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Quindar

Chief Engineer

Quindar

. Serve as program technical leader / Chief Engineer for complex commercial and government space programs .

Posted 10/8/2026full-timeDenver • Colorado • United StatesLead💰 $170,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in aerospace software systems, systems integration, and operational reliability, with a strong focus on technical leadership and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Capable of guiding engineering teams through complex technical challenges while ensuring mission success and architectural integrity.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Aerospace Software Systems DevelopmentSystems IntegrationTechnical LeadershipMission Operations PlatformsActive U.S. Security Clearance

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Hard Skills
Software ArchitectureDistributed Software SystemsMission Planning ToolsCommand and Control SystemsTechnical Problem SolvingDesign and ImplementationAnomaly InvestigationOperational Issue ResolutionTechnical ReviewsDesign Reviews
Soft Skills
Effective CommunicationMentorshipCollaboration
Certifications & Qualifications
Active U.S. Security Clearance (TS/SCI Preferred)
Industry Keywords
AerospaceSatellite Ground SystemsMission-Critical SystemsOperational ReliabilityTechnical Strategy

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
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About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Serve as program technical leader / Chief Engineer for complex commercial and government space programs
  • Support engineering execution across mission software, platform infrastructure, reliability, security, and integration activities
  • Coordinate technical alignment across engineering teams for cohesive system behavior and successful mission execution
  • Partner with engineering leads to resolve cross-system technical risks, interface challenges, and integration concerns
  • Support architectural cohesion and long-term technical evolution across Quindar’s ground systems ecosystem
  • Contribute to technical strategy, system design, and architecture development for mission operations platforms
  • Participate in proposal development, technical solution definition, and customer technical engagements
  • Conduct technical reviews, design reviews, and mission readiness assessments
  • Support anomaly investigation, troubleshooting, and operational issue resolution for mission-critical systems
  • Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers across the organization
  • Contribute directly through design, implementation, prototyping, and technical problem solving
  • Represent Quindar in technical exchanges and pull in subject-matter experts as beneficial

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of experience developing, integrating, or operating aerospace, satellite, or mission-critical software systems
  • Strong technical breadth across software systems, operational systems, and aerospace mission domains
  • Experience with satellite ground systems, mission operations, command and control, or flight dynamics and mission planning tools
  • Experience designing, integrating, or operating distributed software systems in production environments
  • Strong understanding of software architecture, systems integration, and operational reliability
  • Ability to communicate effectively across software, operations, platform / infrastructure, and customer stakeholders
  • Experience leading technical efforts across multidisciplinary engineering teams
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguous and rapidly evolving technical environments
  • Active U.S. Security Clearance (TS/SCI Preferred, S Required)
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations under ITAR requirements
  • Must be available to work onsite a minimum of three days per week

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Offers Equity
  • Unlimited PTO; employees are required to take 15 days off
  • Most US federal government holidays
  • Quarterly health & wellness benefits
  • Comprehensive health insurance for employees and family, with 100% coverage for employees
  • 4% 401(k) matching
  • 4-day annual company offsite
  • Opportunity to have a direct impact on customers’ space missions