Senior systems engineer – Communications

SpaceLocker makes satellite missions more efficient and sustainable through in-orbit payload hosting: any organization can send sensors or experiments into space without worrying about the technical side, while gaining performance and reducing emissions and debris. Our technology stack, combining proprietary hardware with cloud-inspired software, creates a true "space USB" with revolutionary plug-and-play.

Far from dog-picture blockchains or lunar hotels, we are building a solid company, a foundation for the next era of space exploration, driven by technical expertise, rapid prototyping, and a direct link to the market.

SpaceLocker is committed to diversity and inclusion — age, gender, origin, disability (with a slight irony, our founding team being the most "average white guys" imaginable 😀). Progress and inclusion require real effort and compromise, not just words.

As our hosted missions become more ambitious, we’re looking for an experienced Systems Engineer with a strong telecommunications background to support both commercial and operational teams on telecom-heavy missions.

Your missions

You will work at the intersection of mission engineering, payload integration and platform capabilities, ensuring that communication systems meet mission objectives, or push innovative concepts such as distributed proliferated constellations.

In this position you will: 

• Lead system-level trade-offs involving communications architectures and mission performance.

• Define and consolidate system requirements related to RF links, data handling and end-to-end communications.

• Coordinate technical interfaces between payload providers, platform partners and internal engineering teams.

• Support mission architecture activities from proposal through flight operations.

• Contribute to technical reviews, verification activities and customer interactions.

• Mentor junior systems engineers and help strengthen engineering practices across the team.

• Support future developments of SpaceLocker’s hosted payload infrastructure.

This list is neither exhaustive nor exclusive. If you think you’re a good fit, even without matching every requirement, we’d love to hear from you.

Hard skills

• Engineering degree with significant experience in systems engineering.

• Strong background in satellite communications, telecommunications or RF systems.

• Experience working on complex multidisciplinary engineering projects.

• Familiarity with systems engineering methodologies, requirements management and verification.

• Experience interacting with institutional or commercial customers is appreciated.

• Fluent in English.

Soft skills

• Able to simplify complex technical topics.

• Comfortable making engineering trade-offs.

• Collaborative leadership style.

• Excellent written and verbal communication.

• Pragmatic and hands-on mindset.