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Chief Engineer

  • Location: Orange County, California
  • Remote: Hybrid
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8356
  • Salary: NON 195,000

Chief Engineer – Space Systems

United States 

What would you build if you had the authority to shape a space system from mission concept through delivery?

We’re working with a growing space technology business looking for a Chief Engineer to lead the technical direction of its next generation of space systems. This is a chance to take ownership of the whole solution: defining the architecture, setting performance requirements, guiding subsystem teams, and making the decisions that determine whether the mission succeeds.

The organisation is expanding beyond individual payloads into complete space vehicles and a broader range of products. You’ll join at a point where engineering leaders can influence how programs are built and how the engineering organisation grows. The challenge is to establish rigorous standards and sound processes while keeping teams able to move quickly.

What you’ll do

  • Own technical direction from mission design and system architecture through integration, verification, and delivery.
  • Set system level requirements, interfaces, and performance targets.
  • Work with Systems Engineers and subsystem experts to evaluate tradeoffs and resolve technical risks across disciplines.
  • Lead major technical reviews and judge whether the system is ready to progress.
  • Partner closely with program leadership and act as a senior technical voice with customers.

You won’t need to be the deepest expert in every subsystem. You will need the judgment to see how they fit together, ask the right questions, and make sound decisions when priorities compete.

What you’ll bring

You’ve led complex aerospace or space programs in a Chief Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer, or comparable technical authority role. You’re comfortable taking responsibility for system performance, technical risk, and verification across multiple disciplines.

Strong radar systems expertise is essential; SAR experience is particularly valuable. We’re open to candidates from both established aerospace organisations and newer space companies. What matters most is your technical depth, system level judgment, and ability to bring experts together around a workable solution.

This role can potentially be based in California or Virginia, with hybrid arrangements available. Remote candidates may also be considered depending on the individual and the needs of the role.

If you’re ready to own the technical outcome of an ambitious space program—and help shape the engineering capability behind future programs—we’d like to hear from you.

Avionics Manager

  • Location: Orange County, California
  • Remote: Hybrid
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8355
  • Salary: NON 195,000

Avionics Manager | Space Systems

Irvine, CA | Up to $195k

I’m supporting a global space company that designs, builds and operates one of the world’s leading satellite constellations as they build out their US spacecraft engineering organization.

They’re hiring an Avionics Manager to lead the electrical and avionics discipline across new spacecraft and payload programs.

This is much broader than PCB design. You’ll own the integrated avionics architecture, ensuring power, C&DH, electronics, communications, networking and spacecraft interfaces all work together at system level.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Build and lead the US avionics/electrical team
  • Own spacecraft avionics architecture and technical direction
  • Lead power and Command & Data Handling architecture
  • Oversee electrical interfaces, data buses, onboard networking and harnessing
  • Guide PCBA/electronics development without being buried in board-level design
  • Resolve integration risks and conflicts across spacecraft subsystems
  • Establish engineering standards, processes and infrastructure
  • Determine future team structure and skill sets as programs grow

What we’re looking for:

  • Strong spacecraft avionics/electrical systems experience
  • Previous technical leadership or people management
  • Avionics architecture or electrical systems-level ownership
  • Strong understanding of power and C&DH
  • Experience integrating electronics across complete spacecraft or complex payloads
  • Someone who can see the entire architecture rather than one individual component

There’s significant growth potential here, with the avionics organization expected to expand across multiple disciplines and programs as the US business scales.

GNC Manager

  • Location: Orange County, California
  • Remote: Hybrid
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8354
  • Salary: NON 195,000

GN&C Manager | Space Systems

Irvine, CA | Up to $195k

I’m supporting a global space company that designs, builds and operates one of the world’s leading satellite constellations as they significantly expand their US engineering capability.

They’re looking for a GN&C Manager to build and lead the discipline while taking technical accountability for GN&C across new spacecraft programs.

This isn’t a pure people management role. You’ll own the subsystem technically, setting direction, overseeing architecture and design, resolving risks and supporting programs through major technical reviews.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Lead and grow the US GN&C team
  • Own GN&C architecture and technical direction
  • Oversee attitude control, navigation, flight dynamics and 6DOF modeling & simulation
  • Drive pointing, stability, jitter and spacecraft maneuvering performance
  • Guide selection and integration of sensors and actuators
  • Own technical risks, reviews and subsystem performance
  • Establish the processes and infrastructure needed as new programs scale

What we’re looking for:

  • Strong spacecraft GN&C experience
  • Previous technical leadership or people management
  • Full spacecraft lifecycle experience
  • Strong modeling, simulation and algorithm background
  • MATLAB/Simulink, C++, Python and/or STK
  • Comfortable building capability in a fast-moving environment

Ideal for someone who wants to lead people without stepping away from technical engineering and have significant influence over how a GN&C organization is built.

Chief Engineer

  • Location: Folsom, California
  • Remote: Hybrid
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #8352

Contract Chief Engineer, Solid Rocket Propulsion
Open hourly rate
12-month contract, 40 hours per week. Start mid-October
60 days site onboarding, then remote 

A defence and space technology company is hiring a Chief Engineer to own the technical success of its solid rocket propulsion programmes through a 12-month engagement, from design through qualification and into production.

This is a technical leadership role, not a people management one. You’ll lead a multidisciplinary team with no direct reports. The company needs a broad, hands-on engineer who has led controllable solid rocket motor programmes before and keeps technical, cost and schedule decisions aligned.

What you’ll be doing

  • Direct the full technical lifecycle, including design reviews and qualification milestones
  • Make sure systems are producible, compliant, and balanced against cost and schedule
  • Drive the critical path, deconflict resources and manage task span-times
  • Hold lean technical baselines, monitor CPI, and challenge budget change requests
  • Act as the programme’s lead technical voice with customers and stakeholders
  • Support new business and keep customer requests within authorised scope

What you’ll need

  • Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline
  • 15+ years of engineering experience
  • 5+ years of technical leadership on controllable solid rocket propulsion
  • Broad background across design, analysis and test, through IRAD, EMD and production
  • A generalist profile from systems, project, design or test engineering, without over-specialising
  • Chief Engineer-level experience (this role isn’t open to programme managers)
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance (requires US citizenship)

Nice to have

  • Current DoD Secret clearance
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams of 10+
  • Hardware taken through qualification and into production
  • Prior contract or independent consulting work, so you can 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 Thermal Engineer

  • Location: Midland Intl, Texas
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8346
  • Salary: NON 145,000

Senior Thermal Engineer – REMOTE

I’m partnering with a rapidly growing space organization developing and operating a cutting-edge space-based communications constellation, and we’re looking for an experienced Senior Thermal Engineer to join the team.

This is a particularly interesting opportunity for a thermal engineer who wants to go beyond traditional design and analysis and work directly with spacecraft operating on orbit.

You’ll play a key role in ensuring the thermal health and performance of spacecraft throughout their operational life, working closely with Flight Operations, Software, Systems and Thermal Engineering teams.

What you’ll be working on:

• Leading thermal support for on-orbit spacecraft operations
• Monitoring and analysing spacecraft thermal telemetry
• Defining thermal FDIR limits and automated responses
• Troubleshooting and resolving on-orbit thermal anomalies
• Supporting spacecraft CONOPS across different mission phases
• Performing thermal modelling and analysis using tools such as Thermal Desktop
• Supporting spacecraft and subsystem-level thermal testing
• Improving thermal monitoring, operational processes and flight strategies
• Working directly across Thermal, Flight Operations and Software teams

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of spacecraft thermal engineering experience
• Strong thermal modelling and analysis background
• Experience with Thermal Desktop or similar tools
• Understanding of spacecraft thermal hardware, testing and operations
• Ability to independently investigate and solve complex thermal problems
• Exposure to Python, MATLAB or similar would be beneficial
• Experience supporting flight hardware or on-orbit spacecraft is highly desirable

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to work much closer to the operational side of spacecraft engineering, supporting real flight systems and solving problems that directly impact missions in orbit.

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.

Propulsion Systems Designer

  • Remote: Hybrid
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8333
  • Salary: NON 175,000

Propulsion Systems Designer

Propulsion Systems Designer | Greater Montreal, Quebec | Hybrid, 2 days onsite

An orbital launch vehicle developer in Quebec is hiring a Propulsion Systems Designer to take propulsion hardware from concept through to fired, qualified components.

You'll create and manage parts, assemblies and drawings in a PLM environment, and design components across propulsion, ground systems and the launch vehicle itself. Numerical and analytical simulation sits alongside the design work, as does writing the test plans and analysing the results that qualify what you've built. You'll take part in and oversee propulsion test campaigns, and you'll be in the room for root cause investigations and the redesigns that follow. There's also scope to build out new tooling and methods that make the whole propulsion engineering process more rigorous.

You'll need a mechanical, aerospace or related engineering degree and five years or more in rocket propulsion, whether through industry, your own projects or research. Strong 3D modelling and drafting in a PLM context, so SolidWorks, CATIA or NX. Real design for manufacture knowledge across machining, welding, casting and metal 3D printing. GD&T and drafting standards. Field test experience on propulsion or aerospace systems, from engine tests through to competition rocketry. Python or MATLAB is an asset.

You must be able to pass Canadian Controlled Goods security checks. English is essential, French an asset.

Combustion Systems Engineer

  • Remote: Hybrid
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8332
  • Salary: NON 175,000

Combustion Systems Engineer

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Combustion Systems Engineer | Greater Montreal, Quebec | Hybrid, 2 days onsite

An orbital launch vehicle developer in Quebec is hiring engineers to design and develop thrust chamber assemblies as they push toward flight.

You'll own combustion hardware end to end. Chamber and injector design, cooling, the analysis behind it, and the hot-fire campaigns that prove it. This is a company that has already run several hundred engine tests, so you'll be iterating on real hardware with real data rather than working toward a first firing.

They're specifically looking for people who have genuinely designed or engineered thrust chamber assemblies, ideally on kerosene-fuelled engines. Experience at a company that has flown larger-scale engines carries real weight here. You'll want to be comfortable working hands-on and at pace in a team of around sixty, where engineers own their hardware rather than hand it over.

There are one to two seats open, with scope for more for the right people.

You must be able to pass Canadian Controlled Goods security checks. English is essential, French an asset.

Visual Communications Specialist

  • Location: Austin, Texas
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8329
  • Salary: NON 90,000

Visual Communications Specialist

Location: Austin, TX
Employment Type: Full-time
Working Arrangement: On-site
Department: Business Development / Marketing

The Opportunity

EVONA is partnering with an innovative space and aerospace technology company to hire a Visual Communications Specialist for its Austin-based team.

This position is ideal for a talented presentation and visual designer who enjoys taking complex technical or business information and transforming it into clear, polished and visually compelling communications.

Working closely with senior designers as well as Business Development, Marketing and Engineering teams, you will help produce presentations and visual assets that communicate sophisticated satellite, spacecraft and aerospace technologies to a variety of audiences.

Presentation design is at the heart of this position. You’ll support a high-volume environment where strong PowerPoint skills, visual storytelling, attention to detail and the ability to work efficiently are essential.

Responsibilities

  • Format, design and produce presentation slides for business development, marketing, recruiting and internal communications.

  • Create and update presentation layouts, diagrams, charts, icons and supporting visual assets.

  • Translate technical and business information into clear, engaging visual communications.

  • Support rapid-turnaround presentation and design requests from Business Development and Marketing.

  • Incorporate feedback from Marketing, Business Development and Engineering stakeholders into design revisions.

  • Deliver polished and accurate presentation materials within required deadlines.

  • Maintain and organize presentation templates, slide libraries and approved content.

  • Support version control and ensure teams have access to current presentation materials.

  • Identify opportunities to improve templates, presentation systems and content organization.

  • Design supporting marketing collateral including one-pagers, digital graphics and trade show materials.

  • Develop an understanding of complex aerospace products and technologies to support accurate visual communication.

  • Follow established brand, content-review and confidentiality standards.

What We’re Looking For

  • 2–5 years of professional experience in presentation design, graphic design, visual communication or marketing communications.

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline.

  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, particularly presentation and information design.

  • Strong understanding of typography, layout and visual storytelling.

  • Ability to translate technical or business concepts into understandable visual content.

  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

  • Ability to manage multiple design requests and shifting priorities.

  • Comfortable working within a fast-paced, rapid-turnaround environment.

  • Ability to consistently apply established brand and design standards.

  • Strong collaboration and communication skills.

  • Comfortable receiving feedback and efficiently incorporating revisions.

  • Portfolio demonstrating high-quality presentation and visual communication work.

Preferred Experience

Experience within aerospace, defense, government, technology, manufacturing or another highly regulated environment would be advantageous.

Exposure to technical presentations, information design, infographics, diagrams, data visualization or engineering-related content would also be valuable.

Location

This is a full-time, on-site position in Austin, Texas.

Export Control Requirements

To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee or refugee, or otherwise eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to combine design, technology and space in a role where your work will help make highly technical ideas easier to understand.

If you’re a strong PowerPoint and visual designer who enjoys getting into the detail, working quickly and transforming complicated information into compelling visual stories, we’d love to hear from you.

Test Technician III – RF

  • Location: Westminster, Colorado
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #8327
  • Salary: NON 30.00

Test Technician II – RF

Location: Westminster, Colorado
Department: Engineering – Test
Employment Type: Full-time
Working Arrangement: On-site
Salary: $29.97–$35.34 per hour

EVONA is working with an innovative aerospace technology organization developing advanced communications hardware for space, airborne, and terrestrial applications.

We are seeking a Test Technician II – RF to join a hands-on engineering test team supporting the development and testing of advanced RF electronics and active phased-array antenna (AESA) technology.

This position is ideal for an Engineering, Electronics, or RF Technician who enjoys working directly with hardware, building test setups, operating laboratory instrumentation, and collaborating with engineers to troubleshoot complex electronics.

The Role

You will work closely with engineering teams to create and operate antenna and RF test setups, execute test plans, troubleshoot hardware, and produce accurate and reliable test results.

The laboratory environment includes equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, RF signal generators, DMMs, power meters, automated power supplies/loads, and antenna test equipment.

You'll support testing from the component level through integrated systems while helping maintain efficient, organized, and repeatable laboratory processes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Execute engineering test plans and provide accurate and timely reporting of results

  • Build, configure, and support RF and antenna test setups

  • Operate electronic and RF laboratory instrumentation

  • Support testing and troubleshooting of complex electronics and RF circuitry

  • Work with sensitive electronic components including QFNs, chip-scale ICs, RF cables, and 0201 passive components

  • Read and interpret drawings, schematics, diagrams, and engineering test procedures

  • Maintain antenna testing facilities, equipment, cabling, and laboratory resources

  • Produce detailed and well-organized test documentation

  • Collaborate with engineers to identify and resolve hardware and test issues

  • Support clean, repeatable, and well-documented laboratory test configurations

What We're Looking For

  • Minimum 2 years of directly related experience as an Engineering Technician, RF Technician, Electronics Technician, Test Technician, or similar

  • Experience working hands-on with active electronics

  • Experience using laboratory equipment such as DMMs and power meters

  • Exposure to RF equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, and signal generators is highly desirable

  • Ability to troubleshoot electronic hardware with engineering direction

  • Ability to understand engineering drawings, schematics, and test procedures

  • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills

  • Comfortable working across multiple priorities in a fast-paced engineering environment

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Desirable Experience

Experience with RF testing, antennas, microwave electronics, phased arrays, AESA systems, anechoic chambers, or aerospace/defense electronics would be particularly valuable.

Eligibility

Due to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, refugee, or otherwise eligible to obtain the required U.S. Government authorizations.

If you're an Engineering or RF Technician who enjoys being hands-on at the bench, troubleshooting hardware, and working with advanced RF technology, we'd like to hear from you.