Senior Engineering Manager, Systems Engineering
CesiumAstro — Tracked from its lever job board
About the role
Please Note: To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
At CesiumAstro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team.
Please Note: To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
At CesiumAstro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you.
This role will be responsible for functional management of the Systems Engineering group by developing standard processes for system engineering such as Requirements Management, Verification & Validation plans, concept design, and all aspects of the Systems Engineering Lifecycle. The selected candidate will be responsible for the deployment of resources to programs, developing and maintaining processes, customer interfaces, mentoring, performance evaluation, coordinating activities, and career development of department members.
The Senior Manager of Systems Engineering will lead the Systems Engineering team to develop complex, state-of-the-art payload systems for space and airborne applications. You will work in close collaboration with the business development, conceptual design, and functional engineering teams on architecture concepts and enabling technologies for communications systems. You will lead the development of space architecture concepts, sub-system design, payload design, requirements development, analysis and decomposition, high-level software and hardware system architecture design, concept of operations (CONOPS) development, and risk assessment. Systems Engineering will also serve as the primary technical contact with customers and Program Management on active programs.
What the index says about this role
- First seen by JobLarper — Aug 2, 2026, 6 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
- No pay range in our index for this listing. Across 176 indexed Engineering Manager roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $238k and $309k, median $271k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from CesiumAstro.
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- CesiumAstro is hiring actively — 168 open roles indexed.
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