Quindar

Aerospace

MissionIntegrationEngineer

$150–180k Denver, Colorado, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Mission Integration Engineer at Quindar. Skills: Mission integration, Systems engineering, Solution architecture. Serve as technical subject matter expert. Understand customer's mission”

Industry & Context.

Aerospace
Problems you'll solve

Reason through architecture; Drive structure; Identify product gaps; Identify integration risks; Identify architectural tradeoffs

Eligibility Requirements

Active Top Secret clearance, SCI eligibility, U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee, Asylee

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years relevant experience, Experience with complex technical systems, Understand technical system deeply, Translate customer needs into architecture, Customer-facing technical work experience, Active Top Secret clearance

Nice to Have

SCI eligibility or active TS/SCI

What You'll Do.

Serve as technical subject matter expert

Understand customer's mission

Lead solution architecture

Partner with sales teams

Support proposal development

Translate mission needs into solutions

Identify product gaps

Identify integration risks

Identify architectural tradeoffs

Own systems engineering process

Lead requirements development

Develop verification plans

Develop architecture documentation

Develop acceptance criteria

Own verification and validation process

Coordinate V&V execution

Develop systems engineering artifacts

Maintain requirements documents

Maintain verification matrices

Maintain acceptance plans

Maintain architecture models

Support formal systems engineering

Ensure technical decisions documented

Advise product strategy

Advise roadmap direction

Distinguish mission-specific needs

Define feature requirements

Define technical priorities

Define architectural considerations

Maintain understanding of platform

Represent product accurately

Ensure platform evolves

Function as Mission Architect

Bridge customer needs

Bridge sales strategy

Bridge product capabilities

Bridge software implementation

Bridge delivery execution

Communicate complex concepts

Drive alignment across teams

Establish scalable practices

Establish technical patterns

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Customer meetings; Technical interchange meetings; Internal teams alignment; Customer conversations

Communication Scope

Customer-facing narratives; Technical proposals; Customer design reviews; Customer meetings; Technical interchange meetings; Program reviews; Communicate complex concepts

Process & Methodology

Requirements management, Verification planning, Acceptance plans

Full Job Description

Quindar is seeking a Mission Integration Engineer to help define, architect, and deliver integrated satellite ground systems for commercial and government customers. The Mission Integration team owns the technical path from opportunity shaping through verified mission deployment. This includes solutions and sales engineering, technical proposal development, solution architecture, product strategy input, and formal systems engineering functions during execution. Mission Integration Engineers become deep subject matter experts on both Quindar’s platform and the customer’s mission, translating mission needs into executable technical solutions and ensuring those solutions are delivered, verified, and accepted. This is a highly cross-functional role. You will work closely with both customers and Quindar teams in sales, product, software engineering, forward-deployed engineering, and customer success. You will help shape contract scope, define mission architectures, identify product gaps, manage requirements and verification outcomes, and ensure Quindar’s software is aligned to the mission’s operational, technical, and programmatic needs. We are looking for candidates who can operate at both the big-picture and detailed levels: someone who can understand a customer opportunity deeply, reason through architecture and trade space, communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and drive structure in complex, first-of-kind missions.   KEY RESPONSIBILITIES MISSION ARCHITECTURE & OPPORTUNITY SHAPING - Serve as a technical subject matter expert for customer opportunities, deeply understanding the customer’s mission, CONOPS, operational needs, interfaces, constraints, and success criteria. - Lead solution architecture for commercial and government opportunities. - Partner with sales and business development teams to shape deal strategy, technical scope, proposal approach, and customer-facing solution narratives. - Support technical proposal development, inclu

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