Sr. Systems Engineer

The job

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Job description

Be one of the Bedo 100

What You’ll Do:

• Contribute to the design and development of Albedo's VLEO spacecraft, driving system-level architecture, requirements definition, interface management, and technical trade studies from early mission development through on-orbit operations
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams across GNC, avionics, payload, thermal, power, and flight software to ensure seamless subsystem integration and alignment with mission objectives
• Develop, analyze, and maintain critical spacecraft performance budgets, including pointing accuracy, power, thermal, and data throughput, to inform design decisions and validate system performance
• Support spacecraft integration, verification, and testing, including functional, performance, and environmental testing, troubleshooting, and post-test analysis
• Own and maintain system requirements, interface documentation, and verification traceability, ensuring technical consistency across spacecraft platforms and missions
• Identify and resolve system-level technical challenges and integration risks, particularly those unique to VLEO operations, including atmospheric drag, atomic oxygen exposure, and high-precision pointing requirements
• Partner with customers, payload providers, and vendors to define technical interfaces, align requirements, and support successful mission execution
• Help shape and scale Albedo's systems engineering processes with opportunities to influence spacecraft design decisions and own systems engineering execution across the full mission lifecycle

Your Ideal Skills and Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in systems engineering or related roles within aerospace, preferably spacecraft or high-performance hardware platforms
• Familiarity with spacecraft subsystems (avionics, power, thermal, GNC, payload) and how they interact at the system level
• Experience developing and running system level analysis and test to meet mission objectives
• Exposure to integration and test campaigns: environmental testing, functional testing, or cross-subsystem bring-up
• Familiarity with modeling tools (e.g., MATLAB, Simulink, or Python-based frameworks) and an interest in expanding simulation skills
• Strong organizational and communication skills with attention to detail
• Curiosity and eagerness to learn, with the drive to take ownership of problems and deliver results in a fast-moving environment
• Regularly uses AI tools as essential leverage to accelerate work, improve clarity, and multiply output

Salary Range:

• $161,236 - $184,969 per year

Compensation and Benefits for Full-Time Roles:

• Employee friendly equity compensation
• 4% direct matching 401k
• Health Insurance: 100% employee coverage & 75% dependent coverage
• Parental leave and childcare coverage
• Flexible vacation and sick time from day one
• 12 company holidays
• $100 monthly wellness benefit
• Relocation package if not based in Denver

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How Broomfield compares. Among the 80 largest places in Colorado, Broomfield is #17 by population, #16 for remote work (#1 = most), #22 for college degrees (#1 = most), #58 for rent (#1 = cheapest). Its county, Broomfield County, is #1 of 64 counties for average pay ($113,531).

The place in numbers

Broomfield has 76,304 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 1.3% of the population of Colorado. It covers 33 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 2,314 people per square mile. The median age is 38.6, about the same as the state median (38.6 against 37.7).

Housing

The median gross rent is $2,126 a month (rent plus utilities), 21% above the state median ($2,126 against $1,761). Over a year that is 20.6% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $664,500, which is 5.4 times the median household income ($123,874); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 62.7% of households own their home, 5% below the state average (62.7% against 66.2%).

Work and pay

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metropolitan area has 1,609,350 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $62,320 a year, 22% above the national median ($62,320 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are business and financial operations (169,260 jobs, median $96,450); office and administrative support (168,520 jobs, median $53,050); sales and related (165,560 jobs, median $49,730). The area is most specialised in architecture and engineering (1.6 times) and computer and mathematical (1.6 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($160,810) and legal ($132,690). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Broomfield County was 4.2%. 70.7% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Broomfield County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 58.3% drive alone, 1.3% use public transit, 1.3% walk, 29.9% work from home. 13.3% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 6% below the state average (13.3% against 14.1%). Remote work is more common than in the state as a whole, which widens the set of employers a resident can work for without moving.

People and education

60.3% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 32% above the state share (60.3% against 45.7%). 10.5% of residents were born outside the United States, 6% above the state share (10.5% against 9.8%). The poverty rate is 6.2%, 35% below the state rate (6.2% against 9.4%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 75°F (24.1°C), and the coolest is Dec at 30°F (-1.1°C). About 448 mm (18 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; May is the wettest month (65 mm) and Jan the driest (20 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

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Broomfield, CO.

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Median rent in Broomfield is $2,126 a month and median household income $123,874 (ACS 2020–2024).

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• Wages and projections: BLS OEWS (May 2025) and Employment Projections 2025–35.
• City and county figures: Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024, BEA, BLS QCEW and LAUS, NASA POWER climatology; distances from Census Gazetteer coordinates.

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