Chief Engineer / Technical Program Manager to be the single technical and programmatic authority for the spacecraft, owning the schedule, risk register, and making design-closure and flight-readiness calls.
Compensation
The base salary range for this position is $200,000 - $250,000 plus equity, reflecting both the specialized skillset we’re looking for and our commitment to growing alongside the people who help us get there.
Responsibilities
Serve as the single technical authority for the spacecraft: make the build-commit (CDR-equivalent) decision for each subsystem as its design matures, and make the flight-readiness call
Own the top-level system requirements, the living system budgets (mass, power, propellant, pointing, link, data), the interface control documents, the program budget and staffing plan; keep them current and binding
Make the subsystems come together as one system: run continuous cross-subsystem design review and requirements flowdown, and decide how cross-subsystem problems (jitter, power/thermal, fault management) are divided among the subsystem leads
Own system verification and validation, scaled to consequence: subsystem leads verify their own subsystems, with formal closure only where failure consequence demands it; define the verification program with the SEIT lead
Lead, review and develop the subsystem leads; be the senior technical escalation point on consequential decisions and set up mentor pairings where knowledge sits with one person
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical or a related engineering discipline
Nice to have: small, single-string, COTS-based spacecraft experience
Lead technical integration across HP programs, ensuring alignment of technology, product, and commercialization efforts.
Compensation
The pay range for this role is $116,150 to $182,400 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Responsibilities
Lead technology development and feasibility during program definition
Partner with business and technical teams to assess technology readiness
Guide feasibility studies and early development work
Lead technical integration across HP programs, ensuring alignment of technology, product, and commercialization efforts.
Compensation
The pay range for this role is $116,150 to $182,400 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Responsibilities
Lead technology development and feasibility during program definition
Partner with business and technical teams to assess technology readiness
Guide feasibility studies and early development work
Lead design, integration, analysis, test, and production activities for low observable materials, structures, apertures, sensors, and radomes for mission systems.
Compensation
Level 4: $136,850-$185,150
Responsibilities
Lead design, modeling, and analysis efforts for LO materials, coatings, structures, and integrated mission systems to meet signature reduction and performance requirements.
Independently apply CEM solvers (e.g., FEKO, HFSS, CST, WIPL‑D, xFDTD, or equivalent) to model antennas, apertures, radomes, and LO treatments; perform design optimization and trade studies.
Drive integration of LO treatments with mechanical, thermal, and sensor/antenna system constraints; identify and mitigate producibility, testability, and sustainment risks.
Plan, execute, and oversee laboratory and field tests (anechoic chamber measurements, antenna/radome characterization, RCS measurements); lead data collection, reduction, and validation activities.
Develop and validate predictive models, reconcile simulations with measurements, perform uncertainty quantification, and provide actionable recommendations to engineering and program leadership.
Requirements
Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical or Aeronautical)
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Seeking a highly motivated Chief Engineer - Space to support the mission-oriented efforts of developing and bringing to market Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) technologies. Leadership of technical and engineering aspects within space system design, development, deployment lifecycle, and production.
Compensation
The anticipated salary band for this position is $195,000 - $245,000.
Responsibilities
Act as Design Authority for space scope area
Provide technical leadership on Zeno space projects
Define and interpret high level engineering requirements to support Product, Program, and/or Customer needs
Support technical project meetings for space initiatives by providing real-time technical guidance, operational support, and informed decision-making
Generate, review, and/or approve technical work products for design applicability, adequacy, and accuracy
Support the development and deployment of nationally important solutions through mission engineering, MBSE, and systems architecture.
Compensation
$77,600 - $97,000 - $116,400 Annual
Responsibilities
Apply Mission Engineering, Traditional Systems Engineering (TSE) and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in support of our sponsor’s mission objectives and outcomes
Translate mission needs, operational constraints, and capability gaps into system concepts, designs, and technical solutions
Develop and refine system architectures, requirements, interfaces, data flows, and integration dependencies
Support integration, testing, verification, validation, deployment planning, and technical transition
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on technical deliverables, documentation, and presentations
The likely salary range for this position is $178,500 - $241,500.
Responsibilities
Maintain the integrated architecture baseline, interface catalog, dependency map, assumptions/constraints register, and architecture action log.
Translate Chief Architect direction into coordinated domain work packages, interface-control documents, integration sequencing, and acceptance criteria.
Lead cross-domain design workshops, technical interchange meetings, integration engineering reviews, and production-readiness preparation.
Verify traceability from approved requirements through architecture, detailed design, build configuration, test evidence, operational documentation, and deployment decision.
Identify interface conflicts, circular dependencies, boundary ambiguities, and sequencing risks; drive owners to closure before they become production issues.
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