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Sophia Space
Pasadena, California, United States • Hybrid
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Lead the systems engineering, integration, and testing of payloads for Sophia missions, serving as the technical owner of the payload-to-bus boundary. This includes defining interfaces, managing technical risks, and overseeing the end-to-end integration of electro-optical and other science instruments.
Requires a B.S. in an engineering or physics discipline and 8+ years of experience in spacecraft systems or payload integration. Candidates must have hands-on experience with ICDs, electro-optical payloads, and be U.S. Persons due to ITAR/EAR regulations.
Lead the systems engineering, integration, and test of payloads flown on Sophia missions, serving as the technical owner of the payload-to-bus boundary from concept through on-orbit commissioning. The near-term focus is integrating an electro-optical imager for Sophia's first TILE demonstration mission, with future missions expanding into additional imaging modalities, science instruments, RF payloads, and optical communications terminals.
Working closely with systems, avionics, software, mechanical, thermal, mission operations, spacecraft providers, and payload customers, this role is responsible for defining interfaces, driving technical trades, managing payload integration risks, and ensuring payload requirements are successfully implemented across the spacecraft. The position combines systems engineering, payload integration, electro-optical engineering, software/firmware integration, and integration & test leadership.
Success requires balancing deep technical ownership with cross-disciplinary leadership, enabling payload providers, spacecraft engineers, and software teams to work together toward successful mission execution while maintaining disciplined engineering practices in a fast-moving startup environment.
This position is primarily in-person in Pasadena, California, with occasional hybrid flexibility based on business needs.
U.S. Person status is required due to ITAR/EAR export-control regulations. U.S. Persons generally include U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and certain protected individuals as defined by applicable regulations.
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