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Spacecraft Systems Engineer III - TeraWave

Greater Seattle Area, US💼 Full-time💰 $110,938–$110,938🗓 2026-09-23 → 2026-09-25

Core

Define, verify, and validate system requirements, architecture, and interfaces for TeraWave's multi-orbit satellite communications constellation.

Role type

Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer

Builds

Optically interconnected LEO/MEO satellites delivering symmetrical data speeds up to 6 Tbps

Domain

Space industry, satellite communications, systems engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Systems engineering fundamentals, requirements definition and analysis, interface definition, system architecture decomposition, verification and validation planning, test plan execution, technical risk management, program review participation, process improvement

Preferred skills

Trade studies, spaceflight system certification, logical and physical architecture definition, testbed usage, requirements management software (Jama), spacecraft subsystem functions and protocols (serial, 1553, Ethernet)

Technologies

Jama, 1553, Ethernet, embedded software

Responsibilities

Decompose high-level requirements into lower-level system architecture and functional block diagrams; oversee verification and validation strategies for software and hardware components; coordinate with subsystems and specialty engineering functions; support integration activities on the floor; manage technical performance measures for the overall vehicle; drive process improvements

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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