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Our innovative Hummingbird spacecraft bus offers a modular and scalable platform that streamlines satellite production and deployment, significantly reducing launch costs. Hummingbird's compact architecture maximizes launch capacity, making it the most efficient and agile spacecraft in the industry. At the core of our technology is the patented Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control (MSAC) system. Unlike traditional wheel-based pointing control systems, MSAC utilizes actuators embedded in the hinges of deployable solar panels to provide 3-axis attitude control and active jitter cancellation. This design eliminates the need for spinning wheels, reducing mass and potential points of failure, while enhancing pointing precision.\nRole:\nThe Engineering team at Samara is looking for a Senior AIT Systems Engineer to own the systems assembly, integration, test and scalability for the Hummingbird bus. The first flight vehicle for Hummingbird will launch on a SpaceX rideshare in 2027. In this position you will be expected to use a systems engineering approach to lead the AIT campaign for Hummingbird. This will include requirements traceability, verification/validation planning, and systems interfacing. You will work closely with the CTO and each department to take Hummingbird from subsystem hardware to a verified, launch-ready spacecraft. Expect to go deep, be wrong often, iterate, learn a lot, and work alongside a team that is passionate about building something truly new.\nIf you do not meet all the criteria below, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are more interested in engineers who are collaborative with high standards, a learning mindset, and most of the skills than in a perfect technology match.\nResponsibilities:\nPlan and coordinate the full Hummingbird AIT campaign. This will involve collaborating with each discipline as well as the test engineers at Samara. 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