Senior Satellite & Ground Systems Engineer

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can:
Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee.

Export Control/ITAR:
Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Please review the job details below.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.

• Minimum of 6 years of professional systems engineering experience supporting complex aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomous systems, or other multidisciplinary engineering programs.

• Demonstrated experience developing system architecture from stakeholder needs through implementation and verification.

• Experience developing Concepts of Operations (Con Ops), operational scenarios, mission threads, and use cases.

• Experience eliciting, decomposing, allocating, and managing system requirements throughout the development lifecycle.

• Experience developing and maintaining requirements traceability between stakeholder needs, use cases, system requirements, architecture, design artifacts, verification plans, and test results.

• Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies and SysML.

• Experience participating in architecture development and high-level system design across hardware, software, and operational domains.

• Strong understanding of the complete systems engineering lifecycle, including concept development, architecture, design, implementation, integration, verification, validation, deployment, and sustainment.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across multiple engineering disciplines and with technical subject matter experts.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse engineering audiences.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, highly collaborative engineering environment while balancing multiple concurrent programs.

• 10 or more years of professional systems engineering experience supporting spacecraft, satellite constellations, remote sensing systems, ground systems, or mission operations.

• Experience leading systems engineering activities on end-to-end space systems including spacecraft, payloads, communications, ground infrastructure, and mission operations.

• Familiarity with inter-satellite communications including optical crosslink and R/F.

• Experience with MBSE tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler, Enterprise Architect, Magic Draw, or equivalent SysML environments.

• Familiarity and exposure to the Ansys engineering tool suite, including STK.

• Experience with requirements management tools such as IBM DOORS Next, Jama Connect, Polarion, or similar platforms.

• Experience performing functional analysis, interface definition, and system decomposition.

• Experience developing system interface definitions and Interface Control Documents (ICDs).

• Familiarity with digital engineering practices and model-centric development environments and their use across the development lifecycle.

• Experience supporting formal systems engineering reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and SVR.

• Experience planning…