1st Senior Quality Engineer (CO)

  • Location: Westminster, Colorado
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7400
  • Salary: NON 119,000

Senior Quality Engineer
Westminster, CO | Full-Time | On-Site

Are you passionate about driving quality excellence in a high-tech manufacturing environment? Join an innovative aerospace company developing cutting-edge communications technology for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other advanced airborne systems.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Quality Engineer to lead continuous improvement initiatives, strengthen quality systems, and help optimize manufacturing processes through Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. This is a hands-on role with significant cross-functional collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, and leadership teams.

What You'll Do

  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Kaizen principles.
  • Drive root cause investigations and implement effective corrective actions.
  • Facilitate process improvement workshops and Value Stream Mapping (VSM) events.
  • Develop and execute continuous improvement roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
  • Mentor teams and promote a culture of operational excellence.
  • Deliver Lean and Six Sigma training across the organization.
  • Conduct machine capability (CmK) and GR&R studies using statistical analysis tools.
  • Support internal, customer, and AS9100 quality audits.
  • Develop and monitor quality metrics to improve operational performance.
  • Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and leadership to enhance product quality and production efficiency.

What We're Looking For

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
  • 5+ years of Quality Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Strong background in Continuous Improvement and Quality Management Systems.
  • Experience with AS9100 or ISO 9001.
  • Proven success leading Kaizen events and Lean initiatives.
  • Experience with Root Cause Analysis, Value Stream Mapping, and Lean Six Sigma tools.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Aerospace, electronics, or other high-reliability manufacturing experience.
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
  • AS9100 or ISO 9001 Internal Auditor certification.

What's On Offer

  • Equity/stock options
  • Annual bonus opportunities
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) with company contribution
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Generous paid time off
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge space and aerospace technologies

Eligibility

Due to U.S. export control regulations, applicants must be a U.S. Citizen, Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card holder), Conditional Resident, Asylee, Refugee, or otherwise eligible to obtain the required U.S. government authorizations.

If you're looking to make a real impact in the aerospace industry while helping shape the future of advanced communications technology, we'd love to hear from you.

Senior Mission Assurance Manager

  • Location: Denver, Colorado
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7398
  • Salary: NON 192,000

? Senior Mission Assurance Manager

? Austin, TX | Onsite

I’m currently supporting a rapidly growing aerospace and defense company developing advanced communications and electronic systems for satellites, spacecraft, and mission-critical airborne platforms.

They’re looking for a Senior Mission Assurance Manager to lead mission assurance activities across complex DoD and space programs, ensuring the highest standards of quality, reliability, and compliance throughout product development and delivery.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for someone who thrives in highly technical, fast-paced environments and enjoys working closely with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and government stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading mission assurance activities across DoD and internal programs

• Establishing and executing mission assurance plans aligned to AS9100 and customer requirements

• Supporting design reviews, qualification reviews, audits, and hardware acceptance reviews

• Acting as the primary interface for internal, customer, and government audits

• Leading FMECA, RCCA, MRB, and FRB activities for nonconformances and anomalies

• Driving supplier and subcontractor quality strategy and compliance

• Collaborating cross-functionally to support business objectives and continuous improvement initiatives

• Managing and mentoring mission assurance and quality professionals

What they’re looking for:

• 15+ years within Mission Assurance, Quality, or Reliability Engineering

• Direct experience supporting complex DoD or aerospace programs

• 5+ years of leadership or management experience

• Strong knowledge of AS9100 and defense industry quality standards

• Background within aerospace, defense, or space systems

• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills

• Ability to operate independently in high-accountability environments

• Eligibility to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance preferred

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a cutting-edge aerospace organization where mission assurance plays a critical role in delivering reliable, high-performance systems for defense and space applications.

If you'd like to learn more, feel free to reach out directly.

Software Engineer – Embedded I

  • Location: Folsom, California
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7338
  • Salary: NON 110,000

Software Engineer I – Embedded

Folsom, CA (Hybrid)
Defense & National Security
 Full-Time
$75,000 – $110,000

An innovative defense and national security engineering organisation is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to support the development of advanced airborne ISR and mission-critical systems.

This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career engineer who is excited to work on complex, real-world systems in a highly collaborative, small-team environment.


The Opportunity

You’ll contribute to the design, development, and testing of embedded and Linux-based software supporting advanced intelligence and defense technologies.

The role offers exposure across the full software lifecycle, working alongside systems engineers, technical leads, and programme managers on high-impact projects.


Key Responsibilities

  • Support software analysis, design, development, and testing

  • Collaborate across software and systems engineering teams

  • Evaluate and integrate commercial and open-source technologies

  • Contribute to architectural prototyping and system improvements

  • Assist in preparing technical briefings and documentation

  • Participate in customer and technical review meetings


Requirements

  • 1–2 years of commercial experience in Engineering or Computer Science

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

  • Experience with C, C++, or similar systems programming languages (Linux environment)

  • Comfortable working with command-line interfaces

  • Experience with shell and/or Python scripting

  • Understanding of network fundamentals (IP addressing, subnetting, protocols)

  • Basic knowledge of object-oriented design, distributed systems, and embedded concepts

  • Strong communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative team

Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship required)


Preferred

  • Active DoD Top Secret SCI clearance

Senior Robotics & Autonomy Software Engineer

  • Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Job #
  • Salary: NON 160,000

Senior Robotics & Autonomy Software Engineer

Boston, MA
Starting salary $160,000
Full-time, onsite

We’re supporting an innovative ocean technology company building advanced subsea robotic systems designed to unlock deeper insights into our oceans.

They are now looking for a Senior Robotics & Autonomy Software Engineer to take ownership of mission-critical autonomy software across a growing fleet of subsea vehicles.

The Opportunity

In this role, you will design, build, and deploy autonomy software that directly controls robotic vehicle behaviour and mission execution in dynamic marine environments.

You will work across the full autonomy stack, from onboard vehicle systems through to supporting cloud infrastructure. Your focus will be improving mission robustness, operational efficiency, and the quality of environmental data captured at scale.

This is a hands-on engineering role with real-world operational impact. You will take features from concept through simulation, into sea trials, and ultimately fleet-wide deployment.

You’ll collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, firmware, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration between software, hardware, and sensing systems.

If you enjoy solving complex autonomy problems in real-world environments and want your work deployed beyond the lab, this is a strong fit.


What They’re Looking For

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline

  • 6 to 10 years of experience developing software for robotics, autonomous systems, aerospace, aircraft, medical devices, or other mission-critical physical systems

  • Deep expertise in at least one autonomy domain, with working knowledge across others:

    • Perception

    • Decision-making and reasoning

    • Planning and scheduling

    • State estimation and control

  • Experience with modern autonomy stacks including:

    • Sensor processing and tracking using cameras, acoustic sensors, radar, or LIDAR

    • State machines, behaviour trees, or hierarchical task frameworks

    • Global and local motion planning in constrained or spatio-temporal environments

    • System health monitoring, fault detection, and contingency handling

  • Experience with ROS or ROS 2

  • Strong C++ and Python development skills

  • Linux expertise and familiarity with open-source tooling

  • Experience with CI/CD, version control, testing, and code reviews

  • Robotics or autonomy simulation experience

  • Proven cross-functional collaboration across hardware and operations teams

  • US Citizen or Permanent Resident


Nice to Have

  • Marine robotics or offshore operational experience

  • Sensor fusion expertise

  • Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or OpenCV

  • Application of machine learning to perception or planning

  • Embedded software development experience

  • Experience with real-time operating systems such as FreeRTOS


This is a full-time, onsite position based in Boston, with a starting salary of $160,000.

CFO

  • Location: San Mateo, California
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7157
  • Salary: NON 250,000

We are partnered with a venture-backed deep-tech hardware company entering a major scale-up phase.

This is a  CFO role owning capital strategy, fundraising, and financial discipline in a complex environment spanning manufacturing, government programmes, and commercial contracts.

Key focus areas:

  • Lead large-scale equity and debt fundraising (incl. government-backed financing)

  • Establish a single source of truth for company financials, forecasting, and cash

  • Own cost structure and unit economics in a hardware/manufacturing business

  • Manage financial aspects of government contracts, R&D funding, and commercial revenue

  • Build and lead a lean finance function (Controller + external partners)

Ideal for a venture-backed CFO with experience in deep tech, hardware, or advanced manufacturing, comfortable operating across capital markets, government funding, and international growth (US/Canada).

Head of Vehicle Software

  • Location: Los Angeles County, California
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7145
  • Salary: NON 300,000

We’re supporting a well-funded, next-generation aerospace company building a new orbital launch vehicle from first principles.

This is a senior leadership role owning all software that runs on the vehicle, from embedded avionics and real-time flight systems to simulation, test, release, and deployment infrastructure.

Scope includes:

  • Safety-critical flight and embedded software across dozens of custom computers

  • Distributed, real-time control systems (flight, GNC integration, vehicle networks, telemetry)

  • Simulation, HIL/SIL, test automation, and release readiness

  • Leading and scaling a multi-team organisation (currently ~25, growing rapidly)

We’re looking for someone who has done this before, ideally having built and flown software for a complex vehicle (rockets, spacecraft, satellites, autonomy, robotics, automotive, or similar cyber-physical systems).

A rare opportunity to shape the foundational software architecture of a launch vehicle with real ownership, autonomy, and long-term upside.