Responsibilities
- Lead technical efforts across all stages of mission development, including proposal formulation, testing, launch, on-orbit activation, demonstrations, and operational execution.
- Ensure timely delivery of contractual obligations and translate customer mission goals into specific development criteria, objectives, and verification strategies.
- Act as the primary point of contact with customers during meetings and reviews to define interface specifications, test protocols, operational procedures, mission design, system risks, and flight readiness.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to advance program objectives, working across subsystem teams to evaluate trade-offs and ensure full mission success.
- Support all program phases from concept and proposal through testing, launch, and on-orbit commissioning, including customer education on design approaches and engineering methodologies.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- This position requires successfully obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret Security Clearance as a condition of employment. While the clearance may not be immediately necessary upon hire, we encourage you to initiate the application process promptly upon accepting this offer. Your ability to secure the necessary clearance is essential for fulfilling key responsibilities of the role. Should you be unable to obtain it, the employer reserves the right to modify or terminate your employment to align with operational needs.
- Must pass DoD level background checks for entry into various government facilities.
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
ITAR REQUIREMENTS
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
