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We’re looking for a systems engineer to own the end to end architecture of our telescope platform and keep the whole system coherent as it evolves.

You will:

• Drive requirements, interfaces, and trade studies across optics, structures, thermal, avionics, and software
• Own system budgets and margins (mass, power, pointing, thermal stability) and keep them honest as designs change
• Plan verification and integration milestones so we learn fast without losing rigor

In your first 90 days

• Publish a v1 system budget with margin policy and the interfaces that matter most
• Turn the next integration milestone into a concrete verification plan and test matrix
• Unblock at least two cross discipline decisions with clear trades, rationale, and owners

If you can balance rigor with velocity and keep complex systems aligned toward mission goals, we should talk.

We’re looking for an instrument scientist to bridge science goals and instrument design, defining what our telescopes should measure and how we prove the data delivers.

You will

• Translate science questions into requirements, observing modes, calibration strategy, and data quality metrics
• Drive trades across optics, detectors, readout, and operations with a bias toward flight worthy simplicity
• Be hands on from lab characterization through commissioning and on orbit calibration

In your first 90 days

• Produce a v1 science to requirements map for the first instrument suite and observing modes
• Write the calibration and commissioning plan, including what we measure on the ground versus in orbit
• Define a v1 pipeline and validation approach tied to lab truth data and on orbit checks

If you want to shape the questions we can answer and make sure the data is actually good, we want to talk.

We’re looking for a computational optics engineer to model, simulate, and improve the imaging performance of our space telescopes, and to connect those models to what we build and measure.

You will

• Build and own wavefront and image performance models (PSF, MTF, WFE budgets) and make them useful for design decisions
• Work on stray light modeling, tolerancing, and reconstruction methods where they actually buy performance
• Correlate models to lab data, define acceptance tests, and help close the loop between design, build, and test

In your first 90 days

• Stand up a v1 simulation pipeline in Python that produces the metrics we will track program wide
• Deliver a v1 performance and stability budget and identify the top sensitivity drivers
• Define an optical verification plan that ties lab measurements to on orbit performance

If you love turning physics into capability and can translate models into buildable hardware, we want to talk.

We’re looking for an optomechanical engineer to design and build the structures that keep precision optics aligned through launch and stable on orbit.

You will

• Design mounts, benches, kinematic interfaces, and alignment features that preserve optical performance through vibration and thermal swings
• Own tolerancing and alignment strategy, including what we measure, how we shim, and how we verify
• Work closely with fabrication and metrology to turn designs into real parts that assemble cleanly

In your first 90 days

• Produce a v1 mechanical architecture for the optical bench and mount strategy with tolerances that close
• Define the alignment flow and metrology plan for the next build
• Deliver a short list of the top mechanical stability risks and the design changes that retire them

If you enjoy making optics survive the real world without losing performance, we want to talk.

We’re looking for a thermal and structural modeling engineer to predict how our telescopes behave under launch loads and the extremes of orbit, and to turn those predictions into confident design decisions.

You will

• Build coupled thermal and structural models (thermoelastic stability matters as much as strength) and use them to drive design
• Analyze deformation, stability, and margin under both launch and on orbit environments
• Correlate models to test data and keep the program honest about what is known versus assumed

In your first 90 days

• Deliver a v1 coupled model that answers the questions we are currently hand waving
• Define the test correlation plan and what data we need to collect during TVAC and vibe
• Identify the top stability drivers and propose concrete mitigations with quantified impact

If you like turning analysis into decisions and decisions into hardware, we want to talk.

We’re looking for a precision mechanisms engineer to design reliable moving systems for space telescopes that must work in vacuum, across thermal extremes, for years.

You will

• Design and build precision mechanisms such as focus stages, filter wheels, shutters, deployables, and latches
• Own trades in actuators, bearings, flexures, and sensors with a focus on reliability, repeatability, and testability
• Plan and execute life testing, lubrication and materials choices, and qualification focused on real failure modes

In your first 90 days

• Propose the v1 mechanism architectures for the next build, including interfaces and test approach
• Build or upgrade a life test or characterization setup that produces actionable data quickly
• Retire at least one high risk mechanism unknown with a focused experiment or prototype

If you love building mechanisms that work every time in the hardest conditions, we want to talk.

We’re looking for a controls engineer to design the feedback systems that keep our telescopes stable, pointed, and precise, and to prove it in simulation and hardware in the loop.

You will

• Develop control laws and estimation filters for attitude control, fine pointing, and focus or wavefront control where needed
• Build and maintain the simulation and HIL environments that make control performance real before flight
• Work closely with avionics and software to integrate, tune, and validate control loops on hardware

In your first 90 days

• Deliver a v1 end to end pointing and stability simulation that produces the metrics we care about
• Define the sensing and actuation interfaces and the data rates that the rest of the system must support
• Run one HIL style validation on a real subsystem and document what it changed in the design

If you care about precision and enjoy turning math into stable hardware, we want to talk.

We’re looking for a firmware engineer to build the embedded layer that makes the telescope behave, bridging sensors, actuators, timing, and flight software.

You will

• Write and maintain firmware for embedded controllers that interface with sensors and mechanisms, with deterministic timing and robust fault handling
• Own hardware bring up, drivers, and communications interfaces between embedded controllers and higher level compute
• Build test hooks and HIL infrastructure so firmware can be validated continuously, not only at the end

In your first 90 days

• Bring up one real board or subsystem end to end and make it boring and reliable
• Establish a repeatable firmware build, test, and hardware regression loop
• Define the interface and telemetry contract that flight software will depend on

If you care deeply about reliability and like living close to the hardware, we want to talk.

We’re looking for a test engineer to validate hardware and software across our telescope systems and to build the test infrastructure that turns iteration into a competitive advantage.

You will

• Design and run test campaigns across subsystems and integrated builds, from bench tests to vibe and TVAC
• Build fixtures, write automation, and create the instrumentation and data pipelines that make results trustworthy
• Hunt edge cases early and turn failures into design changes, not paperwork

In your first 90 days

• Stand up a v1 automated test and data capture workflow that the team can reuse
• Run one end to end subsystem test campaign and produce a clear report with actions
• Improve one piece of test infrastructure that directly increases iteration speed or confidence

If you love breaking things before they break themselves, we want to talk.

We’re looking for interns across engineering and science. Any job listed above can be an internship depending on timing and fit.

You will

• Work alongside the team shipping real hardware and software
• Take ownership of a scoped project with clear success criteria
• Learn fast, document what you learned, and make the next build better

In your first 90 days

• Ramp on a subsystem and deliver a useful artifact (design, analysis, test, or code)
• Present your work and what you would do next
• Leave behind documentation or tooling that makes the team faster

If you want to build real space hardware and learn by doing, we want to talk.

Don’t see your role listed We might still need you.

Tell us what you do, what you have built, and what you think we should be building next to make space discovery abundant.

In your first 90 days

• Identify a concrete gap we have and propose how you would close it
• Ship something real, whether that is hardware, software, a test capability, or a design that unblocks a build
• Make the team faster by making one messy interface or process cleaner

If you are the kind of person who turns ambiguity into shipped capability, we want to hear from you.