Senior Satellite Avionics and Electrical 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.

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Vantor is hiring a Senior Satellite Avionics and Electrical Engineer to join our Satellite Systems Engineering team in Westminster CO. Top candidates will have demonstrated experience in spacecraft avionics and electrical engineering. Our small team executes projects that start with customer needs and design develop and deliver the world’s most capable earth observation systems. In this role you will:

• Conduct and evaluate responses to RFIs and RFPs with satellite component vendors
• Develop Flatsat and data-chain risk reduction testbeds for multiple systems
• Integrate and test flight payload systems that create encrypt compress modify and downlink high-data rate mission products to Vantor ground systems
• Generate Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and sell off their requirements
• Write and oversee system compliance to electrical C&DH avionics and software requirements
• Review vendor-submitted processes design reviews analysis packages and test reports

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering aerospace physics or a related field of study
• 3-7 years of experience in aerospace systems engineering
• Experience setting up flatsat and risk-reduction test beds for space systems
• Experience designing and qualifying avionics systems for low-earth orbit space environments: Radiation thermal and EMI/EMC environments in particular
• Experience in electrical engineering circuit design and analysis including typical aerospace requirements for bounding grounding charging shielding and signal integrity
• End-to-end aerospace program experience including ConOps and architecture development writing requirements design reviews assembly integration and test verification and validation and on-orbit operations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Experience integrating AI-enabled edge-compute solutions in space
• Experience integrating optical crosslink terminal solutions in space
• Experience working with space-based mission data recorders
• Experience working with space-based wideband downlink transmitters their data interfaces in particular
• Experience integrating software and IP cores into avionics systems
• Experience working with precision timing systems
• Computer networking experience
• Direct experience on the mission data chain for an earth observation space program
• Experience with encryption/decryption hardware devices and/or IP cores
• Familiarity with modern cybersecurity principles
• Familiarity with software architecture satellite bus flight software in particular
• Ability to obtain a US Government security clearance at the TS/SCI level

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Benefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard including a robust 401(k) with company match mental health resources and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers

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What We Do

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence to unlock a more autonomous interoperable world. We empower decision makers and operators with the clarity they need to navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Our AI-powered spatial intelligence platform fuses data from the world’s highest-resolution satellites with real-time sensor feeds from space air and ground to create the most accurate living digital replica of Earth.

Why Work With Us

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.

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