Location: Seattle, WA Work arrangement: On-site Experience: 8+ years (Flexible)
An innovative space technology company in Seattle is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to lead RTL design and FPGA development for advanced radar systems. You will play a key role in translating radar algorithms into reliable, mission-critical firmware while working across hardware, software, mechanical, and signal-processing disciplines.
This position is ideal for an experienced engineer who can independently own complex projects, make sound architectural decisions, and deliver high-quality solutions on schedule in a fast-moving startup environment.
The Role
Partner with a multidisciplinary engineering team to define and refine firmware requirements.
Architect, design, and implement embedded firmware for a radar sensor payload.
Develop control and signal-processing functions in Verilog or VHDL.
Evaluate implementation complexity, maintainability, and FPGA resource requirements, including logic cells, embedded memory, and DSP slices.
Produce technical trade studies to support architecture and implementation decisions.
Integrate RTL designs onto FPGA and SoC platforms through synthesis, place and route, timing analysis, and timing closure.
Lead bring-up, verification, and validation of FPGA designs on prototype and flight hardware.
Collaborate with radar algorithm, electrical, software, and mechanical engineers to build dependable embedded systems.
Support the recruitment, interviewing, and hiring of additional engineering team members.
Required Skills and Experience
BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
At least 8 years of embedded firmware development experience, ideally involving radar or other mission-critical systems.
Strong RTL design experience using Verilog and/or VHDL, including work on satellite or aerospace applications.
Hands-on experience bringing up and verifying RTL-based designs on target hardware.
Experience integrating FPGA or SoC designs, including synthesis, place and route, and timing analysis.
Familiarity with low-speed interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, and RS-422.
Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics.
Experience with Git, CI pipelines, code reviews, and version-control workflows.
Ability to work independently, stay organized, and deliver in a lean, rapidly evolving environment.
Preferred Experience
Experience in any of the following areas would be valuable:
Distributed digital system design and implementation.
Clock-domain crossing and timing closure.
AMD UltraScale+ platforms.
High-speed ADC and DAC interfaces, including JESD204.
Signal-processing algorithm implementation in RTL.
Embedded architectures involving multiple FPGAs and peripheral interfaces such as SPI, UART, GPIO, I2C, and Ethernet.
Efficient, low-latency data movement between FPGAs, processors, storage devices, and networking interfaces.
Ethernet and TCP/IP networking stacks.
Radar, satellite, aerospace, or other high-reliability applications.
Eligibility and ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
You do not need to meet every listed qualification. Engineers with strong FPGA fundamentals, relevant mission-critical development experience, and the ability to learn quickly are encouraged to apply.
What if your next spacecraft started with a conversation?
A customer comes to you with a mission.
They know what they want to achieve in orbit. Your job is to help determine how we make it happen.
What does the spacecraft need to do? What are the mission constraints? How do power, communications, propulsion and the wider satellite architecture come together? What trades need to be made? And how do we turn that initial mission concept into a spacecraft that can actually be built, tested, launched and operated?
We’re looking for an experienced Systems Engineer to join a rapidly growing international small satellite company in Los Angeles.
This isn't a role where you'll simply manage requirements.
You'll sit at the intersection of the customer, the mission and the engineering teams responsible for building the spacecraft.
You'll take high-level customer objectives and translate them into system and subsystem requirements, working closely with hardware and software engineers to develop the right technical solution.
One day you might be discussing mission requirements with a customer.
The next, you're working through a power or link budget, evaluating a subsystem trade-off, reviewing a satellite architecture or helping the engineering team understand how a change impacts the wider mission.
You'll be involved throughout the lifecycle — from the first mission discussions and technical proposal through design, integration, testing and ultimately deployment.
We're particularly interested in people who have already spent 5+ years designing and developing nanosatellites or small satellites and understand how the pieces of a spacecraft fit together.
You'll ideally bring experience across areas such as:
• Spacecraft system and subsystem requirements • Small satellite/nanosatellite architecture • Communications, power and propulsion systems • Mission, power, link and delta-V budgets • Technical trade studies and system-level analysis • STK, GMAT or similar mission-analysis tools • SysML/UML and graphical system modelling • DFMEA and engineering risk management • Python, C or C++ • Jira and Confluence • Customer-facing technical discussions and proposals
Experience supporting US Government or defence customers would be particularly valuable.
And then there's the location.
You'll be based in the Los Angeles area, right in the middle of one of the world's largest concentrations of space and defence companies, customers, launch providers and engineering talent.
You'll also collaborate internationally with engineering teams across Europe, with opportunities for occasional international travel.
This environment won't suit everyone.
It's fast.
It's technical.
It's delivery focused.
And you'll be expected to take ownership rather than wait for somebody else to solve the problem.
But if you're the type of Systems Engineer who wants to understand the entire spacecraft rather than one small piece of it, you'll have the opportunity to work on genuinely challenging missions and next-generation satellite technology.
You must be based in Los Angeles or willing to relocate to Southern California and be a US citizen or US permanent resident due to ITAR/EAR requirements.
Salary: $165,000–$215,000 + health insurance, matching 401(k) and team performance bonus.
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.
? Principal Embedded Systems Engineer / Embedded Systems Lead
? Albuquerque, NM or Santa Clara, CA
?? Space | Embedded Systems | Avionics | Real-Time Software
EVONA is partnering with a venture-backed space technology company developing next-generation spacecraft and payload systems.
We’re looking for a Principal Embedded Systems Engineer who can operate across both hardware and software and take genuine ownership of embedded systems from initial architecture through integration, testing, and flight readiness.
This is not a purely embedded software position. You’ll work across processor and microcontroller selection, embedded electronics, firmware, real-time software, communications, sensors, actuators, and spacecraft-level integration.
What we’re looking for:
• 7+ years of embedded systems experience in space, aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomous systems, or similarly complex hardware
• Strong C/C++ and real-time embedded software experience
• Experience selecting and working with processors, microcontrollers, FPGAs, memory, and embedded interfaces
• Hands-on board bring-up, debugging, firmware development, and hardware/software integration
• Experience interfacing directly with sensors, actuators, motors, cameras, or other electronic hardware
• Strong understanding of deterministic timing, interrupts, synchronization, concurrency, and RTOS environments
• Experience with interfaces such as CAN, SpaceWire, Ethernet, RS-422/485, SPI, I2C, UART, or LVDS
• Comfortable using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG, protocol analyzers, and other lab equipment
• Ability to take technical ownership across architecture, development, HIL/SIL testing, verification, and system integration
Spacecraft avionics, flight computers, precision pointing systems, optical payloads, radiation-tolerant electronics, FPGA interfaces, and high-power electronics experience would all be highly valuable.
This can be structured as either a Principal-level individual contributor position or an Embedded Systems leadership role, depending on experience.
If you’re the type of engineer who is equally comfortable discussing system architecture, debugging a board in the lab, and writing low-level embedded software, I’d be keen to speak.
We are looking to add a Senior RF Test Engineer to our team. If you enjoy working in a startup environment and are passionate about developing critical test systems for leading-edge satellite, spacecraft, and aerospace communication systems, we would like to hear from you.
In this position, you are responsible for the design, analysis, and implementation of engineering test plans and procedures. The ideal candidate possesses a strong combination of hardware and software knowledge with proficiencies in RF measurements, test equipment (VSAs, VSGs, VNAs, etc.), test architectures, and automation. The successful candidate will work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to address company-wide hardware test needs. Experience with phased array testing is preferred.
Core day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating with design and test engineering teams to develop test requirements, mapping requirements to reusable test architectures and procedures, implementing test plans and procedures, and logging and presenting results to key stakeholders. Additional responsibilities include lab and equipment management and guiding key equipment purchase decisions.
Senior-level test engineers are distinguished by an ability to architect RF test systems, to draw insightful conclusions from test results, and to participate in “design for test” planning and review from the early stages of RF product development. Test engineers are core members of the technical team.
The successful candidate will present engineering design review materials to our customers and executive team, as well as participate in proposal-writing efforts. As such, excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Science (BS) or higher degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited university or institution.
Minimum of 5 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 4 years of experience with a master’s degree. Industry experience in design, analysis, and implementation of RF test systems required.
High proficiency with RF measurements (Linearity, NSD, EVM, etc.).
Test architecture design and development including scripting, test executives, hardware, and measurement abstraction layers.
Proficiency with statistics and metrology as related to RF test design.
Hands-on experience with lab instruments such as digital oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF signal generators, and vector signal analyzers.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
Familiarity or hands-on experience with phased array testing.
Programming or scripting experience (Python, MATLAB, C/C++, etc.)
Understanding of RF and mixed-signal hardware (e.g. amplifiers, filters, ADCs/DACs, antennas) and its effects on test design.
EVONA is working with a fast-growing space technology company that is building the next generation of satellite systems and expanding its operations across the United States.
As the business scales its US footprint, its technology infrastructure needs to scale with it.
That’s where you come in.
We’re looking for a Cyber Security Administrator to take ownership of the secure IT and cyber environment supporting the company’s growing Denver operation.
This isn’t a role where you’ll simply inherit a mature corporate environment and keep the lights on.
You’ll be hands-on across infrastructure, cybersecurity, government cloud platforms and compliance, helping build and strengthen the systems that allow a rapidly growing space company to operate securely within highly regulated US government and aerospace environments.
The opportunity
You’ll become one of the key people responsible for the security and reliability of the US technology environment.
Your world will span Microsoft GCC High, Azure Government and AWS GovCloud, alongside local infrastructure, networks, endpoints, identity and access management.
One day you might be strengthening Conditional Access and privileged access controls. The next, you could be investigating suspicious activity, hardening infrastructure, preparing evidence for a compliance audit or improving the security architecture supporting the company’s continued US expansion.
You’ll have genuine ownership and the opportunity to influence how the environment develops rather than simply following processes designed somewhere else.
What you’ll be responsible for
You’ll take ownership across:
Microsoft GCC High, including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Intune and Entra ID
Azure Government infrastructure, networking, storage, monitoring and security
AWS GovCloud, including IAM, networking, logging and security controls
Windows Server and Microsoft 365 environments
Firewalls, VPNs, switches, routers, wireless networks and connectivity
Identity and access management, MFA, RBAC and privileged access
Endpoint security, EDR, encryption, patching and vulnerability management
Security monitoring, incident investigation, containment and remediation
System hardening and security configuration
Backup, disaster recovery and business continuity
Employee onboarding, offboarding, hardware and asset management
Infrastructure and security documentation
Audit evidence, access reviews, inventories, logs and compliance records
You’ll also help evaluate encryption technologies and protocols including AES, RSA, ECC and TLS/SSL, ensuring data-at-rest and data-in-transit is appropriately protected and aligned with FIPS 140-2/140-3 requirements.
What we’re looking for
You’ll probably have 5+ years of experience across systems administration, infrastructure, IT operations or cybersecurity, ideally within an aerospace, defence, government or similarly regulated environment.
You should be comfortable getting hands-on rather than operating purely at policy level.
Experience across several of the following would be particularly valuable:
Microsoft GCC High | Azure Government | AWS GovCloud | Entra ID | Active Directory | Intune | Microsoft Defender | Sentinel | EDR | IAM | Windows Server | Networking | Firewalls | VPNs | Vulnerability Management
Exposure to CMMC, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, ITAR, DFARS or comparable regulated environments would also be highly advantageous.
Most importantly, we’re looking for someone who can solve problems, take ownership and operate effectively in a company moving quickly.
Why apply?
Because this is an opportunity to join during the build, not after everything has already been built.
You’ll be working inside a fast-growing space company developing advanced satellite technology for commercial, scientific and government missions.
You’ll have the autonomy to improve systems, strengthen security controls and influence how the US technology environment evolves as the organisation continues to scale.
And because the company operates internationally, you’ll also collaborate with experienced engineering and technology teams across its global operations, with opportunities for occasional international travel.
What's on offer?
$120,000–$150,000 base salary, depending on experience
Health insurance
401(k) matching
Team performance-based bonus
Professional development and progression opportunities
International collaboration and occasional travel
If you’re a Cyber Security Administrator who enjoys building, improving and securing complex environments — and you’d like to apply that experience to technology that ultimately operates in space — we’d like to hear from you.
Imagine arriving at work knowing the systems you're responsible for aren't supporting another ordinary corporate office.
They're supporting a team building spacecraft.
EVONA is partnering with a fast-growing international space technology company that is expanding its US operations in Denver and building the infrastructure, engineering capability and teams required to support its next phase of growth.
At the centre of that expansion sits IT.
As Senior IT Systems Administrator, you'll become the primary IT resource for the US operation — responsible for keeping its people connected, its infrastructure reliable, its cloud environments secure and its systems compliant with the demanding requirements of the US government and defence ecosystem.
This isn't a role where you'll spend your day forwarding tickets to somebody else.
You'll own things.
What will you actually be responsible for?
Your environment will span everything from the laptop sitting on an engineer's desk to government-regulated cloud infrastructure.
You'll support employees when technology gets in their way, troubleshoot hardware and software issues and manage the workstations, servers, networks and devices that keep the Denver operation running.
But that's only the beginning.
You'll administer Microsoft GCC High across Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Intune and Entra ID, alongside Azure Government infrastructure and AWS GovCloud environments.
Identity and access will sit firmly within your world.
You'll manage onboarding and offboarding, user provisioning, MFA, role-based access, privileged accounts and permissions across both local and cloud environments.
You'll also have significant responsibility for cybersecurity.
That means monitoring endpoints and infrastructure, investigating suspicious activity, responding to security incidents, managing vulnerabilities, maintaining patching and system-hardening programmes and continuously improving the controls protecting the organisation.
When something doesn't look right, you'll investigate it.
When something could be more secure, you'll improve it.
And when the organisation grows, you'll help make sure the technology and security architecture can grow with it.
Security isn't an afterthought here
The company operates within an environment where government and defence customers expect considerably more than a password policy and antivirus software.
You'll help maintain and strengthen compliance with frameworks and requirements such as:
CMMC | NIST 800-171 | FedRAMP | ITAR | DFARS
You'll maintain security documentation, inventories, audit evidence, access reviews, logs and control records and help ensure the organisation is ready when customers or auditors need evidence that controls are actually being followed.
You'll also evaluate encryption technologies and protocols including AES, RSA, ECC and TLS/SSL, considering how they're applied to data at rest and in transit.
That includes disk encryption, certificate handling and key management in environments aligned with FIPS 140-2/140-3 requirements.
You'll support backups, restoration testing, disaster recovery and business continuity exercises too.
Because in this environment, resilience matters just as much as security.
You'll have a lot of technology to play with
Depending on the environment, you'll be working across technologies including:
Microsoft GCC High
Azure Government
AWS GovCloud
Microsoft Entra ID / Active Directory
Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft Sentinel / Security Center
Windows Server
EDR and endpoint security
Firewalls, VPNs and networking
Identity and privileged access management
Vulnerability and patch management
Monitoring and logging platforms
Encryption and key management
You'll also manage and troubleshoot the physical infrastructure behind the operation — switches, routers, storage, wireless networks, firewalls, internet connectivity and office IT equipment.
So if you're someone who enjoys being genuinely hands-on rather than specialising in one tiny corner of an enterprise IT department, you'll have plenty to get involved with.
Who are we looking for?
We're looking for someone with at least five years of experience across systems administration, infrastructure engineering, IT operations, cybersecurity or a closely related field.
You'll ideally have a degree in IT, Computer Science or Cybersecurity, although equivalent practical experience is equally interesting.
You'll need strong experience within Windows-based enterprise environments and Microsoft 365.
Experience with Microsoft GCC High, Azure Government and AWS GovCloud would be particularly valuable because these environments will form an important part of your responsibility.
You should also be comfortable with:
Active Directory and Entra ID, Group Policy, DNS and DHCP; TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, VPNs and firewalls; endpoint security and EDR; device management and encryption; vulnerability remediation; system monitoring and logging; incident investigation and response.
Experience supporting organisations working within CMMC, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, ITAR, DFARS or similar regulated environments would be highly advantageous.
But technical knowledge alone isn't enough.
You'll be the person people turn to when something isn't working.
So we're looking for someone who can troubleshoot calmly, communicate clearly, document properly and explain technical problems to people who don't necessarily speak IT.
Why apply?
Because this is an opportunity to join while the US operation is still being built.
Rather than inheriting an enormous corporate environment where everything was designed ten years ago and changing anything requires six committees, you'll have the opportunity to influence how infrastructure, security and IT operations develop as the organisation grows.
You'll work alongside engineers and technical teams developing next-generation space technology, while collaborating with colleagues across the company's international offices.
You'll have autonomy, direct access to leadership and the opportunity to recommend better technology, architecture, processes and security controls when you see an opportunity to improve something.
There will also be opportunities for occasional international travel and collaboration with the company's European teams.
What’s on offer?
Salary: $100,000 – $130,000 USD
The final salary will depend on experience and technical background.
You'll also receive:
Health insurance coverage
Matching 401(k) plan
Generous team performance-based bonus
Autonomy and direct access to leadership
Travel and conference opportunities
International collaboration
Ongoing learning and career development
One final thought
Plenty of companies need someone to administer Microsoft 365, manage their network and keep their cloud infrastructure running.
Far fewer can offer you the opportunity to do it while helping build the US technology infrastructure behind an international spacecraft company.
If you like the idea of owning an environment rather than simply maintaining one — and you want your next IT challenge to involve space, government technology and serious cybersecurity — we'd love to hear from you.
There aren't many Quality Inspector roles where the hardware you sign off today could eventually be operating hundreds of kilometres above Earth.
This is one of them.
We’re supporting a fast-growing international space company that is expanding its US operations in Denver and building a high-performing team to manufacture, integrate and test the next generation of small satellites.
As that operation grows, they’re looking for a Quality Inspector who will become one of the most important checkpoints between a collection of individual components and flight-ready spacecraft hardware.
Because once something goes into space, you can't simply bring it back to the workshop and fix it.
Quality matters.
What will you actually be doing?
You'll work directly on the floor alongside the Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) team, primarily within a cleanroom environment.
As spacecraft hardware moves through assembly and integration, you'll be there checking that every stage has been completed correctly before the next one begins.
You'll inspect boards, cables and mechanical components for defects, damage and workmanship issues.
You'll make sure engineers and technicians are working from the correct drawings, instructions and revisions.
You'll verify part numbers, serial numbers and lot numbers and make sure the supporting documentation matches the hardware in front of you.
You'll inspect work against defined checklists, record the results and sign off travellers and route cards once you're satisfied everything has been completed correctly.
You'll also help maintain the disciplines that are essential when building flight hardware — cleanroom procedures, correct gowning, ESD protection, contamination control and ensuring only approved materials enter controlled environments.
And when something doesn't look right?
You'll speak up.
You'll identify and flag non-conformances, help document the issue and work alongside the AIT team to catch problems early rather than allowing them to move further through the build process.
You'll also ensure inspection tools and gauges are properly maintained and within calibration and take photographic records of hardware or defects when required.
Who are we looking for?
You don't necessarily need to have built satellites before.
Experience within aerospace or space would obviously be valuable, but we're equally interested in people coming from other environments where quality simply cannot be compromised.
That could include electronics manufacturing, medical devices, automotive, aviation or another high-reliability engineering environment.
What matters is your mindset.
You're someone who notices the small things.
You're comfortable handling delicate components and carrying out detailed visual inspections.
You can read technical drawings and follow detailed work instructions.
You're methodical with documentation and understand why traceability matters.
Most importantly, you have the confidence and integrity to say:
“This isn't right.”
Even when everyone else is under pressure to hit a deadline.
You'll ideally have a technical secondary education or higher in electronics, mechanics or a related discipline.
Experience working within a cleanroom or ESD-controlled environment would be advantageous, as would electronics inspection experience or knowledge of standards such as IPC-A-610.
Why apply?
Because you'll be joining at an exciting stage.
The company is growing its US operation and building a team in Denver that will play an important role in its future spacecraft programmes.
You'll work alongside talented engineers and technicians solving genuine space engineering challenges and developing next-generation satellite technology.
It's a fast-moving environment where people are trusted to take ownership, solve problems and continuously improve how things are done.
There is also a strong emphasis on learning and development, including structured career progression, educational programmes and opportunities to learn directly from experienced international space professionals.
The role will be primarily on-site in Denver, with occasional opportunities to visit and collaborate with colleagues at the company's European headquarters.
What’s on offer?
Salary: $70,000 – $90,000 per year
You'll also receive health insurance coverage, a matching 401(k) plan and a generous team performance-based bonus.
If you've built your career around making sure things are done properly and you'd like the next hardware you inspect to have a destination considerably further away than the customer down the road, we'd love to hear from you.
We’re hiring for a VP of Programs & Operations with a fast-scaling space technology company supporting commercial and national security satellite missions.
This is a critical leadership role focused on building and leading the company’s execution engine -ensuring reliable delivery of mission-ready capabilities across complex government and commercial environments.
You’ll operate at a company-wide level, working closely with leadership to translate strategy into consistent, high-quality execution across engineering, product, and customer programs.
If you’re a proven operator with deep government experience and a track record of scaling execution in high-stakes environments, this is a rare opportunity to shape how a company delivers at scale.
Key Responsibilities
Own execution across all customer programs spanning government and commercial missions
Act as the executive accountable for program delivery, mission readiness, and deployment success
Build and scale the program management and operational execution function
Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering, product, and customer teams
Establish scalable processes for mission onboarding, deployment, and delivery
Develop operational reporting, dashboards, and execution tracking frameworks
Identify and resolve bottlenecks to improve delivery speed and reliability
Serve as a senior interface with government and commercial stakeholders
Partner with leadership to ensure operational readiness for growth and new programs
Key Requirements
10+ years leading programs, operations, or delivery in complex technical environments
Strong experience supporting government, aerospace, or national security programs
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams delivering mission-critical systems
Experience building operational processes in fast-growing or evolving organizations
Strong stakeholder management experience, including government customers
Active TS/SCI clearance (required)
This is a high-impact opportunity to define and scale the operational backbone of a company delivering mission-critical space capabilities.
What if you could take ownership of the thermal performance of a spacecraft from the first design decisions all the way through testing, launch and operations?
EVONA is working with a fast-growing space company that's building its US engineering team in Denver, Colorado, and we're looking for an experienced Spacecraft Thermal Engineer to join them.
You'll be joining a fast-paced, hands-on smallsat engineering and manufacturing environment, developing advanced satellites for commercial, government and scientific missions.
This is an opportunity to get close to the hardware, solve real spacecraft engineering problems and see your work ultimately fly.
The opportunity
As a Spacecraft Thermal Engineer, you'll be responsible for thermal engineering activities across the full spacecraft lifecycle.
From initial spacecraft design and thermal architecture through manufacturing, environmental testing, launch and flight operations, you'll have the opportunity to follow your engineering work from concept to orbit.
You'll work as part of a multidisciplinary Systems Engineering team, collaborating closely with mechanical, electrical, systems and AIT engineers to make sure the spacecraft performs across the environments it will encounter.
You'll work on both satellite platforms and customer-specific spacecraft, meaning the engineering challenges won't always be the same.
This isn't a role where you'll simply run an existing thermal model and produce a report.
You'll help define the thermal architecture.
You'll build and develop the models.
You'll make predictions.
You'll validate them through testing.
And when something doesn't behave as expected, you'll help figure out why.
What you'll be doing
You'll take responsibility for defining spacecraft thermal architectures, including radiators, thermal blankets, heaters and other thermal-control solutions.
You'll build and maintain spacecraft thermal models and use them to predict performance across hot and cold flight cases.
You'll support TVAC campaigns by predicting thermal behaviour, defining test success criteria and calculating thermal power consumption.
Once the hardware goes into testing, you'll correlate your models against real test results and refine them accordingly.
And when thermal issues arise, you'll investigate them, understand the root cause and work with the wider engineering team to drive them through to closure.
Your involvement won't necessarily stop at launch either.
You'll have the opportunity to support spacecraft through flight operations and see how the systems you've designed and analysed perform in the real environment of space.
Who we're looking for
We're looking for someone with a strong technical background in spacecraft thermal engineering who enjoys being close to both the analysis and the hardware.
You'll ideally bring:
An MSc in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering or a related discipline
Experience developing and working with thermal models
Understanding of spacecraft hot-case and cold-case analysis
Experience supporting thermal vacuum testing and model correlation
A strong understanding of mechanical engineering principles
The ability to investigate and solve complex thermal problems
Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to engineering
You'll also be someone who takes ownership and understands that good engineering isn't finished until the solution is delivered and proven.
This role is primarily on-site in Denver, Colorado.
What would really make you stand out?
If you've spent 5+ years working on space programmes, I'd particularly like to hear from you.
Experience with nanosatellites or small satellites would be highly valuable.
Perhaps you've already taken spacecraft through thermal analysis, TVAC qualification and into flight.
Maybe you've worked in an environment where thermal engineers don't operate in isolation, but work directly alongside mechanical, systems, electronics and AIT teams to make rapid engineering decisions.
And if you're comfortable sharing your knowledge and helping develop more junior engineers around you, even better.
Why Apply?
Because you'll have the opportunity to work on real spacecraft and see the impact of your engineering decisions.
You'll be joining a fast-paced and delivery-focused environment where engineers are encouraged to take ownership, solve problems and continuously improve.
There are difficult engineering challenges to solve and plenty of hands-on R&D as the company continues developing its next generation of small satellite technology.
You'll also collaborate with experienced international engineering teams across Europe, with opportunities for occasional international travel.
The package includes:
Salary of $120,000–$180,000 per year
Health insurance
Matching 401(k)
Continued technical learning and development
International collaboration and occasional travel
Most importantly, this is an opportunity to own your work from analysis to hardware.
If you're a spacecraft thermal engineer who wants to do more than sit behind a model — and you want to see your engineering decisions tested, qualified, launched and ultimately operating in space — we'd love to hear from you.
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