Early Career Systems Engineer

The role

This person will support the architecture, design, verification, validation, and I&T of air-borne and space-borne remote-sensing systems. They will translate mission needs into system architecture, requirements, and technical risks while working with hardware and software.

What you will do

• Shape mission objectives and science needs into system architectures and requirements
• Connect requirements, functions, interfaces, and verification
• Establish and evolve the system technical baseline
• Solve engineering problems using first-principles analysis and modeling
• Evaluate design changes across the full system
• Define, document, and verify internal and external interfaces
• Support integration planning, test execution, and anomaly resolution
• Participate in hardware bring-up, environmental testing, and flight-like operations
• Prepare technical products for meetings and reviews
• Communicate technical status, risks, and recommended actions

Required qualifications

• B.S. in aerospace, electrical, mechanical, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• Typically 1–5 years of relevant experience
• Strong analytical fundamentals
• Exposure to requirements, interfaces, trade studies, integration, test, verification, or configuration-controlled technical work
• Experience with Python, MATLAB, or similar tools for engineering analysis and data visualization
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Willingness to work hands-on with hardware and software

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with testing, prototyping, flight hardware, flight software, student spacecraft/unmanned aerial systems teams, or integrated EO/IR systems
• Familiarity with requirements, verification validation, and integration and test
• Coursework or experience in systems engineering, orbital mechanics, optics, remote sensing, avionics, thermal systems, mechanical, or software
• Experience in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary, startup, research, aerospace, or mission-operations environment

Before you apply

• Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or otherwise eligible for authorization under U.S. export control laws, including ITAR and EAR requirements

About the company

Matter is building vision AI by pairing a sensor that sees molecular chemistry, temperature, and 3D shape with a Large World Model. The team has delivered technologies to Mars for NASA/JPL and designed advanced sensors for U.S. Defense.