Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or similar

6+ years of experience in the design and development of satellite systems

Understanding of one or multiple satellite subsystems, including Mechanical, Thermal, ADSCS/GNC, Propulsion, or Electrical

Familiarity with requirements formulation, validation, and verification best practices

Experience with vehicle testing, including both functional and environmental testing

Experience collaborating with technical teams

These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution

Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off

16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave

Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

We are currently seeking a Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer to lead system development, verification, and test of Planet’s next-generation satellite platforms, covering multiple domains including earth observation and compute in space. As a spacecraft technical lead,  you will guide an agile engineering team through requirements formulation, design, verification and validation (V&V), as well as integration, assembly and testing (AI&T) phases for new satellite systems. You will also interface with our Product team to ensure that our satellites meet our customer’s needs, with our Manufacturing leads to transition our satellites to mass production, and our Mission Operations leads to ensure the proper on-orbit operation of our future fleets.

This is a full-time, hybrid position which is required to work in our San Francisco HQ a minimum of 3 days per week.