Loads Development Lead, Space Interceptors

Space is a war fighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it.

True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors — enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground.

• 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.

• Serve as the technical authority for structural, mechanical, thermal, and coupled loads across a next-generation Space Based Interceptors defense program. Architect the structural design basis for one of the most demanding mission sets in aerospace engineering and Space Based Interceptors defense.
• Own loads development end-to-end across the full system lifecycle—from ground handling and launch through on-orbit operations, intercept maneuvers, and end-of-life scenarios.
• Establish and enforce program standards and processes for loads generation, combination, margins, and documentation; develop and validate Coupled Loads Analyses (CLA); derive Mass Acceleration Curves (MAC); and decompose system-level loads into design criteria and verification requirements.
• Act as the single point of accountability for loads methodology, assumptions, traceability, and technical rigor. Define governing load cases, ensure consistency across subsystem analyses, and steward the Loads Data Book.
• Ensure load environments are physically realistic, analytically defensible, and properly integrated into design, analysis, verification, certification, and safety margins across the program.
• Collaborate with structures, dynamics, thermal, mechanisms, avionics, systems engineering, GNC, propulsion, trajectory, environments, and test teams to ensure system integrity and performance.
• Lead design trade studies driven by load sensitivities; support risk reduction and anomaly resolution; and represent the program in internal and external technical reviews.
• Mentor analysts, shape best practices, and protect the intellectual rigor of the program’s structural design basis.
• Play a central role in ensuring the success, credibility, and long-term robustness of True Anomaly’s Space Based Interceptors defense architecture.

• 8+ years full lifecycle experience in structural loads development for aerospace systems (spacecraft, Space Based Interceptors, interceptors, or launch vehicles)
• Expertise in CLA, load derivation, and structural verification
• Demonstrated experience generating and managing loads across multiple mission phases and operational environments
• Strong background in structural dynamics, coupled loads analysis, and systems-level load integration
• Experience authoring, owning, and maintaining formal loads documentation such as Loads Data Books or equivalent governing artifacts
• Proficiency with industry-standard analysis tools (e.g., Femap, NASTRAN, MATLAB, Python, or equivalent)
• Proven leadership in design, analysis, and verification on a major aerospace program
• Ability to lead cross-functional technical teams and coordinate across hardware and software boundaries
• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related field;
  Master’s or Ph.D. preferred
• U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related discipline
• Experience with Space Based Interceptors defense systems, interceptors, or highly dynamic flight regimes
• Familiarity with DoD or Space Force programs, certification processes, and review cycles
• Experience working with classified programs and handling controlled technical data
• Background in probabilistic loads, uncertainty quantification, or margin optimization
• Prior experience leading technical teams or serving as a subsystem or discipline lead
• TS/SCI clearance

• Base Salary: $175,000-$305,000
• Equity +…