operating milestones and project requirements. This position may begin through advisory, consulting or project-based work before moving into a full-time role.