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We partner with commercial, civil, and national security customers to deliver high-performance satellite components, integrated payload systems, and mission capabilities that close critical gaps in modern space architecture.\nOur model combines advanced engineering, mission execution, and scalable manufacturing to deliver high-TRL products and flight-ready systems at speed.\nWe are building the infrastructure backbone for the next generation of space systems.\nPosition Overview\nParallax Space is seeking a Senior Space Systems Engineer to lead systems engineering execution across spacecraft, payload, mission systems, and integrated flight hardware programs. This role will be responsible for translating mission needs into system architectures, requirements, interfaces, verification plans, and executable technical baselines.\nThe Senior Space Systems Engineer will operate as a technical integrator across mechanical, electrical, software, avionics, mission operations, manufacturing, supply chain, and program management teams. This individual will help ensure Parallax systems are designed, built, tested, and delivered with the rigor required for high-reliability space missions while maintaining the speed and ownership expected in a fast-moving startup environment.\nThis is a high-impact role for an experienced systems engineer who can own complex technical trades, drive requirements discipline, lead reviews, resolve cross-disciplinary issues, and support mission success from concept through delivery, test, and flight readiness.\nKey Responsibilities\nSpace Systems Engineering & Architecture\nLead systems engineering activities for spacecraft, hosted payloads, mission hardware, and integrated space systems.\nDevelop and maintain system architectures, CONOPS, requirements, interfaces, verification plans, and technical baselines.\nDrive mission-level and system-level trade studies balancing performance, cost, schedule, manufacturability, reliability, risk, and customer needs.\nTranslate customer, mission, and program objectives into clear engineering requirements and executable development plans.\nEnsure system designs are technically sound, internally consistent, and aligned to mission objectives.\nRequirements, Interfaces & Configuration Control\nOwn requirements decomposition, allocation, traceability, verification planning, and requirements change management.\nDevelop and maintain interface control documents, system block diagrams, data flows, power budgets, mass budgets, link budgets, and related system artifacts.\nCoordinate technical interfaces across electrical, mechanical, software, avionics, payload, ground, supplier, and customer systems.\nSupport configuration management and technical baseline control as programs mature from development into production and mission execution.\nEnsure engineering documentation is complete, accurate, reviewable, and usable by cross-functional execution teams.\nVerification, Validation & Test Planning\nDevelop system-level verification and validation strategies, matrices, test plans, procedures, and acceptance criteria.\nSupport environmental, functional, performance, integration, qualification, and acceptance testing for flight hardware and mission systems.\nLead technical readiness for PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR, and mission readiness reviews.\nAnalyze test results, nonconformances, anomalies, and verification gaps to drive closure and technical risk reduction.\nPartner with test, manufacturing, and mission operations teams to ensure systems are ready for delivery and flight.\nTechnical Leadership & Cross-Functional Execution\nServe as a senior technical integrator across engineering disciplines and program execution teams.\nIdentify technical risks, interface gaps, design conflicts, and execution blockers early, then drive closure with accountable owners.\nFacilitate design reviews, trade reviews, risk reviews, and technical decision forums.\nProvide technical guidance to junior engineers and support development of scalable systems engineering practices.\nCommunicate complex technical issues clearly to engineering leadership, program leadership, executives, customers, and suppliers.\nCustomer, Supplier & Mission Support\nSupport customer technical engagements, proposal development, requirements clarification, design reviews, and technical deliverables.\nCoordinate supplier technical inputs, interface requirements, verification evidence, and subsystem integration needs.\nSupport mission planning, integration planning, launch readiness, and operational transition activities as required.\nRepresent Parallax with technical credibility in discussions with commercial, civil, defense, and national security space customers.\nProcess Development & Scalability\nHelp build repeatable systems engineering processes suitable for rapid product development and scalable flight hardware production.\nImprove templates, review cadences, technical artifacts, requirements workflows, and verification tracking systems.\nContribute to engineering operating discipline while preserving speed, ownership, and practical execution.\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical discipline.\n7+ years of experience in aerospace, spacecraft, satellite, payload, launch, defense, or other high-reliability hardware systems environments.\nStrong experience with systems engineering practices including requirements development, requirements allocation, interface definition, verification planning, and technical baseline management.\nExperience supporting complex hardware development programs from concept through design, build, integration, test, and delivery.\nStrong understanding of spacecraft subsystems, payload integration, avionics, power, communications, thermal, structures, software, ground interfaces, or mission operations.\nExperience leading or materially supporting technical reviews such as SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR, and mission readiness reviews.\nAbility to drive technical closure across multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced execution environment.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create clear technical documentation and executive-level summaries.\nAbility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.\nPreferred Qualifications\nDirect experience with spacecraft buses, hosted payloads, proliferated LEO systems, mission payloads, or integrated satellite systems.\nExperience with DoD, IC, NASA, SDA, commercial space, or national security space programs.\nFamiliarity with model-based systems engineering, requirements tools, PLM tools, configuration management systems, or digital engineering workflows.\nExperience developing ICDs, CONOPS, verification matrices, mass/power/data budgets, link budgets, fault management concepts, and mission assurance artifacts.\nExperience with environmental qualification, 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At Parallax Space, you will work on real hardware, real missions, and meaningful national-scale challenges alongside a high-performing team of engineers, operators, and builders.\nCompliance\nParallax Space is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. 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