Chief Engineer - Spacecraft

Terran Orbital-posted 3 months ago
$200,000 - $250,000/Yr
Senior
Irvine, CA
501-1,000 employees
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
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Join a team where your impact reaches beyond the stars! At Terran Orbital, you're not just part of the system - you're a vital force propelling our mission forward. As trailblazers in satellite manufacturing and aerospace innovation, we shatter boundaries daily to deliver groundbreaking solutions that power our nation's defense and commercial missions. We are a unique, fast growing, and trusted team dedicated to swiftly and efficiently designing, building, launching, and operating state of the art satellites for advanced mission constellations. If you're driven by purpose, inspired by challenges, and ready to leave your mark on the universe, you'll find a home and endless opportunities for growth here. Together, let's redefine what is possible in orbit and beyond!

  • A hands-on leader, providing technical expertise and guidance across space system products.
  • Ensure technical integrity and rigor of space systems designs, analysis, testing, and investigations.
  • Support program key driving and risk areas.
  • Lead and advise independent Non-Advocate Reviews for projects and programs to ensure business, customer, and supplier success.
  • Provide leadership for the Engineering and Failure Review Boards.
  • Provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance to the engineering teams.
  • Liaison with Components and Modules Group.
  • Establish best practices, frameworks, guidelines, standards, processes, and tools.
  • Participate and lead the technical discussions with customers and suppliers to ensure mission success.
  • Develop and maintain client network and relationships with senior-level customer counterparts.
  • Guide architecture trades to find balanced solutions for technical, schedule, and cost.
  • Support the sales and business development teams in the development of technology strategy by adding technical excellence to proposals and presentations.
  • Maintain working knowledge of industry engineering practices, tools, and trends.
  • Identify and engage meaningful technical inputs from other enterprise contributors and external experts, as needed, to provide optimal focus and skills for challenging and specialty technical topics.
  • Bachelor of engineering or a related field is required; advanced degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of experience in spacecraft/subsystem product development and operations.
  • 5+ years of aerospace experience working in a technical leadership role.
  • Ability to resolve and close technical issues and challenges with competing demands.
  • Subject matter expert in one or more Spacecraft, Space Systems, or space operations design Engineering domains.
  • Significant experience in more than one of the following: analog and digital electronics, Communications, guidance and navigation controls, Optical or RF missions and payloads, digital data processing and edge networking, flight and mission SW, spacecraft mission operations.
  • Experience with processes on failure investigation (root cause analysis, corrective action definition, failure review boards, etc.).
  • Experience supporting the technical evaluation of design and requirements verification.
  • Experience in different phases of aerospace component and system development cycle and mission life cycle experience including concept development, detail design, design reviews, manufacturing and AIT, operations, and anomaly investigations.
  • Familiarity with industry standards and guidance, including SMC, GEVS, TORs, AIAA, MIL-STD, etc.
  • Demonstrated ability to successfully multi-task across portfolio demands.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain a US TS/SCI Security Clearance.
  • Engineering Master's Degree.
  • Experience and success with space-based architectures and devices.
  • Demonstrate experience and success with space-based remote sensing missions.
  • Experience with MBSE, Modeling & Simulation for system and mission level solutions.
  • Successful experience with space-based reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety.
  • Familiarity with satellite system budgets, including mass, power, delta-V, link, and data budgets.
  • 100% Company-paid comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
  • 401(k) Match.
  • Flexible Time Off (FTO).
  • Education Reimbursement.
  • Competitive Paid Parental Leave.
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