Director, Engineering Analysis

Axiom Space is guided by the vision to build era-defining space infrastructure that drives exploration and fuels a vibrant space economy for the benefit of every human everywhere. Axiom Space is the leading provider of human spaceflight services and developer of human-rated space Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit. Axiom Space operates end-to-end missions to the International Space Station today while developing its successor, Axiom Station – a permanent commercial destination in low-Earth orbit that will sustain human growth off the planet and bring untold benefits back home.

Axiom Space fosters a work environment inclusive of all perspectives. We are the pioneers of commercial space, leading the transformation of low-Earth orbit into a global space marketplace. Our mission-driven team is seeking a bold and dynamic Director Engineering Analysis who is fueled by high accountability, execution horsepower, and driven to understand our world, science/technology, and life itself, for the benefit of all on Earth and beyond.

Since Axiom Space is a very complex work environment, we are looking for a resilient, high-energy Director Engineering Analysis to lead and mature a centralized Center of Excellence that supports Axiom’s complex human‑spaceflight programs. The Director of Engineering Analysis establishes unified analytical standards, processes, and best practices that elevate technical rigor, strengthen cross‑program collaboration, and ensure consistent delivery of high‑fidelity structural, thermal, fluids, and multidisciplinary analyses across all spacecraft and space infrastructure programs.

This leader drives analytical excellence across the full engineering lifecycle requirements, modeling, simulation, verification, validation, and certification; while ensuring strict compliance with NASA standards, human‑rated requirements, and mission assurance expectations. The role is accountable for scaling analytical capabilities across multiple programs, optimizing resources in a matrixed environment, and enabling organizational knowledge sharing. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in spacecraft analysis disciplines, advanced modeling and simulation methods, structural and thermal analysis, loads and dynamics, and safety‑critical analytical verification.

They partner closely with NASA centers, commercial customers, and industry stakeholders to deliver mission‑critical analytical products that underpin safe, reliable human spaceflight systems. This position blends strategic leadership with hands‑on technical insight to advance a world‑class Engineering Analysis organization capable of supporting a complex, multi‑mission aerospace portfolio.

• Lead and develop the Engineering Analysis organization, fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and high performance.
• Build and mentor a strong leadership bench, ensuring effective coaching, career development, and succession planning across analysis disciplines.
• Set the strategic vision for the Engineering Analysis Center of Excellence aligned with company and program objectives.
• Establish and enforce unified analytical standards, processes, methodologies, and best practices across structural, thermal, fluids, loads, dynamics, and multidisciplinary analysis teams.
• Champion analytical governance, model validation, design assurance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure all analytical products comply with industry standards, program requirements, and mission assurance expectations.
• Oversee the full analytical lifecycle, including requirements definition, modeling, simulation, analysis, correlation, verification, validation, and certification support.
• Provide technical oversight and decision authority for complex analytical approaches, modeling strategies, load environments, thermal architectures, and integrated spacecraft analysis.
• Drive cross‑program coordination to optimize analytical resources, scalability, and organizational efficiency in a matrixed environment.
• Support program leadership in risk management, design reviews, anomaly resolution, and mission readiness milestones with…