{"id":3055992,"url":"https://alion.io/job/kreios-space-ltd-lead-systems-engineer-vleo-satellite-platform","title":"Lead Systems Engineer - VLEO Satellite Platform","company":{"id":2030386,"name":"Kreios Space Ltd","domain":"kreiosspace.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/kreiosspace","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Personio","truth_index":{"grade":"C","score":66,"open_postings":16,"ghost_share":0.563,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-11-05T05:54:30Z"}},"role":"Aerospace","role_family":"Aerospace","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"posting_text","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Spain"],"countries":["ES"],"hiring_countries":["ES"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":65000,"max_usd":149000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":95},"experience_years_min":7,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"ECSS","optional":false},{"name":"Verification & Validation","optional":false},{"name":"MBSE","optional":true},{"name":"SysML","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-08-04T12:20:38Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-08-04","last_verified_at":"2026-11-05T22:02:12Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":93,"trust":{"level":"ghost","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale","company_stale"],"days_open":92},"description":"Your mission\nLocation: Remote-first, with regular on-site visits to Nigrán, SpainEmployment type: Full-time, permanent employee\nYou will be the technical owner of Kreios Space’s VLEO satellite platform - the person responsible for turning mission needs into a coherent, buildable, testable and reliable spacecraft system.\nThis is a senior technical leadership position with real engineering authority. You will define the platform direction, connect the different engineering domains and help the team make the decisions required to move from architecture to integrated hardware.\nIt is not a coordination-only role. We are looking for someone who can operate at system level while remaining close enough to the engineering detail to troubleshoot problems, challenge assumptions and support the team when reality meets hardware.\nOwn the technical direction of the platform\nDefine and drive the satellite platform architecture, system requirements, interfaces, technical budgets and engineering margins, ensuring a coherent end-to-end design.Make the key engineering decisions\nLead technical trade-offs across mass, power, thermal, communications, data handling, reliability and performance to converge on a platform the team can build, test and operate.Take the platform from architecture to hardware\nDefine the system-level verification and validation approach and actively support integration, AIT and test campaigns, including test planning, procedures, acceptance criteria, anomaly resolution and reporting.Be the go-to technical problem solver\nInvestigate system-level anomalies, identify root causes, unblock engineering teams and drive technical issues to closure using sound and pragmatic engineering judgement.Connect specialists into one system\nAlign subsystem and domain experts across structures, avionics, ADCS, thermal, propulsion, software, FDIR and operations, ensuring that interfaces, assumptions and technical decisions remain consistent and properly documented.Establish strong systems engineering practices\nBuild the structure required to manage requirements, interfaces, configuration, technical risks, design baselines, change control and engineering reviews as the programme evolves.Drive technical execution alongside programme leadership\nYou will work closely with the Project Manager responsible for delivering Kreios Space’s VLEO satellite platform, aligning technical priorities with programme planning, milestones and delivery needs.You will also act as a key technical counterpart to the COO, providing visibility on platform progress, risks and critical decisions, and helping translate company and programme priorities into engineering execution.\nThis will place you at the centre of the platform’s development, combining day-to-day technical ownership of the system with direct involvement in the strategic decisions that shape the programme.\nWorking model\nThis is a remote-first position open to candidates based in countries where Kreios Space can support compliant employment.\nBecause this role is closely connected to the spacecraft hardware, laboratory activities and engineering team, regular and planned visits to our facilities in Porto do Molle, Nigrán (Galicia) Spain, will be required.\nOn-site periods will be particularly important during key design reviews, integration activities, AIT phases, troubleshooting sessions and major test campaigns.\nWe are therefore looking for someone who values the flexibility of remote work but also understands that building a satellite requires being physically close to the team and the hardware at critical moments.\nYour profile\nYour profileEngineering degree in Aerospace, Industrial, Telecommunications, Electronics or a related discipline.\nAt least 7 years of experience in space systems engineering.\nMeaningful participation in spacecraft or space-system projects that reached advanced integration, qualification or flight stages.\nProven hands-on experience in system or subsystem integration, verification and AIT.\nExperience taking technical ownership of complex multidisciplinary systems.\nYou have a strong background in:Requirements engineering, allocation and traceability.\nSpacecraft system architecture.\nInterface definition and management, including ICDs.\nTechnical budgets and engineering margins.\nVerification and validation logic.\nTest planning, procedures, reporting and anomaly tracking.\nTechnical risk and reliability methods.\nConfiguration management and change control.\nSpace engineering standards such as ECSS or equivalent frameworks.\nYou are comfortable working across several spacecraft domains, including:Structures and mechanisms.\nAvionics and electrical architecture.\nADCS.\nThermal engineering.\nPropulsion.\nCommunications and RF.\nOn-board software and FDIR.\nGround segment and satellite operations.\nBeyond technical experience, you bring:Strong technical leadership and engineering credibility.\nThe autonomy to make and defend difficult technical decisions.\nThe ability to move between high-level architecture and detailed problem-solving.\nClear and structured communication.\nGood prioritisation in fast-moving development environments.\nA pragmatic mindset focused on building, testing and learning.\nThe ability to lead through influence and align highly specialised engineers.\nNice to haveExperience with MBSE, SysML or system architecture tools.\nExposure to EGSE and MGSE.\nExperience supporting TVAC, vibration, shock or EMC/EMI campaigns.\nKnowledge of avionics and electrical interfaces, harnessing, C&DH or on-board software verification.\nStrong configuration and documentation discipline, including baselines, review packages and change control.\nExperience in NewSpace, small satellite or fast-cycle spacecraft development environments.\nPrevious responsibility as a spacecraft systems lead, platform lead or chief engineer.\nWhy us?\nAt Kreios Space, we’re not just building technology- we’re redefining propulsion in orbit.This is a place for people who want to push boundaries, challenge conventions, and work on problems that have never been solved before. We operate at the intersection of cutting-edge physics, aerospace engineering, and real-world impact- where your work doesn’t stay on paper, it flies.\nWhat makes us different:\nReal impact, real ownership: You won’t be a small cog in a large machine. Here, you’ll take full ownership of critical systems and see your work move from concept to space. Decisions are fast, responsibility is real, and your contribution is visible.Deep-tech challenges at the frontier: We’re tackling problems that only a handful of teams in the world are attempting. This means high intellectual rigor, constant learning, and the opportunity to work alongside exceptional engineers and scientists.\nTop-tier talent, low ego culture: We’re building a team of ambitious, high-performing people who care deeply about what they do- but who also value collaboration, humility, and clarity of thinking.\nA company on a mission, not just a roadmap: Kreios is not optimizing an existing solution- we are creating a new category in space propulsion. Joining now means shaping the technology, the culture, and the future of the company.\nGrowth that matches your ambition: As we scale, so will your scope. 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