Chief Engineer
Listed on 2026-06-27
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineer
I’m supporting a venture-backed space technology company in El Segundo that is hiring a Chief Engineer /
Vehicle Engineering Leader to lead the development of a complex spacecraft hardware system from prototype maturity through integration, qualification, and flight readiness.
This is a well-funded, venture-backed company with multi-year runway, active government contracts, and a clear path from prototype through flight demonstration and operational deployment.
For the right person, it offers meaningful equity, direct technical ownership, and the chance to help shape a nationally important space capability while the company is still early enough for individual impact to matter.
This is not a pure requirements or architecture role.
The ideal profile is a hands‑on technical leader with deep spacecraft / vehicle engineering experience. Someone who can operate at systems level, but who has also owned real hardware through development, manufacturing, integration, test, and qualification.
The role will sit across:- Spacecraft / vehicle architecture and major design trades
- Structures, mechanisms, electromechanical systems, and hardware development
- Integration, test, environmental qualification, and flight readiness
- SWaP-C, risk, performance, and design maturity decisions
- Cross‑functional technical leadership across mechanical, electrical, avionics, GNC, software, thermal, and payload teams
- Driving a prototype‑stage system toward operational deployment
- Vehicle Engineering Lead
- Lead / Principal Spacecraft Engineer
- Payload / Hardware Engineering Lead
- Senior technical leader from a satellite, spacecraft, launch vehicle, defense space, or complex aerospace hardware environment
- Strong spacecraft, vehicle, payload, or complex space hardware development experience
- Meaningful exposure to integration, qualification, and test
- Ability to make engineering trade‑offs across disciplines
- Prior leadership of technical teams or major engineering work streams
- Eligibility to work on ITAR-controlled programs
- Ability and willingness to obtain a security clearance
You’ll need to be comfortable in a fast‑moving startup environment where technical ownership, ambiguity, and hands‑on execution matter.
If this sounds relevant, send me a message and I can share more detail.
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