Senior Architect, Mission Test & Pathfinder Integration, meoSphere (Satellite Communications)

Location: Betzdorf, Luxembourg or McLean, United States; 60% onsite from the office; travel as required.

USA salary range: $121,000–$190,000 annually; additional compensation and benefits may apply depending on location and employment terms.

Company

hirify.global operates meoSphere, a next-generation Medium Earth Orbit satellite constellation delivering secure connectivity to government, enterprise, and commercial customers, while internalizing final integration of partner satellite platforms with software-defined payloads.

What you will do

• Lead system integration, testing, verification, and validation across spacecraft, ground systems, user terminals, communications networks, software, operations, laboratories, suppliers, and distributed teams.
• Plan and execute mission-test campaigns by translating objectives into event sequences, procedures, readiness criteria, success measures, data requirements, and evidence packages.
• Develop test strategies and technical solutions for concurrent Pathfinder and future mission-test activities.
• Lead rehearsals, technical reviews, and readiness ashirify.globalsments across stakeholders, systems, procedures, and test environments.
• Coordinate anomaly investigations, retest planning, technical resolutions, and evidence-based recommendations.
• Lead delegated mission-test execution and maintain end-to-end traceability while respecting retained flight and spacecraft command authorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 10 years of experience in test engineering, system integration, verification and validation, mission operations, flight testing, or other complex system test environments.
• Proven technical leadership in planning and executing complex test campaigns and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong understanding of requirements management, system interfaces, configuration control, readiness reviews, anomaly resolution, technical risk management, and evidence-based decision-making.
• Excellent technical writing, facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and executive communication skills.
• Experience in space systems, satellite communications, ground systems, mission operations, telecommunications, or other mission-critical engineering programs.
• Familiarity with systems engineering practices, test automation, hardware-in-the-loop environments, simulators, digital twins, and test management tools.
• Eligibility for a SECRET security clearance under applicable national regulations and EU/ESA/NATO equivalents.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting flight tests, launches, satellite operations, FlatSat, field tests, or similar high-consequence test and operational environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time position with a technical leadership scope.
• Work is performed 60% onsite from the office, with travel required for project realization.
• Ownership, systems thinking, evidence-driven decisions, collaborative leadership through influence, and low-ego teamwork are valued.
• Additional compensation and benefits may apply based on location and employment terms.