Systems Engineer - Mission Operations
Albedo
Software Engineering, Operations
Denver, CO, USA
Posted on Nov 5, 2025
Be one of the Bedo 100
Albedo is making Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) mainstream, building the infrastructure to usher every satellite mission set into this new orbital domain. We build buses, integrated satellites, and turnkey missions for customers to thrive in VLEO, between 200 km - 400 km, where proximity compounds performance & drag self-cleans debris.
As part of the first 100 employees at Albedo, you will have a big impact on Albedo’s trajectory to proliferating VLEO — whether you’re advancing hardware to increase satellite longevity, scaling production for large constellations, building next-gen flight and ground software to push performance, or enabling missions that matter for national security and our day-to-day life here on earth.
How We Operate: Albedo takes a first-principles approach to VLEO — in space and in business. We move with speed, take calculated risks, and learn quickly. We use AI regularly to create leverage in every discipline across the company. We work in-person at our Broomfield CO HQ to maximize team & company productivity. We work with hard & with urgency to compound our first-mover advantage.
Who We're Looking For: Builders who want to own outcomes, not tasks. Systems thinkers who balance precision with iteration while thinking about the big picture. Individuals who are energized by creating a category rather than competing in an existing one. You’ll join a team that has already proven what others said wasn’t feasible and is now scaling & upgrading our VLEO buses & payloads to serve mission sets across sensing, communications, and responsive operations.
If you can feel the excitement running through your veins, apply to be one of the Bedo 100.
Compensation and Benefits:
- 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
What You'll Do:
- Operate Clarity-1, Albedo’s first on-orbit satellite, with support from the Systems team.
- Work closely with subsystem owners (GNC, avionics, payload, thermal, power, FSW) to ensure the vehicle is operating on-orbit successfully.
- Gather requirements for on-orbit experiments, develop test scripts, and execute them on-orbit
- Analyze and review on-orbit data from Clarity-1 to identify areas of improvement and proactively drive solutions and updates across Flight Software and Ground Software.
- Support test activities of future missions with an operations view point.
- Build the systems understanding and skill set to grow into a systems/mission design role.
Your Ideal Skills and Experience:
- Regularly uses AI tools as essential leverage to accelerate work, improve clarity, and multiply output
- Familiarity with spacecraft subsystems (avionics, power, thermal, GNC, payload)
- Familiarity with scripting languages (mainly Python) and an interest in expanding coding skills.
- Strong organizational and communication skills with attention to detail.
- Curiosity and eagerness to learn, with the drive to take ownership of problems and deliver results in a fast-moving environment.
Albedo does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Albedo employees. Albedo is not responsible for any fees or overhead related to unsolicited resumes.
Additional Requirements: In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. All persons hired will be required to be a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled: Albedo is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Relocation: Relocation for this position is available
US CITIZENSHIP IS REQUIRED
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