Vice President of Engineering

About the Role

As VP of Spacecraft Engineering you will own the end‑to‑end design, integration, and delivery of the spacecraft that power this system. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role for someone who has built and shipped satellites, thrives in a high‑pace New Space environment, and is comfortable being the final technical decision‑maker.

• Owning the entire satellite platform across all subsystems
• Acting as Chief Engineer, defining and maintaining the system technical baseline and interfaces
• Leading system‑level trade studies that balance performance, risk, cost, and schedule
• Overseeing integration, test, verification, launch, and on‑orbit performance
• Driving design‑for‑manufacture and design‑for‑operations to enable scale
• Leading and growing a multi‑disciplinary engineering organization (~25 engineers)

• A systems engineer by background who now leads
• Technically deep across spacecraft subsystems, with depth in at least one
• Comfortable operating in fast‑moving, higher‑risk hardware programs

• Proven ownership of satellites through design, integration, launch, and operations
• Demonstrated system‑level integration and technical leadership
• Experience leading multi‑disciplinary engineering teams

• Director

• Full‑time

• Defense and Space Manufacturing and Space Research and Technology