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# Sr. Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Albedo LLC
- **Location:** Broomfield, CO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $161,236.0 - $184,969.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Software Tools, Simulink, Software Requirements Analysis, Subsystems
- **Published:** October 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c84eba78d1694294

## About the Role

Who We're Looking For: Builders who want to own outcomes, not tasks. Systems thinkers who balance precision with iteration while thinking about the big picture. Individuals who are energized by creating a category rather than competing in an existing one. You'll join a team that has already proven what others said wasn't feasible and is now scaling and upgrading our VLEO buses & payloads to serve mission sets across sensing, communications, and responsive operations., * 3-6 years of experience in systems engineering or related roles within aerospace, preferably spacecraft or high-performance hardware platforms

 * Familiarity with spacecraft subsystems (avionics, power, thermal, GNC, payload) and how they interact at the system level
 * Experience developing and running system level analysis and test to meet mission objectives
 * Exposure to integration and test campaigns: environmental testing, functional testing, or cross-subsystem bring-up
 * Familiarity with modeling tools (e.g., MATLAB, Simulink, or Python-based frameworks) and an interest in expanding simulation skills
 * Strong organizational and communication skills with attention to detail
 * Curiosity and eagerness to learn, with the drive to take ownership of problems and deliver results in a fast-moving environment
 * Regularly uses AI tools as essential leverage to accelerate work, improve clarity, and multiply output

## Description

How We Operate: Albedo takes a first-principles approach - in space and in business. We move with speed, take calculated risks, and learn quickly. We use AI regularly to create leverage in every discipline across the company. We work in-person at our Broomfield, CO HQ to maximize team and company productivity. We work hard and with urgency to compound our first-mover advantage., * Contribute to the design and development of Albedo's VLEO spacecraft, driving system-level architecture, requirements definition, interface management, and technical trade studies from early mission development through on-orbit operations

 * Collaborate closely with engineering teams across GNC, avionics, payload, thermal, power, and flight software to ensure seamless subsystem integration and alignment with mission objectives
 * Develop, analyze, and maintain critical spacecraft performance budgets, including pointing accuracy, power, thermal, and data throughput, to inform design decisions and validate system performance
 * Support spacecraft integration, verification, and testing, including functional, performance, and environmental testing, troubleshooting, and post-test analysis
 * Own and maintain system requirements, interface documentation, and verification traceability, ensuring technical consistency across spacecraft platforms and missions
 * Identify and resolve system-level technical challenges and integration risks, particularly those unique to VLEO operations, including atmospheric drag, atomic oxygen exposure, and high-precision pointing requirements
 * Partner with customers, payload providers, and vendors to define technical interfaces, align requirements, and support successful mission execution
 * Help shape and scale Albedo's systems engineering processes with opportunities to influence spacecraft design decisions and own systems engineering execution across the full mission lifecycle