Engineering Manager, Spacecraft Mechanical Security Clearance

Position: Engineering Manager, Spacecraft Mechanical with Security Clearance
A new space race has begun. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build innovative technology that solves the next generation of engineering, manufacturing, and operational challenges for space security and sustainability. OUR MISSION The peaceful use of space is essential for continued prosperity on Earth-from communications and finance to navigation and logistics. True Anomaly builds innovative technology at the intersection of spacecraft, software, and AI to enhance the capabilities of the U.S., its allies, and commercial partners.

We safeguard global security by ensuring space access and sustainability for all. OUR VALUES
* Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity
* What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results
* It's the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together YOUR MISSION We are seeking a Manager of Spacecraft Mechanical Engineering to build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of 6-10 mechanical engineers working across our LEO/GEO satellite, small sat, and on-orbit servicing vehicle programs. This is a people leadership role that also maintains your connection to the work through executing scope.

In partnership with other mangers y ou will co- own organizational health, department best practices, standard processes, requirements, technical direction, hiring, and career development for a team spanning entry-level through staff engineers. You will partner closely with systems engineering, program management, propulsion, avionics, and manufacturing to ensure the mechanical engineering function delivers flight-ready hardware with speed, precision, and quality across all active programs.

If you are a seasoned spacecraft mechanical engineer ready to lead a team doing some of the most consequential vehicle design work in the defense space industry, this is your mission. RESPONSIBILITIES
* Build, lead, and develop a team of 6-10 Mechanical Engineers across LEO/GEO satellite, small sat, and on-orbit servicing vehicle programs at the Gravity Works facility.
* Own all people management responsibilities: hiring, onboarding, performance management, compensation reviews, career development planning, and succession planning; partner with recruiting to define roles, calibrate experience levels, and close top engineering talent.
* Set clear performance expectations and individual development plans for each team member; identify and develop future technical leads and staff engineers; foster an inclusive, high-trust team culture grounded in True Anomaly's values of relentless ownership, intellectual curiosity, and first-principles thinking.
* Serve as the engineering authority and escalation point for spacecraft mechanical design decisions across all active programs - spanning structures, mechanisms, electronics packaging, and propulsion integration; develop and maintain mechanical engineering standards, design practices, GD&T conventions, and CAD model management disciplines across the team.
* Establish design review cadence, perform technical checker duties on high-criticality deliverables, and ensure quality and completeness of the team's mechanical design packages; chair or oversee spacecraft design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR, PSR) and drive closure of technical risks, RFIs, and action items.
* Interface directly with program managers, chief engineers, and customer stakeholders on mechanical status, risk, and schedule; drive DFM culture into upstream hardware design organizations and establish formal cross-functional touchpoints.
* Lead resource planning and capacity management across concurrent programs; partner with systems engineering, propulsion, avionics, thermal, and manufacturing teams to ensure cross-discipline integration and system-level compliance, and flag resourcing gaps to leadership.
* Champion continuous improvement in mechanical design efficiency, drawing and model quality, and hardware delivery cycle time; support proposal efforts and new program captures in partnership with program management and business development.
* Maintain working-level technical oversight of spacecraft mechanical design including: primary and secondary structural design and margin compliance, mechanism and deployment system development, electronics and avionics packaging, propulsion subsystem mechanical integration, mass properties management, and ICD ownership; develop and approve qualification and acceptance test plans, witness testing, and resolve anomalies and non-conformances. QUALIFICATIONS
* Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline; graduate degree strongly preferred.
* Minimum 10 years of professional experience in mechanical design, with the majority spent on spacecraft or satellite hardware programs; at least 3 years in a formal people management role or equivalent experience leading, mentoring, and technically directing a team of engineers;…