Senior Payload Manager

Senior Payload Systems Manager, Foster City, California, United States

An innovative satellite communications company is seeking a Senior Payload Systems Manager to lead RF communication payload subsystem activities for GEO communication satellites. This role will oversee payload architecture, subsystem requirements flow-down, customer engagement, integration activities, and AIT support across the full satellite development lifecycle. The position requires a technically hands‑on engineer with strong leadership and customer‑facing capabilities.

This organisation operates within the satellite and space communications sector, delivering advanced communication satellite solutions for commercial customers globally. With a highly collaborative engineering environment and close interaction between US and European teams, the company offers the opportunity to work on technically complex, high‑impact satellite programmes.

• Join a highly specialised payload engineering function with significant technical ownership and customer visibility.
• Work closely with a close‑knit technical team alongside program managers and the CTO.
• Work within a leadership‑backed organisation that has received significant industry recognition and is investing heavily in infrastructure and long‑term stability.

• 5+ years of experience as a Payload Manager or Payload Systems Engineer, specifically in RF Communications
• Must have experience in satellite AIT
• Recent hands‑on experience and a willingness to remain in a hands‑on technical position