Director of Vehicle Engineering

We're building vehicles that can return payloads from orbit safely and precisely—enabling faster space-based manufacturing, global delivery, and entirely new capabilities in the space economy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering.
• 12+ years of experience in full-lifecycle spacecraft or aircraft development (Design, Build, Fly).
• Technical Leadership: Proven experience leading cross-functional engineering teams through critical design reviews and flight campaigns.
• Architectural Vision: Experience managing complex system budgets (mass, power, link, error) and making high-stakes technical trades.
• Production Fluency: Experience bridging the gap between R&D and manufacturing, setting up travelers, defining acceptance criteria, and designing for manufacturability (DFM).
• Flight Test Heritage: Direct experience with flight test operations, range safety, and anomaly investigation.
• Active U.S. Government Security Clearance (Secret or Top Secret).
• Advanced Degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in a relevant field.
• Experience with re-entry vehicles, precision aerial delivery, or autonomous aircraft.
• Experience transitioning a product from prototype to low-rate initial production.

Benefits

• Incentive Stock Options
• Annual Performance-Based Bonus
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• PTO
• 401k with Company match
• Subsidized daily catered lunch, snacks and coffee