Principal Technical Director, National Security

Washington D.C.;
Long Beach, CA

Voyager is an innovative space, defense, and national security 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.

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The P
rincipal Technical Director, National Security for our Technology and Advanced Development group is responsible for serving as the senior technical leader for our national security Advanced Programs portfolio. In this role, you will drive the technical vision for the future of emerging, high-impact space technologies, leading Voyager's investments in non-kinetic effects, space control, intelligence systems, edge computing, cyber, and multi-regime communications.

We are looking for a passionate human who has deep familiarity with hardware, software, and algorithms across the space domain, and who can direct how novel technologies are incubated and applied across existing programs to reach deployed, mission-critical capability for the warfighter. You must be as comfortable defining and executing complex research and development programs as you are productizing outcomes into monetizable commercial motions.

This is a high-impact leadership role that requires a rare blend of deep national security space expertise and the strategic ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams. You will not just be setting technical direction; you will be responsible for ensuring that our Advanced Programs investments translate into deployed capabilities for our government customers.

The position reports to the Chief Technology Officer and is part of the Advanced Technology Group, based in either Long Beach, CA or Washington D.C.

In this role, the essential functions are:

• Technical Leadership & Vision: Own the technology strategy for Voyager's national security Advanced Programs portfolio, serving as the ultimate technical authority across intelligence collection, non-kinetic effects, space control, cyber, autonomy, and multi-regime communications, and ensuring alignment with Defense & Intelligence growth objectives.
• R&D Execution: Lead the execution of complex, high-stakes R&D programs (CRAD/IRAD) for next-generation national security systems, managing the IRAD pipeline end to end and ensuring technical risks are managed and solutions delivered on schedule.
• End-to-End System Architecture: Architect end-to-end systems bridging hardware, software, and mission software across the Advanced Programs portfolio, ensuring seamless integration across both space and ground segments.
• Productization & Commercialization: Bridge the “valley of death” by guiding technologies from TRL 3–6 into robust, productized solutions ready for manufacturing and deployment, partnering with product and business teams to define commercialization strategies.
• Team Building & Mentorship: Build,…