Technical Principal

Overview

Voyager is an innovative defense, national security and space technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space.

Forge the Future:
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The future belongs to those who build it. At Voyager Technologies, we’re building technologies that protect lives, expand frontiers and prepare us for what’s next. And we’re doing that with people who are wired to solve, build, adapt and lead. These roles are not for the faint of heart.

You’ll help lay the foundation for humanity's future. Join a culture where innovation thrives, curiosity is rewarded, and impact is real. We’re a company of doers, thinkers and builders, united by purpose and grounded in reality.

If you want to put your skills to work where the stakes are real and the mission is bigger than any one person,
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Provide support to the company’s technology programs and perform a specialized function within the Chief Technology Officer’s advanced programs department. Provide expert level knowledge to grow market share for current products and develop new products to penetrate new markets and customers. Represent the company at industry briefings, meetings, and reviews. Individual will occasionally attend industry conferences and publish work performed under various contracts for various customers.

Supervise engineering teams for technology programs. Write and review technical documents including reports, test plans, and proposals. Collaborate with program management to define project scope and manage the technical execution of the scope. May have direct management responsibilities.

• Engineering Leadership: (50%)
  • Engineering leadership on numerous development programs:
    Chief Engineer, Technical Lead, Lead System engineer
  • Apply engineering experience to evaluate and critique propulsion system and component design, performance, and analyses to assess technical and programmatic risks
  • Develop new engineering tools to build additional capability and increase productivity
  • Develop and maintain advanced program(s) technology road maps, risk and mitigation planning
  • Perform as lead technical reviewer on numerous program reviews
  • Serve as technical lead and conduct periodic customer discussions to ensure the program meets customer expectations, technical requirements, and overall satisfaction
• Technical Marketing (50%)
  • Develop and maintain customer executive, program management, and technical relationships
  • Understanding customer requirements and how VTS technologies can be applied
  • Conduct advanced propulsion architecture development through applying VTS technologies
  • Identifying technology gaps to meet future customer requirements and develop tech road maps to fill gaps
  • Presenting to customers technical and programs solutions to address requirements
  • Initiate and conduct interactions with customers regarding future program structures, costs, and contracts
  • Lead VTS technical personnel to develop advanced propulsion system concepts and program plans
  • Lead white paper and proposal efforts with winning strategy and novel approaches

• 15+ years of Controllable Solid Propulsion industry experience
• 10+ years of experience as Controllable Solid Propulsion Chief Engineer and/or Lead System Engineer
• 10+ years lead development engineering of advanced solid propulsion technology
• 10+ years of DOD missile/propulsion industry Business Development experience
• Recognized as solid rocket propulsion expert by Prime missile integrators preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or other relevant engineering discipline from an accredited college/university; advanced degree (PhD or Master’s) in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or other relevant engineering discipline from an accredited college/university. May consider equivalent experience…