Satellite System Verification & Validation Engineer

About the role

The Satellite-Level Verification and Validation Engineer ensures that the fully assembled satellite meets all mission, launch provider, and environmental requirements. This role manages the end‑to‑end verification lifecycle, from planning and test methodology design through full‑system functional and environmental validation to final qualification sign‑off and in‑orbit readiness.

Key responsibilities

• Define global verification strategy and author the System Verification Plan (SVP); own the Verification Control Matrix to ensure 100% requirement compliance.
• Determine the optimal mix of verification by test, analysis, demonstration, and inspection (TADI) for mission‑level requirements.
• Design and execute full‑system functional tests, Day‑in‑the‑Life mission simulations, and fault detection, isolation and recovery (FDIR) validation scenarios.
• Define environmental test profiles, pass/fail criteria and post‑test correlation for thermal vacuum, sine‑vibe, acoustic and shock campaigns.
• Lead technical review boards, manage non‑conformance reports and present compliance evidence at qualification reviews, delivering the final flight‑readiness data package.

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience in aerospace systems engineering, verification & validation, or space mission qualification.
• Deep understanding of platform subsystems and digital/RF payload interactions to meet top‑level mission performance metrics.
• Expertise in requirements management and traceability using tools such as DOORS, Jama or Windchill.
• Advanced data analysis skills with Python or MATLAB to synthesize multi‑subsystem telemetry and automate post‑test reporting.

Required skills

• Python
• MATLAB
• DOORS
• Jama
• Windchill