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Payload Integration Engineer

Seasats · San Diego, CA · On-site

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About Seasats

Missions completed for defense, science, and commercial customers around the world. Backed by Techstars.

About the role

Seasats’ unmanned surface vessels (USVs) operate at sea for months at a time, carrying a wide variety of payloads. Ensuring those payloads are correctly integrated, tested, and documented is critical to every mission we run.

What they're looking for

  • A Bachelor’s degree or relevant coursework in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field (or equivalent hands-on experience)
  • 3-5 years of experience building, assembling, or testing hardware systems (academic, personal, or professional)
  • Familiarity with PCBAs and basic electronics assembly or testing
  • Some programming experience in C or C++ (e.g., test scripts, simple tools, or embedded coursework)
  • Strong attention to detail and willingness to follow and improve documented procedures
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills
More about this role

Role: Payload Integration Engineer

Seasats’ unmanned surface vessels (USVs) operate at sea for months at a time, carrying a wide variety of payloads. Ensuring those payloads are correctly integrated, tested, and documented is critical to every mission we run.

As a Payload Integration Engineer, you’ll support the integration of payloads onto our vehicles. You’ll work closely with engineers, the testing team, and cross-functional partners to help bring payloads from early development through testing and into production. This role is hands-on and detail-oriented, with an emphasis on learning, execution, and building repeatable processes.

  • Conducting research and testing to evaluate payload capabilities
  • Understanding and designing electrical systems, components, and products
  • Working closely with the sales team to translate customers’ system requirements into payload specifications
  • Coordinating with engineers to develop test hardware, wiring harnesses, mechanical interfaces, etc. to build and test payload integrations
  • Requirements management, system integration, test plan development, and test execution throughout a payload system’s entire development, demonstration, and...

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