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Payload Systems Engineer

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Golden, Colorado, US$140k – $160konsite

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About this role

Tomorrow.io is a leading weather intelligence and climate resilience platform helping organizations and governments make better decisions in a world of increasing weather volatility. By combining proprietary satellite technology, advanced AI forecasting models, and actionable analytics, Tomorrow.io delivers hyper-local weather insights that protect lives, strengthen operations, and build climate resilience globally.

Our space program is core to this mission. We are building and operating a weather observation constellation powered by internally developed sensing technologies - transforming how atmospheric data is captured and used worldwide.

Tomorrow.io is seeking a Payload Systems Engineer to lead the development, integration, and verification of satellite payloads for our weather observation constellation. In this role, you will translate mission objectives into technical requirements, manage system performance, and coordinate across multi-disciplinary teams to ensure high reliability and data quality. You will join a collaborative, high-performing environment that values technical excellence, shared accountability, and the pursuit of ambitious, mission-driven engineering goals.

What You’ll Do

• Contribute to the development of satellite payload systems for constellation programs.

• Support requirements definition, interface coordination, integration planning, test execution, and technical documentation across the payload lifecycle.

• Collaborate closely with internal and external engineering teams, partners, and scientific stakeholders.

• Help deliver reliable, mission-ready systems that meet operational objectives.

• Bridge hands-on engineering discipline with system-level thinking and mission execution.

• Support architecture definition and technical design across the payload lifecycle from concept through launch and operations.

• Contribute to system-level trade studies and performance modeling.

• Establish and maintain requirements, interfaces, and verification documentation.

• Identify technical risks and support mitigation planning.

• Collaborate with program leadership to track technical performance, support integration test planning, and strengthen engineering quality and systems rigor.

What You Bring

• 4-7+ years of experience developing, integrating, and testing complex engineered systems, specifically satellite payloads or similar hardware.

• Strong working knowledge of spacecraft subsystems, payload integration, and performance modeling.

• Proven experience in system-level architecture, requirements management, interface control, and verification planning.

• Familiarity with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) or similar structured systems approaches.

• Experience performing system-level trade studies and identifying/mitigating technical risks.

• Ability to collaborate effectively across multi-disciplinary engineering and scientific domains, both internally and externally.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey technical topics clearly to diverse audiences.

• Proven ability to make sound engineering judgments and operate effectively in dynamic, fast-moving development environments.

• Demonstrated integrity, transparency, and accountability in professional conduct.

• A system-level mindset that balances technical detail with overall mission execution.

The promise:

Joining Tomorrow.io as Payload Systems Engineer means:

• Make a measurable global impact - advance atmospheric sensing technologies that improve weather resilience worldwide.

• Influence foundational architectures - help shape the future of environmental sensing at Tomorrow.io

• Solve challenging problems - work at the intersection of space systems, data platforms, and climate innovation

• Work in a mission-driven environment - join a team that values purpose, technical excellence, and thoughtful execution

If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. Tomorrow.io is on a mission to build a special company. To achieve our goal, we are focused on hiring people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

This position requires access to technology that is controlled under U.S. export control laws and regulations. Accordingly, this position is restricted to U.S. citizens, permanent residents and protected individuals unless and until any required licenses are obtained.

Tomorrow.io is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Tomorrow.io participates in the E-Verify program in all US states, as required by law.

At tomorrow.io we have established a workplace culture that values fairness and equal opportunities and we believe it is crucial for fostering a positive and productive environment. Regularly reviewing and adjusting pay practices to align with legitimate drivers of pay, such as job level, geographic location, and performance, demonstrates a commitment to maintaining equity within the organization. This commitment to ongoing assessment and improvement is key to creating a workplace that is not only diverse and inclusive but also fair and just. The anticipated salary range for this role i s $140-160k subjec t to local market and candidates skills and experience. Comprehensive health benefits, unlimited paid time off and other benefits included. Relocation assistance may be offered/available for certain roles.

Tomorrow.io is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, pl

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