Staff Mission Integration Engineer - SV Design

The role

The Staff Mission Integration Engineer serves as the primary liaison between customers and technical teams. This role involves developing mission concepts, performing technical analysis, resolving interfaces, and executing space vehicle integration and test.

What you will do

• Define end-to-end mission architecture for large complex mission sets.
• Lead technical inputs to proposals for future missions.
• Perform architecture trades through mission analysis.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison between internal technical teams and customers.
• Lead technical discussion in customer meetings, design reviews, and project status updates.
• Lead cross-functional team efforts across electrical, mechanical, and software engineers.
• Develop and maintain customer system-level documentation.
• Generate mission specific technical budgets.
• Analyze results of coupled loads analysis, thermal analysis, and electromagnetic compatibility assessments.
• Perform system-level failure mode and effects analysis and support reliability engineering.

Required qualifications

• U.S. Person status
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 12+ years of experience working on complex hardware systems or technical capture management
• Experience in satellite manufacturing or related industries (aerospace, defense, or high-tech)
• Strong understanding of space systems, launch vehicle mechanics, orbital dynamics, and mission operations
• Proficiency in Python, MATLAB, STK, FreeFlyer, GMAT, or other mission analysis tools
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing timelines in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication and organizational skills

Nice to have

• Previous spacecraft, launch vehicle, or payload engineering experience
• Experience with CubeSat, small satellite, or rideshare mission integration
• Experience working with prime contractors or government entities
• Familiarity with flight software, embedded systems, and space communications protocols (CCSDS, S-band, X-band, etc.)

Benefits

• Equity in Apex
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
• $100k life insurance at no cost
• Starting at 15 days vacation, growing to 20+ days annually
• 10 paid holidays
• 100% match on first 3% and 50% match on next 2% of 401(k)
• 8 weeks paid parental leave
• Childcare reimbursement up to $350/day for work-related travel
• Daily catered lunch and unlimited snacks
• Monthly office socials, pickleball tournaments, run club, and gatherings

Before you apply

• Must qualify as a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or individual granted asylum) or be able to obtain required export authorizations.

About the company

Apex manufactures satellite buses at scale using software, vertical integration, and hardware designed for manufacturing. The company aims to provide humankind access to the galaxy beyond our planet.