Senior Aerospace Engineer

At Turion Space, we’re building spacecraft to secure Earth and expand humanity’s reach beyond it. As a Senior Aerospace Engineer you will lead the design, system trades, integration, and testing of both Independent Research and Development (IRAD) and hosted payload projects. You will also be responsible for interfacing with the systems engineering team to ensure requirements compliance of our spacecraft payloads. This is a full-time, exempt position based on-site at our Irvine, California headquarters. Key Responsibilities - Design and Development: Independently own the design and development of payload systems, including but not limited to defining system requirements, conducting analysis on system performance, and driving the determination of system specifications. - Integration: Integrate payload systems into Turion’s spacecraft platform. Ensure compatibility and successful integration of payloads with spacecraft systems and subsystems. - Testing: Develop and execute test pl