Systems Engineer, Electro-Optical Payload Electronics & Integration

The role

This person will ensure seamless system-level thinking across the payload stack. They will interface with Electrical Engineering, FPGA, and Firmware teams to define, integrate, and validate complex electronic systems.

What you will do

• Drive system-level thinking across integrated software, firmware, and electronics.
• Act as the primary technical bridge between the payload team and EE and Firmware engineering disciplines.
• Document and manage Interface Control Documents (ICDs) for data links, power distribution and command/control telemetry.
• Collaborate, document, and track hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testing, board-level bring-up strategies, and payload integration test plans.
• Participate in interdisciplinary troubleshooting efforts to perform root cause analysis.

Required qualifications

• 2 to 5+ years of experience in spacecraft systems engineering, electrical engineering, or a closely related multidisciplinary field.
• Ability to analyze systems past the component layer.
• Familiarity with Python, C/C++, or MATLAB for data analysis, hardware automation, or system modeling.
• Strong familiarity with embedded systems concepts, microcontrollers, FPGA development workflows and low-level firmware/software architectures.
• Experience with electro-optical (EO/IR) payloads, sensor integration, or camera systems.
• Working knowledge of digital electronics, power budgeting, and common communication protocols (e.g., SPI, I2C, UART, PCIe, Ethernet, or High-Speed SerDes).
• Exceptional communication and collaborative skills.
• Proficiency with systems engineering tracking tools (e.g., Jama, DOORS, Jira).

Nice to have

• Experience working in aerospace, robotics, defense, or high-reliability consumer electronics.
• Experience with interfacing EE, FPGA, Firmware with optical hardware.
• Experience developing automated test scripts (e.g., Python, PyTest) or frameworks for hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) validation and continuous integration.
• Familiarity with Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) or embedded Linux architectures.
• Hands-on experience using high-speed oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers.

Benefits

• Company stock
• Equity
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents
• 401(k) plan with a 3% Employer Direct Contribution
• Generous vacation days, personal days, sick days, and holidays
• Paid parental leave
• No-cost Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Internal training, workshops, and courses
• Regular social events, team outings, and company-sponsored activities

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. D

About the company

Turion is developing the critical infrastructure of the space economy by building vertically integrated hardware and software including DROID space vehicles and Starfire software suite.