Mission Integration Engineer

Quindar

Mission Integration Engineer working on integrated satellite ground systems for commercial and government customers. Leading systems engineering and proposal developments for aerospace missions.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeARVADA • California, Colorado, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as a technical subject matter expert for customer opportunities, deeply understanding the customer’s mission, CONOPS, operational needs, interfaces, constraints, and success criteria.
Lead solution architecture for commercial and government opportunities.
Partner with sales and business development teams to shape deal strategy, technical scope, proposal approach, and customer-facing solution narratives.
Support technical proposal development, including RFI/RFP responses, compliance matrices, architecture descriptions, technical volumes, BOEs, demos, and customer design reviews.
Translate customer mission needs into clear technical solutions that align Quindar’s platform capabilities, product roadmap, engineering capacity, and delivery approach.
Identify product gaps, integration risks, and architectural tradeoffs early in the opportunity lifecycle and drive alignment across internal teams.
Own the systems engineering process and outcomes for assigned missions, with the level of rigor tailored to the customer and program.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of relevant experience in satellite ground systems, mission integration, systems engineering, technical sales, mission operations, software platform engineering, government aerospace programs, spacecraft systems, or a related field.
Experience working with complex technical systems that require coordination across software, hardware, operations, customer, and program stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to understand a technical system deeply and translate customer or mission needs into executable architecture, requirements, scope, and delivery plans.
Experience supporting customer-facing technical work such as solution architecture, technical proposals, design reviews, requirements discussions, integration planning, or technical program execution.
Familiarity with satellite operations, TT&C concepts, ground system architectures, mission operations workflows, or spacecraft-to-ground interfaces.
Strong technical communication skills, including the ability to write clearly, present technical concepts, and create structured documentation.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance for you and your family, with 100% coverage for employees.
401(k) matching to help employees save for retirement.
Unlimited PTO and follow most U.S. federal government holidays.
Quarterly health and wellness benefits because mental health is just as important as physical health.
Each year, we host a four-day company offsite.

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Hard Skills & Tools

systems engineeringsolution architecturetechnical proposal developmentRFIRFPcompliance matricesarchitecture descriptionsBOEsintegration planningsoftware platform engineering

Soft Skills

technical communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingcustomer engagementpresentation skillsdocumentation skillsleadershipstrategic thinkingadaptabilityattention to detail