hands-on technical leadership position supporting the Weather portfolio’s aerospace integration and test activities
Compensation
Sign-On Bonus: A sign-on bonus of up to $50K may be included as part of an offer package for this level
Responsibilities
Drive compliance with safety, quality, test, program, and configuration-management requirements.
Serve as a subject matter expert for integration and test activities involving components, submodules, modules, instruments, payloads, and space-vehicle hardware.
Lead large, complex test initiatives and coordinate execution across engineering, technicians, manufacturing, chamber operations, program teams, customers, suppliers, and support organizations.
Develop test strategies, plans, procedures, verification approaches, resource plans, readiness criteria, and technical briefings.
Provide technical direction during test setup, hardware integration, procedure execution, data collection, data review, requirements verification, and test reporting.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience; Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
Nice to have: Experience supporting integration and test of space-qualified weather instruments, payloads, flight hardware, or space-vehicle hardware.
Nice to have: Experience leading large, complex test campaigns involving multidisciplinary engineering teams, technicians, program organizations, customers, and external suppliers.
Nice to have: Expertise in test planning, test-procedure development and execution, readiness reviews, requirements verification, data analysis, and test reporting.
Nice to have: Experience leading troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, corrective action, and anomaly resolution for complex electrical, mechanical, software, or system-level issues.
Commissioning engineer responsible for planning, coordinating, and supervising the commissioning of industrial energy recovery units, ensuring equipment compliance and performance before handover to operations.
Responsibilities
Prepare and follow pre-commissioning and commissioning schedules
Verify equipment and installation compliance before testing
Supervise pre-commissioning and commissioning activities
Organize and follow mechanical, hydraulic, and functional tests
Control mechanical equipment, piping, boilers, pumps, auxiliaries, and steam circuits
Lead technical direction and architecture for lunar lander program, managing cross‑functional teams and ensuring mission success.
Compensation
$240,000 - $300,000 / year
Responsibilities
Own the lunar lander system architecture and technical baseline across the full program lifecycle
Lead cross‑functional technical trade studies and major design decisions to optimize performance, reliability, manufacturability, schedule, and cost
Maintain deep understanding of all subsystems, interfaces, operational concepts, and mission objectives
Drive the program technical roadmap in partnership with subsystem leads and subject matter experts while balancing performance, reliability, schedule, risk, and cost
Identify technical, operational, and programmatic risks early and develop mitigation strategies to ensure mission success
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Aerospace, or related field
Nice to have: 12+ years of experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams or managing large‑scale technical programs
Nice to have: Direct experience serving as Chief Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer, System Lead, or equivalent technical authority for a spacecraft
Nice to have: Strong understanding of spacecraft subsystem interactions and vehicle‑level architecture development
Nice to have: Direct experience working on NASA sponsored programs
Lead technical engineer responsible for spacecraft avionics architecture, integration, and testing.
Compensation
$110,000 - $205,000/ year
Responsibilities
Serve as the Responsible Engineer and technical lead for spacecraft avionics subsystem(s) across one or more programs.
Conduct technical trade studies and define avionics architecture, including flight computers, GNC hardware, data buses, time distribution, payload processing, redundancy schemes, and interface definitions.
Develop subsystem and unit-level requirements, interface control documents (ICDs), and verification plans aligned to system-level requirements.
Perform data throughput, latency, and timing analysis.
Support avionics hardware and software integration and test activities.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
Nice to have: Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline
Nice to have: 8+ years supporting government or commercial space programs
Senior Manufacturing Engineer supporting life‑cycle support for the US Space Force launch vehicle program.
Responsibilities
Provide Launch Vehicle Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering expertise
Apply expertise in Structures, materials, manufacturing, industrial engineering, logistics, test, operations, processes, personnel, and organizations
Prepare assessments of Engineering Review Boards including risk recommendations
Support Customer acquisition functions such as requirements development, request for proposals, and cost/technical/schedule/performance reports
Perform and support systems engineering functions such as requirements definition, design review, test review, risk management, pedigree, hardware acceptance, verification, operations, anomaly resolution, and post‑flight analyses
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering
Nice to have: Knowledge of LV structures and mechanical systems
Responsible for optical sensor operations and technical services support to meet the Space Domain Awareness (SDA) mission requirements of the Government customer.
Locations (2)
Kula, Hawaii, United States
Hawaii, United States
Responsibilities
Provide GEODSS operations, technical services, and operations support of equipment to meet sensor mission sustenance requirements on 24/7/365 basis
Interface with Space Force and other contractor personnel to sustain day-to-day operations and testing activities
Monitors daily site activities to ensure all Performance Work Statement requirements are achieved
Participate in Space Force exercises and inspections
Provide operational activity support including development/updates of GEODSS Operation Tactics and Operations Procedures
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