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Satellite Manufacturing Engineer

  • Location: Littleton, Colorado
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7788
  • Salary: NON 150,000

Satellite Manufacturing Engineer
Location: Littleton, CO
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary Range: $110,000 – $150,000 USD

About the Role
We are seeking a Satellite Manufacturing Engineer to support the assembly, integration, and production of advanced spacecraft systems. This role serves as a critical bridge between engineering and manufacturing, ensuring that spacecraft hardware is built efficiently, accurately, and in accordance with quality and program requirements.
The ideal candidate has experience supporting both mechanical and electrical manufacturing activities and enjoys working hands-on with technicians and engineers to solve production challenges. You will play a key role in developing manufacturing processes, improving production workflows, and supporting spacecraft integration from component-level assembly through final system testing.

What You'll Do

  • Generate and maintain detailed manufacturing work instructions from engineering drawings, CAD models, electrical interface documents, schematics, BOMs, and technical documentation
  • Develop, release, and maintain Manufacturing Orders (MOs), routings, travelers, and production records within ERP/MES systems
  • Provide hands-on technical support to manufacturing and integration technicians during spacecraft assembly, integration, harness installation, and testing activities
  • Troubleshoot manufacturing and integration issues on the production floor and coordinate corrective actions with engineering teams
  • Develop and optimize manufacturing processes for mechanical assembly, electrical integration, cable and harness installation, subsystem integration, and test operations
  • Collaborate with Mechanical, Electrical, Test, and Systems Engineering teams to improve manufacturability and production efficiency
  • Support configuration management activities and ensure manufacturing documentation remains aligned with released engineering baselines
  • Assist with nonconformance investigations, root cause analysis, rework planning, and corrective action implementation
  • Support production planning efforts including work sequencing, build readiness reviews, material status verification, and manufacturing risk assessments
  • Ensure compliance with quality standards, ESD/FOD controls, cleanroom procedures, and safety requirements
  • Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing efficiency, tooling, workflows, and documentation quality
  • Support process development and validation for new spacecraft products, manufacturing methods, and integration techniques

What We're Looking For
Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical discipline
  • 3–8 years of experience supporting aerospace, satellite, avionics, electronics, or other high-reliability manufacturing environments
  • Experience developing manufacturing work instructions, manufacturing orders, and production documentation from engineering drawings and technical data packages
  • Experience supporting both mechanical and electrical manufacturing operations
  • Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, wiring diagrams, harness documentation, electrical interface documents, assembly procedures, and engineering specifications
  • Hands-on experience supporting precision mechanical assembly, electronics integration, cable and harness installation, or spacecraft subsystem integration
  • Experience troubleshooting manufacturing and integration challenges in a production environment
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing process development, configuration control, and production workflows
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced development and production environment
  • Experience working in cleanroom, ESD-controlled, and FOD-controlled environments

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting spacecraft, launch vehicle, or other spaceflight hardware programs
  • Familiarity with ERP/MES platforms such as Odoo, SAP, VECAMS, or similar systems
  • Experience supporting spacecraft integration and environmental testing campaigns
  • Familiarity with NASA documentation standards and aerospace manufacturing requirements
  • Experience with harness manufacturing, connector integration, and electrical test procedures
  • Experience developing production tooling, fixtures, or manufacturing support equipment
  • Experience supporting low-volume, high-complexity manufacturing operations
  • Lean Manufacturing, 5S, or continuous improvement experience
  • IPC soldering, cable, or harness certifications

Why Join Us?

  • Contribute directly to the development and production of advanced spacecraft systems
  • Work alongside multidisciplinary teams across engineering, manufacturing, integration, and test
  • Play a key role in improving production efficiency and manufacturing readiness
  • Gain exposure to the full spacecraft lifecycle, from component integration through mission-ready hardware
  • Join a collaborative, fast-paced environment where your work directly impacts mission success

 

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Director of BD

  • Location: Laurel, Maryland
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7785
  • Salary: NON 200,000

Director of BD 

A leading defence technology company is seeking a Director of Business Development to drive growth across strategic government and defence accounts.

The business develops advanced communications, sensing, surveillance, and mission-critical technologies that support national security customers. Their solutions are deployed across airborne, ground, maritime, and space-based applications.

This role will be responsible for developing customer relationships, identifying and capturing new programmes, managing key accounts, leading sales strategy, and driving revenue growth across a defined territory. The successful candidate will have experience selling into the DoD, strong knowledge of the defence acquisition lifecycle, and a track record of winning and growing complex government programmes.

Requirements include experience in defence business development, account management, programme capture, CRM management, and stakeholder engagement. Previous military experience and eligibility for security clearance are advantageous.

Reach out direct if this suits your experience – m.tovey@evona.com 

Product Sales Manager

  • Location: Laurel, Maryland
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7784
  • Salary: NON 170,000

Product Sales Manager

A leading defence technology company is seeking a Product Sales Manager to drive growth across key government and aerospace customers.

The business develops advanced RF, communications, sensing, and mission-critical technologies used across defence and national security applications. Their products support a range of airborne, ground, maritime, and space-based platforms.

This role will focus on developing strategic customer relationships, identifying and capturing new opportunities, managing product sales pipelines, and growing revenue across defence programmes. The successful candidate will work closely with engineering, product, and leadership teams to position advanced communications and sensing solutions within major government and prime contractor programmes.

Candidates should have experience in defence sales, business development, or account management, along with knowledge of government acquisition processes and complex technical products. Experience with RF, SATCOM, radar, electronic warfare, or related technologies is highly desirable.

If this suits your experience then please reach out direct – m.tovey@evona.com 

Senior RF Engineer

  • Location: San Fran
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7783
  • Salary: NON 170,000

Senior RF Engineer

San Francisco | $150k–$170k + Equity

 

We’re hiring a Senior RF Engineer for a fast-growing aerospace startup developing next-generation satellite technology.

This is a hands-on role owning RF systems from architecture and design through PCB implementation, prototype bring-up, test, validation, and qualification.

You’ll work across RF communications and payload subsystems, including link budgets, noise and linearity analysis, RF/mixed-signal PCB design, and board/system-level testing.

 

Looking for experience with:

  • RF hardware design at microwave and/or mmWave frequencies
  • LNAs, PAs, SSPAs, mixers, up/down converters, oscillators, filters
  • Link budgets, noise figure, linearity, gain cascades
  • RF/EM tools such as ADS, HFSS, Cadence, or similar
  • Schematic capture and multilayer PCB layout, ideally Altium
  • Lab equipment including VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes

 

Aerospace, satellite, defense, phased-array, SDR, or mission-critical hardware experience would be a strong plus.

 

Package: $150,000–$170,000 base, equity, strong benefits, 401(k) match, relocation support.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. Visa sponsorship is not available.

 

Interested? Apply or message me for a confidential conversation.

Production Manager – Avionics Manufacturing

  • Location: Los Angeles County, California
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7778
  • Salary: NON 180,000

Production Manager – Avionics Manufacturing

Location: Southern California (Onsite)

Overview

We're working with an advanced aerospace manufacturer seeking a Production Manager to lead avionics manufacturing operations supporting electronics production, PCBA assembly and manufacturing scale-up activities.

This is a leadership role focused on production execution, team development, process optimisation and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Lead day-to-day avionics manufacturing operations
  • Manage production schedules, resources and manufacturing priorities
  • Drive continuous improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives
  • Improve throughput, quality and production efficiency
  • Develop and mentor supervisors, technicians and manufacturing personnel
  • Partner with engineering and supply chain teams to support production goals
  • Support manufacturing scale-up and future production growth

Requirements

  • Experience leading electronics, avionics or advanced manufacturing teams
  • Strong understanding of PCBA manufacturing and electronics assembly
  • Experience with SMT manufacturing environments
  • Background in lean manufacturing and process optimisation
  • Proven ability to improve production performance and scale operations

Ideal Backgrounds

  • Aerospace
  • Defense electronics
  • Electronics manufacturing services (EMS)
  • Consumer electronics
  • EV / Automotive manufacturing
  • Medical device manufacturing

Bonus Experience

  • SMT production equipment
  • IPC-610 / IPC-620
  • Electronics production scale-up
  • High-volume manufacturing environments

What We're Looking For

A manufacturing leader who understands how to build teams, improve production performance and scale electronics manufacturing operations without compromising quality or delivery.

Environmental Test Manager

  • Location: Los Angeles County, California
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7776
  • Salary: NON 180,000

Environmental Test Manager

Location: Southern California (Onsite)

Overview

We're supporting a rapidly growing aerospace organisation seeking an Environmental Test Manager to lead environmental test operations supporting development and production hardware.

This role is responsible for overseeing environmental test laboratories, driving operational excellence and scaling test capabilities to support aggressive production and development schedules.

Responsibilities

  • Lead environmental test operations across vibration, shock and thermal testing activities
  • Manage technicians, specialists and test schedules
  • Drive test readiness, asset utilisation and throughput improvements
  • Support qualification and acceptance testing programmes
  • Partner with engineering, manufacturing and quality teams
  • Develop processes, procedures and capacity planning strategies
  • Support future growth and expansion of test facilities

Requirements

  • Leadership experience within environmental testing, aerospace manufacturing or high-reliability hardware environments
  • Strong understanding of vibration, shock and thermal testing
  • Experience managing test operations, laboratories or technical teams
  • Background supporting qualification and acceptance testing
  • Strong organisational and cross-functional leadership skills

Ideal Backgrounds

  • Aerospace
  • Spacecraft
  • Satellite manufacturing
  • Defense hardware
  • Environmental test service providers
  • Flight hardware qualification environments

What We're Looking For

A hands-on leader who can balance technical understanding with operational execution while helping scale a growing environmental test organisation.

Senior Avionics Systems Test Engineer

  • Location: Los Angeles County, California
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7775
  • Salary: NON 180,000

Senior Avionics Systems Test Engineer

Location: Southern California (Onsite)

Overview

We're partnering with an innovative aerospace company developing next-generation launch vehicle technology and looking for a Senior Avionics Systems Test Engineer to support integrated system testing, vehicle operations and launch readiness activities.

This is a highly visible role focused on system-level integration, troubleshooting and validation of complex electrical and software systems throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Lead system-level avionics integration, testing and validation activities
  • Support qualification, verification and operational readiness testing
  • Investigate and resolve complex hardware/software integration issues
  • Develop test strategies, procedures and operational concepts
  • Support hardware-in-the-loop and integrated test environments
  • Participate in mission-critical test campaigns and operational activities
  • Collaborate closely with avionics, software, systems and manufacturing teams
  • Develop automation and data analysis tools to improve test efficiency

Requirements

  • Background in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar
  • Experience with integrated systems testing, flight test, vehicle testing or hardware-in-the-loop environments
  • Strong troubleshooting experience across electrical and software systems
  • Experience with verification and validation processes
  • Familiarity with networking and communication protocols such as Ethernet, CAN, UART or SPI
  • Python or MATLAB experience

Ideal Backgrounds

  • Launch vehicles
  • Spacecraft
  • Missile systems
  • Defense systems
  • Autonomous systems
  • High-reliability embedded systems

What We're Looking For

A highly capable systems engineer who enjoys operating at the intersection of hardware, software and operations. Someone who can own problems, troubleshoot effectively and perform in fast-moving technical environments.

Lead Launch Engineer

  • Location: Midland Intl, Texas
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7758
  • Salary: NON 140,000

Lead Launch Engineer | Spacecraft Integration & Mission Operations

 

A cutting-edge aerospace company developing next-generation space systems is seeking a Lead Launch Engineer to oversee spacecraft integration and launch operations for orbital missions.

This is a highly visible, hands-on engineering leadership role responsible for ensuring mechanical readiness, launch campaign execution, and mission success from spacecraft arrival through launch.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead spacecraft mechanical integration and launch preparation activities

• Manage launch vehicle interface operations and integration sequencing

• Oversee Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) deployment and readiness

• Serve as the primary mechanical authority during launch campaigns

• Coordinate cross-functional engineering, test, and launch provider teams

• Resolve real-time hardware and integration challenges during operations

• Review and approve procedures, workflows, and technical dispositions

• Drive operational improvements across launch processes and tooling

 

Requirements:

• Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

• 8+ years of aerospace, launch operations, or high-reliability hardware experience

• Strong spacecraft or payload integration background

• Experience supporting launch campaigns or flight hardware processing

• CAD proficiency (Inventor, Creo, SolidWorks, NX, CATIA)

• Strong understanding of aerospace standards, GD&T, and configuration control

• Ability to lead effectively in high-pressure operational environments

 

Ideal for engineers with experience in spacecraft integration, launch operations, payload processing, or aerospace mission execution.

Turbomachinery Engineer

  • Location: Toronto, Ontario
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7756
  • Salary: NON 175,000

Turbomachinery Designer

A fast-moving launch vehicle company is developing a medium-lift orbital rocket and is looking for a Turbomachinery CAD/GD&T/Stack-up Designer to support the development of a high-thrust liquid rocket engine.

This role owns the translation of preliminary mechanical designs into release-ready hardware definition, including 3D models, 2D drawings, GD&T schemes, tolerance stack-ups, and production documentation for pumps, turbines, housings, impellers, shafts, seals, bearings, manifolds, volutes, and related rotating assemblies.

You will work across design, analysis, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and internal build teams to make sure hardware is manufacturable, inspectable, and configuration-controlled.

Responsibilities

Own detailed 3D CAD models and assemblies for turbopump and rotating hardware.

Create production-ready 2D drawings covering datums, GD&T, surface finish, heat treatment, coatings, inspection requirements, and manufacturing notes.

Run tolerance stack-ups and define fits, clearances, and interface controls for cryogenic, hot-side, and transient operating environments.

Challenge design intent where needed, identifying costly or risky features and proposing manufacturable alternatives.

Support CNC, additive, EDM, grinding, balancing, brazing, welding, and related manufacturing processes.

Drive parts through PLM release, including part numbering, revisions, EBOM structure, and ECO documentation.

Work with suppliers and internal teams on RFIs, first-article inspection, CMM plans, metrology strategy, and nonconformance reviews.

Own drafting standards, templates, checking routines, title blocks, and drawing review practices.

Act as a GD&T focal point during design reviews.

Required Experience

Technical degree in mechanical design, product design, industrial drafting, or equivalent practical experience.

9+ years releasing detailed drawings for precision mechanical hardware in aerospace, turbomachinery, motorsport, energy, or another regulated/high-performance industry.

Hands-on experience with turbopump hardware through manufacturing and testing, including cold-flow, spin, or hot-fire campaigns.

Advanced CAD capability, ideally Siemens NX.

Strong ISO GPS / GD&T knowledge and datum strategy experience.

Proven ability to run tolerance stack-ups and define fits, clearances, runout, concentricity, and inspection criteria.

Ability to interpret FEA, rotordynamics, and manufacturing tolerance studies into drawing requirements.

Practical understanding of CNC turning/milling, additive manufacturing, EDM, grinding, and DfM/DfA trade-offs.

Experience with PLM/PDM systems, preferably Teamcenter.

Comfort operating in a high-ownership environment where process is still being built.

Preferred Experience

Formal GD&T, ISO GPS, metrology, or drafting certification.

Experience detailing rotating equipment or high-precision mechanical hardware.

Direct exposure to CMM, first-article inspection, GD&T verification, and nonconformance review.

Knowledge of bearing and seal fits, balance-driven requirements, surface finishes, coatings, heat treatments, cryogenic hardware, or hot-section turbomachinery.

Experience with aerospace configuration control and traceability for flight or test hardware.

Experience producing assembly drawings, exploded views, and shop-floor integration or test instructions.

Senior Staff Mechanical Analyst

  • Location: Denver, Colorado
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #7740
  • Salary: NON 170,000

A fast-growing company developing next-generation planetary mobility and autonomous systems are hiring a Senior Staff Mechanical Analyst to join its growing engineering team. This is a unique opportunity to work on pioneering spaceflight hardware and contribute to the future of off-world exploration within a fast-paced, highly collaborative engineering environment.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership across complex mechanical analysis activities, supporting the development of advanced vehicle and mobility systems from concept through to qualification and testing.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain high-fidelity analytical models for advanced vehicle and mobility platforms
  • Perform detailed mechanical analyses including stress, loads, fatigue/fracture, vibration, structural dynamics, and durability assessments
  • Collaborate closely with design engineering teams to rapidly iterate and optimise hardware designs
  • Support programme execution through task planning, schedule management, and coordination with leadership teams
  • Lead and mentor analysts across multiple concurrent projects and technical workstreams
  • Review and oversee analysis outputs to ensure technical quality and compliance with applicable engineering standards
  • Contribute to the development and standardisation of engineering processes, methodologies, and best practices
  • Produce technical documentation, reports, and recommendations for internal and external stakeholders
  • Generate loading environments and analysis requirements for suppliers and external partners
  • Support major engineering milestones including design reviews, test readiness reviews, and failure investigations
  • Engage with customers, external agencies, and technical working groups as required

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
  • 10+ years’ experience performing mechanical analysis on complex aerospace, automotive, or spaceflight systems
  • Proven experience leading engineering analysis teams within multidisciplinary environments
  • Strong expertise in finite element modelling and structural analysis methodologies
  • Proficiency with industry-standard analysis tools such as ANSYS, FEMAP, MATLAB, LS-DYNA, or similar software packages
  • Experience interpreting loading profiles, environmental conditions, and test data
  • Knowledge of dynamics, kinematics, fatigue, fracture mechanics, and composite structures
  • Familiarity with aerospace, NASA, or government engineering standards and specifications
  • Experience supporting design reviews, qualification activities, and technical investigations
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical reporting skills
  • Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
  • Ability to thrive in a rapid development, fast-paced engineering environment
  • Eligibility to work on programmes subject to U.S. export control regulations

This is an exceptional opportunity for a senior-level mechanical analysis specialist looking to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering work on cutting-edge aerospace technologies. The role offers the chance to work on highly innovative mobility and robotics programmes that are shaping the future of space exploration and advanced engineering systems.