Chief Engineer, Payload Integration
SES Space & Defense
- Senior-Integration-Engineering
- Senior-Integration-Engineering-Manager
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The role
Job description
Role Overview
Serve as the technical authority for hosted payload missions, leading payload development from early mission concept through integration, launch, and on-orbit operations. 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.
What You Will Do
Lead payload architecture, accommodation trades, and technical decision-making across hosted payload and payload-centric mission opportunities. Define and manage payload requirements, interface control documents (ICDs), verification plans, and configuration baselines.
Why It Might Be a Fit
You are a highly experienced spacecraft and payload systems engineer with a track record of leading complex payload missions from concept development through launch and on-orbit operations.
Requirements
- 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
- U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance preferred
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer
- Remote work option
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