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# Satellite Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Spinlaunch Inc.
- **Location:** Long Beach, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Python (Programming Language)
- **Published:** May 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ee0b6bff9d2345e6

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Writing skills?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree in engineering?, * Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, systems engineering, or a related field

 * Demonstrated experience designing, modeling, or analyzing satellite or spacecraft systems (academic, internship, or professional)
 * Proficiency in writing software for building tools to model system performance, trade studies, or design tracking. (ideally in Python)
 * Working knowledge of satellite technologies, design principles, and concepts of operations
 * Strong analytical skills with the ability to evaluate trade-offs across performance, cost, risk, and schedule
 * Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across engineering, sales, and external partner teams, * 5+ years of professional design/development experience in satellite systems
 * Master's degree in aerospace, electrical, or systems engineering, or a related field
 * Previous experience with spacecraft or space mission top-level design and architecture
 * Previous work on small LEO satellites or commercial constellations
 * Experience developing satellite simulations, performance models, or design-tracking infrastructure
 * Experience optimizing satellite designs across multiple disciplines (power, thermal, comms, propulsion, structures, etc.)
 * Experience working with customers, sales teams, or external technology partners to define mission solutions
 * Familiarity with constellation-level design considerations (coverage, capacity, latency)

## Description

You will be responsible for managing the design of the meridian satellite as a whole. This includes:

 * Developing infrastructure to track the state of the satellite design and its variants, including performance projections through analysis, as well as projection of costs, risk and development timelines.
 * Working with the engineering team to conduct trade studies of and optimize the design of the satellite across all performance metrics and design permutations.
 * Working alongside the sales team, analysts and with external technology partners to develop satellite and constellation solutions for specific customers.


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