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AI&T Engineer

  • Location: Denver, Colorado
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8370
  • Salary: NON 150,000

Location: Denver, Colorado
Compensation: Competitive base salary + package 
Environment: Smallsat Design and Manufacturing

A satellite is sitting in front of you.

The hardware has been assembled. The payload is integrated. The spacecraft bus is powered.

Now we need to prove that it works.

Not on paper.

On the spacecraft.

We’re working with a rapidly growing international New Space company developing and manufacturing advanced small satellite platforms for commercial, scientific and government missions.

As its US engineering capability continues to grow, we're looking for a hands-on Test Engineer / Systems Engineer – AI&T to join the team in Denver.

And there are two things we're particularly interested in:

Electrical test execution and test script development.

If you've spent your career actually testing spacecraft hardware, developing the scripts that control or automate those tests, analysing the results and troubleshooting when something doesn't behave as expected, this could be very interesting.

What will you actually be doing?

You'll work directly with satellite hardware throughout Assembly, Integration & Test.

A major part of your role will be executing electrical and functional testing across spacecraft subsystems, payloads and fully integrated satellites.

You'll develop test procedures and write the test scripts used to execute, automate and standardise spacecraft testing.

You'll run those tests.

You'll analyse the results.

And when something fails, you'll work with the wider engineering team to understand whether you're looking at a test issue, an interface problem, a hardware fault, a software problem or something else entirely.

You'll work closely with payload, electrical, avionics, software and systems engineers throughout the process.

Your work will include:

  • Electrical and functional test execution
  • Test script development and automation
  • Spacecraft bus and payload testing
  • Hardware/software integration testing
  • Test equipment and test setup configuration
  • Test procedure development
  • Test data collection and analysis
  • Troubleshooting test failures and anomalies
  • Requirements verification and validation
  • Interface testing between spacecraft subsystems
  • Environmental test support including TVAC, vibration and EMI/EMC
  • Test reports, results and troubleshooting documentation

You'll also help improve how testing is performed as the organisation scales — developing more repeatable, automated and efficient approaches rather than simply following the same procedure indefinitely.

What are we looking for?

We're looking for someone who considers themselves a Test Engineer first.

Ideally, you'll have 3+ years of experience testing spacecraft, satellites, aerospace hardware or similarly complex electrical systems.

The strongest candidates will have direct experience developing and executing electrical tests on real hardware.

We'd particularly like to see experience across areas such as:

Electrical Testing | Functional Testing | Test Script Development | Test Automation | Python | Spacecraft AIT/AI&T | Satellite Payloads | Spacecraft Buses | Hardware/Software Integration | Verification & Validation

Experience developing test scripts using Python would be particularly relevant, with MATLAB or Simulink also useful.

And if you've supported TVAC, vibration, EMI/EMC or other spacecraft environmental test campaigns, even better.

The kind of person we're looking for

You don't need to have spent your entire career with “Systems Engineer” written on your business card.

You might currently be a:

Spacecraft Test Engineer, Electrical Test Engineer, Satellite Test Engineer, AIT Engineer, AI&T Engineer, Integration & Test Engineer or Verification & Validation Engineer.

What matters is what you've actually done.

Have you sat in front of spacecraft hardware and executed electrical tests?

Have you written the scripts used to run those tests?

Can you look at unexpected test data and start figuring out what went wrong?

Can you work across electrical, software and systems teams to resolve the problem?

If the answer is yes, we'd like to hear from you.

Why join?

You'll be joining during a significant period of growth rather than arriving after everything has already been built.

That means you'll have the opportunity to influence how spacecraft testing is performed, automated and scaled as the US operation develops.

You'll work on real satellite hardware, alongside international engineering teams developing spacecraft for commercial, scientific and government missions.

The position is primarily onsite in Denver, Colorado, so you'll need to be locally based or willing to relocate.

Occasional travel within the US and internationally may also be required.

You must be a US citizen or US permanent resident.

Package

$120,000–$150,000 base salary, depending on experience.

Health insurance, matching 401(k) and a team performance-based bonus are also included.

If you're a Test Engineer who enjoys being close to the hardware — writing the test, running the test and then figuring out why the result wasn't what everyone expected — I'd really like to hear from you.

Senior Staff Mechanical Analysis Engineer

  • Location: Denver, Colorado
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8369
  • Salary: NON 180,000

Are you passionate about shaping the future of humanity's presence in space? Lunar Outpost, an industry leader in space robotics and planetary vehicles, invites you to join our team! Lunar Outpost is dedicated to creating a permanent presence in space, while also driving positive impacts here on Earth. Currently, we are seeking a Senior Staff Mechanical Analysis Engineer to contribute to our mission in a dynamic startup environment. As a Senior Staff Mechanical Analysis Engineer, you will be responsible for leading and overseeing the mechanical analysis team at Lunar Outpost. This is a key leadership role requiring deep technical expertise and a proactive approach to team development in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment. 
 

 

Take the #NextLeap with Lunar Outpost and work on the Pegasus LTV, which will carry NASA astronauts farther than they've ever been before on the lunar surface!  

 

Working Conditions / Schedule: This position is required to be onsite Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Where applicable, employees may work remotely on Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Additional hours may be required based on business needs.

 

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Develop high-quality analytical models of vehicles/mobility platforms 
  • Perform mechanical analysis (Loads, Stress, Fatigue/Fracture, Dynamics, Vibration, etc.) in quick-turn, rapid development environment 
  • Interact with mechanical engineering design team to rapidly iterate and improve designs as informed by analysis 
  • Interact with project management and company leadership to determine timelines, schedule tasks, and ensure deadlines are met 
  • Contribute to standardization of practices and procedures within the mechanical analysis team 
  • Write technical reports detailing analysis processes, results, and recommendations 
  • Allocate team resources and delegate analysis tasks to team members, supporting multiple projects and analysis efforts 
  • Oversee work performed to ensure high-quality work products 
  • Understand analysis requirements and ensure analysis is performed in compliance with applicable Lunar Outpost and NASA standards 
  • Generate applicable loading profiles to be communicated to vendors and stakeholders 
  • Prepare and present materials for Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Failure Review Boards (FRB), and Critical Design Reviews (CDR) 
  • Collaborate with NASA Insight members in recurring working group sessions 

 

Required Qualifications: 

  • Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline 
  • 10+ years of applicable experience performing mechanical analysis on spaceflight systems 
  • Experience leading analysis teams 
  • Expertise Finite Element Modeling software 
  • Proficiency in interpreting various loading profiles and test data 
  • Familiarity with dynamic/kinematic analysis techniques 
  • Familiarity with related NASA and government specifications and standards 
  • Familiarity with fatigue and fracture standards, considerations, classifications, and analysis methods 
  • Self-motivated, focused, and driven to meet critical deadlines 
  • Excellent organization and time management skills 
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills 
  • U.S. Person  

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Master's degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline 
  • Experience performing mechanical analysis in automotive environment 
  • Expertise in ANSYS 
  • Proficiency in FEMAP 
  • Proficiency in NASGRO 
  • Proficiency in Matlab 
  • Proficiency in LS-DYNA 
  • Proficiency in SolidWorks or equivalent CAD software 
  • Familiarity with analysis of composites 

 

Compensation & Benefits: Compensation level and base salary are competitively structured and thoughtfully determined based on factors such as relevant skills, experience, education, and the scope of the role.

  • Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, with 70% of premiums covered by the employer
  • Paid time off: Three (3) weeks per year of vacation
  • Retirement plan: Up to 4% employer match on 401(k) contributions
  • Paid holidays: 11 company-recognized holidays
  • Parental leave
  • Educational reimbursement opportunities to support company objectives, continued learning, and career development
     

Lunar Outpost Inc. is an equal opportunity  employer. Lunar Outpost Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All employees, including executives and human resources personnel, are expected to conduct themselves with professionalism and treat others with dignity and respect in accordance with this policy.

Contract Mechanical Design

  • Location: Denver, Colorado
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #8343

Contract Mechanical Design Engineer — Propulsion Hardware
Open hourly rate
12-month contract – 40 hours per week
Fully remote (US-based)

A space & defense company is hiring a Mechanical Design Engineer to own solid rocket motor and thruster hardware through a 12-month engagement, from concept through manufacture and test.

The team is growing. What’s needed is a design owner who has built propulsion hardware before, backs it with their own analysis, and works well remotely.

What you’ll be doing

  • Design motor insulation, thrusters, nozzles, closures and structures
  • Design mechanisms for high-temperature environments
  • Run structural, dynamic and thermal analyses to refine designs
  • Apply GD&T and run tolerance analyses
  • Select materials and design for manufacture
  • Support test and integration, and own mass budgets and technical risk

What you’ll need

  • Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
  • 8+ years of mechanical design, with significant propulsion hardware experience
  • Hardware taken from concept through manufacture and test
  • Strong CAD in NX, Creo or SolidWorks
  • FEA and thermal analysis skills
  • Expert GD&T and tolerance stack-ups
  • Self-directed, able to build your own network remotely
  • US-based and eligible to work on ITAR-controlled programs

Nice to have

  • Rocket motor insulation or thruster design
  • Refractory metals, including additive manufacturing
  • Hardware taken through qualification
  • Prior contract or independent consulting work, you land and add value fast

Interested
Click apply with an updated copy of your resume. I’ll come back to you within 48 hours. If you don’t hear back within 48 hours, please assume you haven’t been successful on this occasion.

Senior Autonomy Machine Learning Engineer

  • Location: Denver, Colorado
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8299
  • Salary: NON 160,000

Are you passionate about shaping the future of humanity's presence in space? Lunar Outpost, a trailblazer in space robotics, invites you to join our team! Lunar Outpost is dedicated to creating a sustainable presence in space, while also driving positive impacts here on Earth. We are seeking a talented Senior Autonomy Machine Learning Engineer.
 

As a Senior Autonomy Machine Learning Engineer, you will research, develop, train, evaluate, and deploy machine learning models for Lunar Outpost’s lunar rovers, command-and-control platforms, terrestrial robotic systems, and orbital assets. Working at the intersection of robotics, autonomy, AI, and space exploration, you will develop technologies that enable robotic systems to perceive their environment, interpret operator intent, reason about mission objectives, generate plans, and safely execute complex tasks with reduced operator oversight. Your work will include transformer-based architectures, vision-language models, multimodal foundation models, robot learning, and intelligent planning and decision-support systems. You will help build datasets, evaluation frameworks, software infrastructure, and deployment pipelines that support applications ranging from natural-language vehicle control to onboard reasoning, anomaly detection, mission summarization, and multi-robot supervision. You will collaborate closely with robotics, software, simulation, and command-and-control engineering teams to transition emerging AI research into reliable capabilities.

 

Take the #NextLeap with Lunar Outpost and work on the Pegasus LTV, which will carry NASA astronauts farther than they've ever been before on the lunar surface!

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Research, design, train, fine-tune, and evaluate transformer-based machine learning architectures for autonomous robotic and command-and-control applications
  • Develop vision-language-action models, vision-language models, and other multimodal models that connect operator intent and sensor observations to robot plans and actions
  • Build capabilities for natural-language command interpretation, task decomposition, mission planning, action generation, operator decision support, and autonomous task execution
  • Develop human-robot teaming capabilities that enable operators to efficiently supervise and command multiple robotic assets
  • Create systems for mission summarization, anomaly detection, situational awareness, course-of-action generation, and operator-reviewable recommendations
  • Integrate machine learning models with robotic platforms, simulation environments, command-and-control software, and autonomy frameworks
  • Conduct hardware-in-the-loop tests, field tests, and structured demonstrations to validate capabilities under realistic operating conditions
  • Participate in design reviews, trade studies, technical risk assessments, test-readiness reviews, and demonstrations

 

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 3 to 5 years of relevant professional, academic, or research experience developing machine learning systems, autonomous systems, or intelligent robotic applications
  • Experience developing and evaluating deep learning models using Python and a modern machine learning framework such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow
  • Experience in at least one of the following areas:
    • Vision-language models or multimodal foundation models
    • Robot learning, imitation learning, or reinforcement learning
    • Natural-language planning, tool use, or agentic systems
    • Autonomous planning, reasoning, or task execution
  • Experience preparing datasets, implementing training pipelines, defining evaluation metrics, and analyzing model performance
  • Strong software engineering skills, including experience writing maintainable and testable software
  • Experience with Linux-based development environments, Git, and collaborative software development workflows 
  • Ability to translate research concepts into working prototypes and evaluate those prototypes against measurable system objectives
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts, experimental results, limitations, and risks to multidisciplinary teams
  • Comfortable working in a research-oriented, agile, and interdisciplinary environment where requirements and technical approaches may evolve rapidly
  • U.S. Person

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field
  • Experience developing or fine-tuning VLMs, VLAs, large language models, or multimodal transformer architectures
  • Experience with robot foundation models, action tokenization, multimodal policy learning, hierarchical policies, or language-conditioned control
  • Experience applying supervised fine-tuning, parameter-efficient fine-tuning, preference optimization, imitation learning, or reinforcement learning to foundation models
  • Experience with robotics middleware and autonomy frameworks such as ROS2
  • Experience integrating learned models with robot perception, planning, control, or command-and-control systems
  • A record of technical innovation demonstrated through deployed systems, open-source contributions, publications, patents, or significant project achievements

 

Compensation & Benefits: Compensation level and base salary are competitively structured and thoughtfully determined based on factors such as relevant skills, experience, education, and the scope of the role.

  • Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, with 70% of premiums covered by the employer
  • Paid time off: Three (3) weeks per year of vacation
  • Retirement plan: Up to 4% employer match on 401(k) contributions
  • Paid holidays: 11 company-recognized holidays
  • Parental leave
  • Educational reimbursement opportunities to support company objectives, continued learning, and career development
     

Lunar Outpost Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Lunar Outpost Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All employees, including executives and human resources personnel, are expected to conduct themselves with professionalism and treat others with dignity and respect in accordance with this policy.

Systems Engineer

  • Location: Denver, Colorado
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8259
  • Salary: NON 180,000

Location: Denver, Colorado

Compensation: Competitive base salary + package 

Environment: Smallsat Design and Manufacturing

What if your next systems engineering role wasn't about maintaining a programme that's already been built?

What if you could help shape the satellites themselves?

EVONA is working with a fast-growing space company that's expanding its presence in the US and looking for an experienced Systems Engineer to join its team in Denver, Colorado.

This is an opportunity for someone who understands small satellites, enjoys solving difficult engineering problems and wants to work somewhere where decisions turn into hardware and missions quickly.

You'll be joining a fast-paced, hands-on smallsat engineering and manufacturing environment, developing advanced software-flexible satellites for commercial, government and scientific missions.

The opportunity

As a Systems Engineer, you'll sit at the centre of the spacecraft development process.

You'll work directly with customers to understand what they're trying to achieve, translate those mission objectives into clear technical requirements, and then work alongside hardware and software engineering teams to turn those requirements into a satellite solution that works.

You'll be involved from the early conversations and system definition right through the development lifecycle towards deployment.

This isn't a role where you'll simply inherit requirements and manage documentation.

You'll help define them.

You'll challenge them.

And you'll work with the engineering teams to make sure the spacecraft ultimately delivers what the mission requires.

What you'll be doing

You'll define and manage spacecraft system and subsystem requirements, translating high-level customer and mission needs into clear engineering requirements.

You'll work across satellite subsystems including communications, power, propulsion and other spacecraft systems, ensuring everything comes together at system level.

You'll collaborate closely with hardware and software engineers to refine technical solutions and resolve system-level challenges.

You'll also communicate directly with customers, evaluating technical requirements and helping develop and negotiate satellite and subsystem solutions.

Throughout the programme, you'll help drive projects from initial concept through development and ultimately deployment.

Who we're looking for

We're looking for someone who has already spent meaningful time designing and developing small satellites.

You'll ideally bring:

  • 5+ years' experience designing and developing nanosatellites and/or small satellites
  • A BSc or MSc in Aerospace Engineering, Electronics, Computer Science or a related discipline
  • Strong understanding of satellite systems and subsystems, including communications, power and propulsion
  • Experience turning high-level technical needs into well-defined system and subsystem requirements
  • Experience working directly with customers and multidisciplinary engineering teams
  • Strong written, verbal and visual technical communication skills
  • The ability to communicate complex systems through schematics, sequences and state diagrams

You'll need to be based in the Denver area or willing to relocate to Colorado.

Due to the nature of the work, you'll also need to be a US citizen or US permanent resident.

What would really make you stand out?

Perhaps you've worked with mission budgets covering power, link or delta-V.

Maybe you've used STK or GMAT for orbit and mission analysis.

You might have experience with SolidWorks, DFMEA, UML/SysML or have a working knowledge of C/C++ or Python.

Experience with project and risk management or tools such as Jira and Confluence would also be valuable.

You don't necessarily need every one of these.

What matters most is that you understand spacecraft, can think at system level and enjoy solving complex engineering problems.

Why Apply?

You'll get the opportunity to work on real spacecraft and genuinely influence how they're designed.

This is a fast-paced, delivery-focused engineering environment tackling difficult technical problems and developing next-generation satellite technology.

You'll collaborate with highly experienced international engineering teams and have opportunities for occasional international travel.

The package includes:

  • Salary of $145,000–$195,000
  • Health insurance
  • Matching 401(k)
  • Generous team performance-based bonus
  • Continued technical learning and development
  • International collaboration and occasional travel

Most importantly, you'll be joining at an exciting stage of growth.

If you've spent the last few years designing small satellites and you're ready for a role where you can have a much bigger impact on the spacecraft, the mission and the engineering decisions behind them, I'd love to hear from you.

Configuration Manager

  • Location: Denver, Colorado
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8226
  • Salary: NON 180,000

Are you passionate about shaping the future of humanity's presence in space? Lunar Outpost, an industry leader in space robotics and planetary vehicles, invites you to join our team! Lunar Outpost is dedicated to creating a permanent presence in space, while also driving positive impacts here on Earth. We are currently seeking a
Configuration Manager to contribute to our mission in a dynamic startup environment.
As a Configuration Manager, you will be responsible for
monitoring, maintaining, and reporting on the accuracy and completeness of Configuration Item (CI) data. You will also manage the implementation, documentation, and approval of configuration changes, including leading Change Control Board (CCB) meetings. You will develop and enforce configuration management plans (CMPs), including defining, developing, and operating Configuration Management (CM) baselines.

 

?Key Responsibilities: 

  • Ensure all engineering documentation, drawings, bills of material (BOMs), and as-built configurations are accurately maintained and traceable
  • Interface with systems engineering, supply chain, and quality teams to ensure consistency between hardware configurations and verified designs
  • Manage functional and physical configuration audits (FCAs and PCAs) and prepare required reports and verification documentation 

 

Required Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace
    Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline 
  • 7+ years of configuration management, DevOps, or Systems Administration in the aerospace or defense industry 
  • Experience with Configuration Management tools (Windchill, Bild, Jira, etc), and version control systems 
  • Self-motivated, focused, and driven to meet critical deadlines 
  • Excellent organization and time management skills 
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills 
  • U.S. Person  

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Support compliance with ITAR, export control, and government data management requirements
  • Hands?on experience following AS9100 quality requirements and CMMI processes 

 

Compensation & Benefits: Compensation level and base salary are competitively structured and thoughtfully determined based on factors such as relevant skills, experience, education, and the scope of the role.

  • Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, with 70% of premiums covered by the employer
  • Paid time off: Three (3) weeks per year of vacation
  • Retirement plan: Up to 4% employer match on 401(k) contributions
  • Paid holidays: 11 company-recognized holidays
  • Parental leave
  • Educational reimbursement opportunities to support company objectives, continued learning, and career development

 

Lunar Outpost Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Lunar Outpost Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All employees, including executives and human resources personnel, are expected to conduct themselves with professionalism and treat others with dignity and respect in accordance with this policy. 

Senior Assembly, Integration, and Test Engineer

  • Location: Denver
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8149
  • Salary: NON 140.00

Are you passionate about shaping the future of humanity's presence in space? Our client, Lunar Outpost, an industry leader in space robotics and planetary vehicles, invites you to join our team! Lunar Outpost is dedicated to creating a permanent presence in space, while also driving positive impacts here on Earth. 

We are currently seeking a Senior Assembly, Integration, and Test Engineer to contribute to our mission in a dynamic startup environment. As a Senior Assembly, Integration, and Test Engineer for the Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services (LTVS) program, you will be responsible for supporting the Assembly, Integration, and Test (AI&T) team in planning and executing test and qualification campaigns, facilitating development, execution, and reporting of Integrated Product Teams (IPT) testing, and developing and operating various vehicle testbed and prototype platforms. 

Take the #NextLeap with Lunar Outpost and work on the Pegasus LTV, which will carry NASA astronauts farther than they've ever been before on the lunar surface! 

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Create, develop, refine, and map test requirements to test plans and procedures and their appropriate test reports
  • Plan and execute component, subassembly, and subsystem qualification campaigns 
  • Lead efforts to design, build, and test dedicated vehicle test platforms and prototypes 
  • Lead development of qualification and test campaign schedules in accordance with the AI&T Plan and execute campaigns on schedule to drive program progress 
  • Write test procedures and processes to support qualification at the component, subsystem, and vehicle level 
  • Provide expert inputs to program schedules and budgets as well as regular status of campaign execution 

Required Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline 
  • 4–8 years of experience in developing and executing test and qualification campaigns for NASA Class A and/or human-rated vehicles 
  • Experience as a systems engineer or acting in a systems engineering role in support of a cislunar or lunar spaceflight mission
  • Demonstrated experience leading and executing engineering test efforts to support requirement verification and validation 
  • Familiarity with NASA standards for AI&T that cover testing, qualification, workmanship, etc. (i.e. SMC-S-016, NASA-STD-8739) 
  • Clear understanding of NASA verification and validation processes 
  • Strong test documentation writing skills, such as test plans, procedures, reports, etc. 
  • Knowledge of systems engineering processes and best practices 
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and Project 
  • Self-motivated, focused, and driven to meet critical deadlines 
  • Excellent organization and time management skills 
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills 
  • U.S. Person  

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Ability to execute cross-disciplinary engineering from a systems perspective, in areas such as Mechanical, Electrical, Software, etc. 
  • Familiarity with executing human hazard assessments to support NASA Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) 
  • Experience testing and/or qualifying vehicle mobility systems, such as suspensions, drivetrains, wheels/tires, etc. 
  • Experience with designing and building unique test support equipment, such as offload rigs, mechanism actuators, structure mockups, etc. 
  • Familiarity with Python scripting 
  • Familiarity with Atlassian suite (JIRA/Confluence), JAMA for requirement generation and tracking 

Compensation & Benefits: Compensation level and base salary are competitively structured and thoughtfully determined based on factors such as relevant skills, experience, education, and the scope of the role.

  • Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, with 70% of premiums covered by the employer
  • Paid time off: Three (3) weeks per year of vacation
  • Retirement plan: Up to 4% employer match on 401(k) contributions
  • Paid holidays: 11 company-recognized holidays
  • Parental leave
  • Educational reimbursement opportunities to support company objectives, continued learning, and career development

Lunar Outpost Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Lunar Outpost Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All employees, including executives and human resources personnel, are expected to conduct themselves with professionalism and treat others with dignity and respect in accordance with this policy. 

Task and Motion Planning Engineer

  • Location: Denver, Colorado
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8133
  • Salary: NON 130,000

Are you passionate about shaping the future of humanity's presence in space? Lunar Outpost, a trailblazer in space robotics, invites you to join our team! Lunar Outpost is dedicated to creating a sustainable presence in space, while also driving positive impacts here on Earth. We are seeking a talented, experienced Task and Motion Planning Engineer  

As a Task and Motion Planning Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in the development of cutting-edge decision making and planning systems for our lunar rovers and orbital assets. Working at the intersection of autonomy, robotics, and space exploration, you will design, develop, and implement sophisticated software solutions that enable coordination of cross-domain autonomous systems. Your work will not only contribute to groundbreaking missions but also to technologies that have the potential to benefit humanity on Earth. Collaborating with cross-disciplinary engineering teams, you will help drive the integration of these systems into a unified, state-of-the-art autonomy stack, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in space exploration.

 

Take the #NextLeap with Lunar Outpost and work on the Pegasus LTV, which will carry NASA astronauts farther than they've ever been before on the lunar surface!

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of decentralized decision-making algorithms for lunar rovers and orbital assets
  • Develop and implement robust software capable of enabling autonomous operations in challenging lunar environments
  • Collaborate with systems, mechanical, electrical, and thermal engineering teams to integrate and optimize autonomy software with asset hardware
  • Utilize simulation techniques to improve autonomous system performance and reliability under various conditions in space
  • Conduct field tests and simulations to validate and refine algorithms and software systems
  • Ensure software systems adhere to industry standards for safety, reliability, and performance in space exploration contexts
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation, including ICDs and verification plans
  • Participate in design reviews, trade studies, and technical risk assessments
  • Stay at the forefront of autonomy and robotics technology, incorporating the latest advancements into our projects

 

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Robotics Engineering, or related field
  • At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in developing autonomy software for autonomous systems, with a proven track record in navigation, perception, or belief space planning. Applicants should have expertise in at least one of the following areas:
    • Methods for solving Markov decision processes (e.g., value iterate, Monte Carlo tree search, reinforcement learning)
    • Coordinated planning and control of multi-agent systems
    • Motion planning methods (e.g., A*, FMM, RRT)
    • Belief space planning (e.g., BRM, RRBT)
    • Tasking and scheduling
    • Orbital planning and control algorithms
  • Expertise in programming languages such as C++, Python, and familiarity with ROS (Robot Operating System) 
  • Comfortable working in research-oriented, agile, and interdisciplinary teams
  • Track record of innovation in networking, robotics, or space systems, as demonstrated by patents, publications, or significant project achievements
  • Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts and collaborate across various engineering disciplines
  • U.S. Citizen

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • M.S. or Ph.D. in a field relevant to autonomy or robotics directly applicable to autonomous navigation and guidance
  • Experience with autonomous systems in space, or other extreme, unstructured, environments.
  • Familiarity with space operating systems (e.g., VxWorks) and software (e.g., cFS)
  • Familiarity with containers (e.g., Docker) and virtualization software (e.g., VirtualBox)
  • Experience with the end-to-end development and deployment of network software systems in space exploration missions

 

Compensation & Benefits:Compensation level and base salary are competitively structured and thoughtfully determined based on factors such as relevant skills, experience, education, and the scope of the role.

  • Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, with 70% of premiums covered by the employer
  • Paid time off: Three (3) weeks per year of vacation
  • Retirement plan: Up to 4% employer match on 401(k) contributions
  • Paid holidays: 11 company-recognized holidays
  • Parental leave
  • Educational reimbursement opportunities to support company objectives, continued learning, and career development

 

Lunar Outpost Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Lunar Outpost Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All employees, including executives and human resources personnel, are expected to conduct themselves with professionalism and treat others with dignity and respect in accordance with this policy.

Software Test Lead

  • Location: Denver, Colorado
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8066
  • Salary: NON 145,000

We're partnered with a pioneering space robotics company developing next-generation lunar vehicles and are looking for a Software Test Lead to build and lead the software verification strategy behind mission-critical flight systems.

This is an opportunity to define testing from the ground up, working across embedded software, robotics, and autonomous systems that will operate on the Moon.

What You'll Do

  • Lead the software test strategy for embedded, flight and ground systems.
  • Develop verification plans, test procedures and validation activities.
  • Build and improve HIL, simulation and automated test environments.
  • Work closely with software, systems and hardware engineers to ensure full requirements coverage.
  • Support fault injection, resilience testing and software certification.
  • Mentor engineers and help grow the software test function.

What We're Looking For

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering or similar.
  • 5+ years of software test experience, including leadership or senior-level responsibility.
  • Experience testing embedded or safety-critical software.
  • Knowledge of HIL, automation frameworks and scripting.
  • Strong understanding of verification, validation and the software development lifecycle.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • U.S. Person.

Nice to Have

  • Robotics, autonomous systems or spacecraft experience.
  • cFS, VxWorks, CI/CD or cloud testing experience.
  • Experience with spaceflight software development and certification.

Why Apply?

This is a chance to shape the software quality strategy for one of the most exciting lunar programmes in development today, helping deliver autonomous systems that will support the next generation of human exploration.

Safety & Mission Assurance Manager

  • Location: Denver, Colorado
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7887
  • Salary: NON 160,000

Safety & Mission Assurance (SMA) Manager

Human Spaceflight | Lunar Exploration | Systems Safety

Do you want to help ensure the safety and reliability of the next generation of human-rated space vehicles?

We're partnered with an innovative aerospace company developing advanced mobility systems and robotic vehicles for future lunar exploration missions. They're seeking a Safety & Mission Assurance (SMA) Manager to lead safety, reliability, and mission assurance activities across one of the most ambitious human spaceflight programs currently in development.

This is a unique opportunity to play a critical role in ensuring the safety of both astronauts and mission-critical hardware as humanity prepares for its next era of exploration beyond Earth.

The Opportunity

As the Safety & Mission Assurance Manager, you'll serve as the technical authority for safety, reliability, and mission assurance across a groundbreaking aerospace program.

You'll work closely with engineering, quality, manufacturing, test, and program teams to identify risks, implement mitigation strategies, conduct safety reviews, and establish the processes that ensure mission success. This role offers the chance to influence vehicle design, operational safety, and mission readiness from concept through deployment.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Lead all Safety & Mission Assurance activities across a major aerospace program

  • Develop, implement, and maintain safety, reliability, and mission assurance policies

  • Perform hazard analyses and identify potential failure modes throughout the product lifecycle

  • Work with engineering teams to define, implement, and verify risk mitigation strategies

  • Lead and coordinate:

    • Hazard Reports

    • FMECA activities

    • Reliability assessments

    • Service life analyses

    • Risk management processes

  • Partner with Quality teams to ensure effective Quality Management Systems (QMS) and quality assurance processes

  • Lead incident investigations and root cause analysis activities

  • Support workforce safety initiatives and ensure compliance with occupational safety standards

  • Coordinate milestone reviews, safety review boards, and mission assurance assessments

  • Ensure compliance with applicable aerospace and government regulations

  • Drive continuous improvement of safety and reliability processes across the organization

  • Mentor and lead mission assurance personnel and cross-functional teams

What We're Looking For

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline

  • 6+ years of experience in Safety, Reliability, Mission Assurance, Systems Engineering, or Quality Engineering within aerospace, defense, or highly regulated industries

  • Experience supporting NASA, DoD, or complex aerospace programs

  • Experience creating and implementing Hazard Analysis reports

  • Experience participating in or leading Safety Review Panels

  • Strong understanding of risk assessment and mitigation methodologies

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

  • High attention to detail and commitment to quality

  • Ability to balance rigorous safety standards with fast-paced development schedules

  • U.S. Person status required

Preferred Experience

  • Previous leadership experience managing Safety & Mission Assurance teams

  • Human-rated vehicle or crewed spaceflight programs

  • Reliability engineering and reliability prediction methodologies

  • FMECA and fault tree analysis

  • Flight hardware development programs

  • Spacecraft, launch vehicle, rover, or mobility platform experience

  • Programs that have successfully launched or operated in space

  • OSHA 10 Certification

  • Familiarity with:

    • FAR

    • DFARS

    • NASA standards and requirements

    • Aerospace safety review processes

Why Join?

  • Help shape the safety and reliability of future exploration missions

  • Influence vehicle design and mission success from day one

  • Work on one of the most exciting human spaceflight programs currently under development

  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams solving complex challenges

  • Build processes and systems that directly impact crew safety and mission assurance

  • Join a fast-moving organization where your expertise will have visible impact

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage

  • 401(k) with company match

  • Generous PTO and paid holidays

  • Parental leave

  • Professional development and educational reimbursement

  • Opportunity to contribute to technologies enabling the next era of human space exploration

If you're passionate about safety, reliability, risk management, and ensuring mission success in challenging aerospace environments, we'd love to hear from you.