What You'll Do:- Responsible for satellite and constellation mission performance and utility analysis for future Albedo constellations
- Work across all mission areas: imaging, radar, comms, etc.
- Perform high-fidelity modeling and simulation that maps each key engineering parameter to end-mission utility and cost
- Conduct parametric analyses and optimizations to inform the optimal design points for our product line
- Work directly with senior technical leadership and business leadership to understand and model new missions and scenarios of interest
- Work with hardware engineers to correctly model subsystem and satellite performance
- Optimize constellations for different missions and satellite capabilities
- Harness the mission utility and system capabilities that being able to operate in VLEO provides
Your Ideal Skills and Experience:- 5+ years of experience performing satellite system modeling and simulation
- Full proficiency with modeling orbits and constellations
- Demonstrated experience in producing parametric analyses/optimizations, informing how engineering parameter X affects mission utility metric Y
- Familiarity with satellite subsystems and at least one type of mission payload
- Demonstrated ability to take an open-ended modeling and simulation problem, ask questions, define an approach, and drive towards a working prototype
- Basic familiarity with modern combat systems and doctrines
- Interest in leveraging agentic AI to accelerate work, improve clarity, and multiply output
Nice to Have:- Current TS/SCI clearance, or willingness to acquire one, is welcome but not required
Salary Range:- $155,643 to $173,016 per year
Compensation and Benefits for Full-Time Roles:- Employee friendly equity compensation
- 4% direct matching 401k
- Health Insurance: 100% employee coverage & 75% dependent coverage
- Parental leave and childcare coverage
- Flexible vacation and sick time from day one
- 12 company holidays
- $100 monthly wellness benefit
- Relocation package if not based in Denver
The final compensation package is subject to change if the candidate's experience and company need drive a different job level than originally slated for the position.
Relocation: Relocation support for this position is available
Applicants must be a
U.S. Person as defined under 22 CFR 120.62
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Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other underrepresented people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Albedo, we'd rather hear from you. We care more about how you think than which boxes you check. We value people who do the math, make their assumptions explicit, and ask the annoying questions: what breaks, what's the failure mode, what has to be true for this to work? If that sounds like you, apply, even if you don't meet every line.
