Satellite Design Engineer
Bliss Verna
Us, France
19 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
SeniorJob location
Us, France
Tech stack
Systems Engineering
Python
Matlab
Strategies of Testing
Job description
- Own and finalise the end-to-end satellite design for a next-generation LEO broadband constellation, identifying system-level gaps and driving cross-subsystem solutions.
- Lead architecture trade studies across subsystem design, vendor selection, cost optimisation, and risk mitigation to define a scalable production approach.
- Define manufacturing, qualification, and test strategies, including batch testing, reliability standards, and program-level risk posture.
- Adapt satellite designs to integrate proprietary payload and antenna technologies while meeting mission and customer requirements.
- Provide technical direction to internal engineers, vendors, and subcontractors to guide development from design through execution.
- Influence system-level decisions across power, thermal, structures, avionics, and communications subsystems.
Requirements
- 5-12 years of experience in satellite systems engineering or spacecraft design within modern "new space" organisations.
- Direct experience working on LEO satellite constellations or high-volume small satellite programs (e.g., Starlink, OneWeb, Planet, or similar).
- Proven ownership of satellite-level architecture, subsystem trade-offs, or end-to-end systems engineering responsibility.
- Experience taking satellites from design through build, test, qualification, and production scaling.
- Prior technical leadership experience on at least one satellite programme.
- Strong full-stack spacecraft understanding across power, thermal, structures, avionics, and communications systems.
- Proficiency with modelling and analysis tools such as MATLAB, Python, or equivalent.
- Hands-on experience defining satellite manufacturing, qualification, and test strategies in production environments.