- Location: El Segundo, California
- Type: Permanent
- Job #8276
- Salary: NON 150,000
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Mechanical Engineer
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Job Workplace: On-site
Flight Software Engineer
Lead Flight Software Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
We are working with a Space client in the LA area, they are looking for a Flight Sotware Lead to work across developing architecting for the full software stack for an in-space transport vehicle and other space and ground test systems.
You will help drive the overall spacecraft system architecture, execute vehicle design and higher-level performance and communication system trade studies, and implement the spacecraft’s GNC algorithms into software that controls the vehicle systems.
You will actively contribute to the full life cycle of software development, from early architectural decisions and design through to hardware in the loop testing, on-vehicle functionality, and flight operations.
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Responsibilities
- Write rigorous, high performance code & drive rapid execution and iteration.
- Hands-on prototyping, integration, troubleshooting, and testing of simulations, flight algorithms, and hardware in the loop testing
- Implement rapidly developed code to support development and testing of avionics, propulsion, electromechanical, and other spacecraft systems
- Negotiate requirements by having a deep understanding of the company and mission objectives and providing alternative solutions
- Conduct design reviews, test readiness reviews, and flight readiness reviews with a heavy emphasis on technical excellence
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Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in relevant computer science or engineering discipline
- Strong understanding of operating systems, data structures, networking protocols, communication standards, and computer architectures
- Understanding of modeling and simulation, and software development skills, particularly in C/C++/Python
- Proven system engineering and configuration management skills
- 5+ years of experience designing complex software that operate in novel time-sensitive and/or embedded environments (autonomous vehicles, drones, spacecraft, Robotics etc.)
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Preferred Qualifications
- Masters degree in computer science, engineering or physics
- Experience writing code for real-time operating systems requiring execution at a deterministic rate
- Experience with existing automation-frameworks such as ROS, NASA cFS, or MAX
- Experience in a start-up or fast-paced software development environment
- Experience with spacecraft on-orbit operations and troubleshooting
Senior Thermal Engineer
Location: Los Angeles, California
Compensation: Competitive base salary + package
Environment: Smallsat Design and Manufacturing
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 Los Angeles, California, 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
- Strong spacecraft thermal engineering knowledge
- Experience defining spacecraft thermal architectures
- 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 Los Angeles, California
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.
Systems Engineer
Location: Denver, Colorado
Compensation: Competitive base salary + package
Environment: Smallsat Design and Manufacturing
What if your next systems engineering role wasn't about maintaining a programme that's already been built?
What if you could help shape the satellites themselves?
EVONA is working with a fast-growing space company that's expanding its presence in the US and looking for an experienced Systems Engineer to join its team in Denver, Colorado.
This is an opportunity for someone who understands small satellites, enjoys solving difficult engineering problems and wants to work somewhere where decisions turn into hardware and missions quickly.
You'll be joining a fast-paced, hands-on smallsat engineering and manufacturing environment, developing advanced software-flexible satellites for commercial, government and scientific missions.
The opportunity
As a Systems Engineer, you'll sit at the centre of the spacecraft development process.
You'll work directly with customers to understand what they're trying to achieve, translate those mission objectives into clear technical requirements, and then work alongside hardware and software engineering teams to turn those requirements into a satellite solution that works.
You'll be involved from the early conversations and system definition right through the development lifecycle towards deployment.
This isn't a role where you'll simply inherit requirements and manage documentation.
You'll help define them.
You'll challenge them.
And you'll work with the engineering teams to make sure the spacecraft ultimately delivers what the mission requires.
What you'll be doing
You'll define and manage spacecraft system and subsystem requirements, translating high-level customer and mission needs into clear engineering requirements.
You'll work across satellite subsystems including communications, power, propulsion and other spacecraft systems, ensuring everything comes together at system level.
You'll collaborate closely with hardware and software engineers to refine technical solutions and resolve system-level challenges.
You'll also communicate directly with customers, evaluating technical requirements and helping develop and negotiate satellite and subsystem solutions.
Throughout the programme, you'll help drive projects from initial concept through development and ultimately deployment.
Who we're looking for
We're looking for someone who has already spent meaningful time designing and developing small satellites.
You'll ideally bring:
- 5+ years' experience designing and developing nanosatellites and/or small satellites
- A BSc or MSc in Aerospace Engineering, Electronics, Computer Science or a related discipline
- Strong understanding of satellite systems and subsystems, including communications, power and propulsion
- Experience turning high-level technical needs into well-defined system and subsystem requirements
- Experience working directly with customers and multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Strong written, verbal and visual technical communication skills
- The ability to communicate complex systems through schematics, sequences and state diagrams
You'll need to be based in the Denver area or willing to relocate to Colorado.
Due to the nature of the work, you'll also need to be a US citizen or US permanent resident.
What would really make you stand out?
Perhaps you've worked with mission budgets covering power, link or delta-V.
Maybe you've used STK or GMAT for orbit and mission analysis.
You might have experience with SolidWorks, DFMEA, UML/SysML or have a working knowledge of C/C++ or Python.
Experience with project and risk management or tools such as Jira and Confluence would also be valuable.
You don't necessarily need every one of these.
What matters most is that you understand spacecraft, can think at system level and enjoy solving complex engineering problems.
Why Apply?
You'll get the opportunity to work on real spacecraft and genuinely influence how they're designed.
This is a fast-paced, delivery-focused engineering environment tackling difficult technical problems and developing next-generation satellite technology.
You'll collaborate with highly experienced international engineering teams and have opportunities for occasional international travel.
The package includes:
- Salary of $145,000–$195,000
- Health insurance
- Matching 401(k)
- Generous team performance-based bonus
- Continued technical learning and development
- International collaboration and occasional travel
Most importantly, you'll be joining at an exciting stage of growth.
If you've spent the last few years designing small satellites and you're ready for a role where you can have a much bigger impact on the spacecraft, the mission and the engineering decisions behind them, I'd love to hear from you.
Director of Radar Payload
Director – Radar Payloads
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: Competitive base salary (DOE) + equity grants + comprehensive benefits package
About the Company
You'll join a venture-backed, early-stage space technology company based in the Seattle area, breaking new ground in Geospatial Intelligence. The company's technology centers on a proven, scalable electronically-steered radar for spaceborne applications, including earth observation using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) techniques, as well as advanced defense missions such as ground and air target tracking.
This is an outstanding opportunity to work on novel, cutting-edge technology that is pushing the boundaries of Geospatial Intelligence as we know it today.
About the Role
As Director – Radar Payloads, you'll own end-to-end development and delivery of the company's spaceborne electronically-steered radar payloads. You'll direct multidisciplinary teams spanning RF/microwave, antennas, digital/FPGA, firmware/software, power, mechanical/thermal, systems, AI&T, and manufacturing, and you'll be accountable for technical performance, cost, schedule, risk, qualification, spacecraft integration, and delivery — serving as a key interface to customers, suppliers, partners, and program leadership.
You'll have real ownership here, not just technical sign-off, but the mandate to build the team and the hardware program together, on a mission-critical system moving at a fast, early-stage pace.
Day to day, you'll:
- Own radar payload architecture and technical baseline across the electronically-steered aperture, RF front-ends, digital/FPGA processing, timing, power, thermal/mechanical, and control electronics.
- Lead full payload lifecycle execution from requirements and architecture through design reviews, prototype builds, qualification/acceptance, AI&T, spacecraft integration, and on-orbit checkout.
- Recruit, lead, and mentor a multidisciplinary payload team; set priorities, staffing, technical ownership, expectations, and a culture of accountability and innovation.
- Partner with Systems Engineering, radar algorithms, software/firmware, GNC, spacecraft, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and operations to achieve mission-level performance.
- Own payload V&V, calibration, and flight-readiness strategy, including RF/beam performance, timing, reliability, environmental qualification, and end-to-end radar testing.
- With the Program Management Office, own integrated plans, budgets, schedules, technical milestones, risks/opportunities, and recovery actions to meet cost, schedule, and performance commitments.
- Drive manufacturability, testability, reliability, cost, and production readiness; lead the transition from prototype builds to repeatable manufacturing and acceptance testing.
- Serve as the payload technical focal point for customers, suppliers, subcontractors, spacecraft partners, and test facilities; lead reviews, trades, issue resolution, and supplier performance.
Requirements to Be Successful
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related STEM discipline; MS or PhD preferred.
- 10+ years of experience developing complex RF, radar, communications, or space payload hardware, including flight or mission-critical systems.
- Demonstrated experience as a senior/principal technical leader owning the architecture and delivery of complex multidisciplinary payload or RF systems through major lifecycle milestones.
- 6+ years of engineering leadership/management experience leading multidisciplinary teams, including staffing, mentoring, performance management, and execution accountability.
- Deep technical expertise in radar system architecture and performance, RF/microwave systems, electronically-steered/phased-array antennas, RF front-ends, high-speed digital/FPGA processing, mixed-signal electronics, timing/synchronization, and power electronics.
- Strong system-level understanding of embedded firmware/software, PCB design, signal/power integrity, EMI/EMC, mechanical/thermal design, and spacecraft electrical/mechanical interfaces.
- Proven success taking complex flight hardware from architecture and design through integration, environmental qualification, acceptance testing, manufacturing handoff, and spacecraft/field deployment.
- Demonstrated ownership of technical performance, cost, schedule, risk, resource planning, supplier execution, and cross-functional delivery for complex engineering programs.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly present technical findings and collaborate effectively across engineering functions
This role requires U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or refugee/asylee status, and eligibility to obtain and hold an active U.S. DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
Director of Hardware Engineering
Director of Hardware Engineering – Spaceborne Radar Systems
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary: up to $275,000 Gross Per Annum + Brilliant benefits package + RSU
About the Company
You'll join a venture-backed space technology company breaking new ground in geospatial intelligence. Technology centers on a proven, scalable electronically-steered radar for spaceborne applications, including earth observation via synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and advanced defense missions such as ground and air target tracking.
This is an amazing opportunity to work on novel and extremely interesting technology pushing the boundaries of Geospatial Intelligence as we know it today.
About the Role
As Director of Hardware Engineering, you'll lead the design, development, qualification, and deployment of our scalable, electronically-steered radar for advanced spaceborne ISR missions.
You'll own hardware system architecture across RF/antenna systems, high-speed digital, mixed-signal electronics, power electronics, and mechanical/thermal packaging. Directing full lifecycle execution from requirements and architecture through detailed design, prototype build, environmental/radiation/EMI-EMC qualification, manufacturing introduction, and spacecraft integration.
Day to day, you'll:
- Define hardware system architecture for electronically-steered radar subsystems, including antennas, RF front-ends, power electronics, and embedded processing hardware
- Own hardware V&V and TRL-advancement strategy — signal/power integrity analysis, reliability modeling, and environmental testing (thermal, vibration, shock, vacuum, EMI/EMC, radiation)
- Partner closely with systems engineering, software/firmware, GNC, payload/instrument, and operations for coherent hardware-software delivery
- Work with the Program Management Office to manage schedules, budgets, risk mitigation, and resource plans against mission performance and reliability targets
- Drive manufacturability, cost efficiency, and quality through DFX principles, leading NPI hand-off to production partners
- Recruit, hire, manage, and mentor a cross-disciplinary engineering team, building a culture of ownership and innovation
- Serve as a key technical interface to customers, suppliers, and subcontractors throughout the product development lifecycle
You'll have real ownership here, not just technical sign-off, but the mandate to build the team and the hardware program together, on a mission-critical system moving at a fast, early-stage pace.
Requirements to Be Successful
- A BS, MS, or PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or an equivalent discipline
- Significant experience developing mission-critical hardware for space and/or defense environments
- Significant experience as a principal-level individual contributor within multi-disciplinary teams delivering complex spaceborne hardware
- 10+ years leading and managing engineering teams across hardware disciplines
- Technical depth in RF/microwave, antenna systems, radar, high-speed digital and mixed-signal electronics, and power electronics
- Experience with PCB design, EMI/EMC practices, and mechanical/thermal packaging for high-reliability hardware
- Proven success qualifying hardware for environmental and radiation conditions, and supporting spacecraft or field deployments
- A demonstrated understanding of program planning, budget control, schedule execution, risk management, and cross-functional resource management
It's a bonus if you also bring experience with electronically-steered or phased-array radar systems (beam-steering, calibration, space reliability), space-qualified component engineering and radiation-tolerant design, RF/antenna and signal/power integrity modeling tools, qualification testing to standards such as SMC-S-016, GSFC-STD-7000, or MIL-STD-461, defense contracting or ISR/target-tracking radar missions, or experience scaling hardware manufacturing and managing global suppliers and subcontractors.
This role requires U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or refugee/asylee status, and eligibility to obtain and hold an active U.S. DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
Senior Technical Program Manager
Space Technology | Seattle, WA | Full Time, Permanent | On-site
Are you passionate about delivering cutting-edge space hardware from concept to mission readiness?
EVONA is partnering with an innovative, well-funded space technology company developing next-generation space-based sensing and advanced aerospace systems. As the company continues to grow, we’re looking for an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to lead complex development programs from design through qualification and delivery.
This is a highly visible role where you’ll work at the intersection of engineering, operations, and customer delivery, helping transform breakthrough technologies into flight-ready products.
What you’ll be doing
- Lead technical development programs across the full product lifecycle—from design and integration through testing and delivery.
- Own program schedules, budgets, risks, and execution across cross-functional engineering teams.
- Coordinate activities between Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Operations.
- Support radiation qualification and, as applicable, phased test campaign planning for hardware programs.
- Drive technical reviews, monitor program milestones, and remove execution roadblocks.
- Manage customer communications, technical reporting, and program documentation.
- Own contract data deliverables (CDRLs) and government reporting requirements for currently funded efforts.
- Support proposal development and future program planning.
- Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturing teams to ensure successful hardware delivery.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics or related technical discipline.
- PMP or equivalent program/project management certification.
- 8-10 years of direct experience in technical program/project management on hardware development programs, ideally in aerospace, defense or space systems.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multidisciplinary programs (electrical, mechanical, RF and/or software) through full lifecycle: design, integration, test, delivery.
- Experience with schedule and risk management tools (Smartsheet, JIRA, or similar).
- Familiarity with US Government contracting environments (FAR/DFARS, OTA).
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to present to both engineering teams and executive/external audiences.
- Demonstrated understanding of program planning, budget control, schedule execution, risk management, and cross-functional resource management.
- Excellent communication skills, with ability to clearly present technical findings and collaborate effectively across engineering functions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior work in small, fast-iteration aerospace teams.
- Familiarity with space-qualified component engineering, radiation-tolerant design trade-offs and COTS-to-space conversion strategies.
- Experience with space hardware qualification standards (MIL-STD-750, NASA-STD-7002, ASTM F1192 or similar).
- Familiarity with configuration management standards.
- Prior experience supporting DARPA, Space Force or other national security space programs.
What’s on offer
- US salary range: $160,000–$220,000
- Competitive equity package
- Opportunity to shape groundbreaking space technology
- Small, highly collaborative engineering team
- High ownership, fast decision-making, and genuine technical impact
If you’d like to learn more, feel free to send me a message o.romanenko@evona.com or apply directly. I’d be happy to share additional details about the company and the opportunity.
Configuration Manager
Are you passionate about shaping the future of humanity's presence in space? Lunar Outpost, an industry leader in space robotics and planetary vehicles, invites you to join our team! Lunar Outpost is dedicated to creating a permanent presence in space, while also driving positive impacts here on Earth. We are currently seeking a
Configuration Manager to contribute to our mission in a dynamic startup environment.
As a Configuration Manager, you will be responsible for
monitoring, maintaining, and reporting on the accuracy and completeness of Configuration Item (CI) data. You will also manage the implementation, documentation, and approval of configuration changes, including leading Change Control Board (CCB) meetings. You will develop and enforce configuration management plans (CMPs), including defining, developing, and operating Configuration Management (CM) baselines.
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- Ensure all engineering documentation, drawings, bills of material (BOMs), and as-built configurations are accurately maintained and traceable
- Interface with systems engineering, supply chain, and quality teams to ensure consistency between hardware configurations and verified designs
- Manage functional and physical configuration audits (FCAs and PCAs) and prepare required reports and verification documentation
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace
Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline
- 7+ years of configuration management, DevOps, or Systems Administration in the aerospace or defense industry
- Experience with Configuration Management tools (Windchill, Bild, Jira, etc), and version control systems
- Self-motivated, focused, and driven to meet critical deadlines
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- U.S. Person
Preferred Qualifications:
- Support compliance with ITAR, export control, and government data management requirements
- Hands?on experience following AS9100 quality requirements and CMMI processes
Compensation & Benefits: Compensation level and base salary are competitively structured and thoughtfully determined based on factors such as relevant skills, experience, education, and the scope of the role.
- Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, with 70% of premiums covered by the employer
- Paid time off: Three (3) weeks per year of vacation
- Retirement plan: Up to 4% employer match on 401(k) contributions
- Paid holidays: 11 company-recognized holidays
- Parental leave
- Educational reimbursement opportunities to support company objectives, continued learning, and career development
Lunar Outpost Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Lunar Outpost Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All employees, including executives and human resources personnel, are expected to conduct themselves with professionalism and treat others with dignity and respect in accordance with this policy.
Construction Manager
Location: Toronto, Canada
Compensation: Competitive base salary + package + stock options
Environment: Greenfield Infrastructure | Rocket Propulsion | High-Pressure Systems
Build the infrastructure that gets rocket engines firing.
Most Construction Manager roles start with a building.
This one starts with a rocket.
A heavily backed Canadian space company is developing the country's first medium-lift launch vehicle and before that vehicle can ever reach orbit, the infrastructure needed to develop, test and qualify its propulsion systems has to be built.
That means test facilities. High-pressure systems. Cryogenic infrastructure. Process piping. Utilities. Roads. Heavy civil works. Buildings. And ultimately, the facilities where a 725 kN rocket engine will be put through its paces.
We are looking for the Construction Manager who will turn those plans into reality.
This isn't a role where you'll inherit a finished facility and manage contractors carrying out minor upgrades.
You'll help build it from the ground up.
The mission
The company has assembled engineers and leaders from some of the world's most successful launch, aerospace and technology organisations, bringing experience from SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, ArianeGroup, Pangea Propulsion, Tesla, MDA and others.
The engineering philosophy is deliberately pragmatic: use proven technology, move quickly, test early and often, and discover problems on the test stand rather than on the launch pad.
That philosophy extends to the infrastructure programme.
Engineering will define what needs to be built.
Your job is to make sure it actually gets built — safely, correctly and on schedule.
You'll take engineered designs and turn them into operational facilities, owning construction execution from site mobilisation through to inspection, commissioning and final handover.
On a programme like this, construction isn't supporting the company schedule.
Construction is the company schedule.
What you'll own
You'll be the person responsible for execution in the field.
You'll select, onboard and manage general contractors and specialist trades across civil, structural, mechanical and electrical workstreams.
You'll own sequencing and daily site coordination, run contractor meetings, monitor progress and make sure commitments actually turn into completed work.
You'll have the authority to challenge contractors on schedule, cost, quality and safety — and the judgement to know the difference between a genuine constructability problem and an unnecessary change order.
You'll also:
- Own construction execution from mobilisation through closeout.
- Establish and enforce the site safety programme.
- Manage general contractors and specialist trade contractors.
- Coordinate multiple concurrent civil, structural, mechanical and electrical workstreams.
- Provide constructability, cost and schedule input during design reviews.
- Raise RFIs and field changes before problems become expensive.
- Coordinate inspections and interactions with authorities having jurisdiction.
- Maintain the QA/QC and inspection records required for system acceptance.
- Verify contractor progress and support payment certification.
- Track construction cost and schedule against the programme baseline.
- Drive punch lists and deficiency closeout.
- Manage the handover of as-builts, O&M manuals, warranties and training.
- Take completed infrastructure through commissioning and into Facilities.
The infrastructure is different
You don't need to have built a rocket test stand before.
But you do need to be comfortable around serious industrial infrastructure.
The programme will involve environments where pressure systems, process piping, hazardous fluids and potentially cryogenic systems mean construction quality isn't simply about whether something looks right.
It has to work.
And it has to work safely.
Experience with propulsion facilities, test stands, high-pressure systems or cryogenic installations would therefore be extremely valuable, but we're equally interested in people coming from adjacent industries such as aerospace, energy, oil & gas, chemical processing, heavy industrial, advanced manufacturing or major infrastructure.
If you've built complicated facilities where mechanical systems matter as much as concrete and steel, we want to hear from you.
You'll work as part of a deliberately lean team
This isn't a large corporate infrastructure department with layers of people between engineering and construction.
The model is simple:
Engineering defines it.
Procurement buys it.
Construction builds it.
Facilities runs it.
You'll work directly with the Infrastructure Engineering Program Manager, who owns the technical baseline, and the Facilities Manager, who will ultimately inherit what you build.
Accountability will be clear, but in a startup environment nobody operates inside a narrow box.
If something needs solving, you'll be expected to get involved.
What we're looking for
We're looking for someone who has spent meaningful time on construction sites, not someone whose experience has primarily been managing projects from an office.
You'll ideally bring:
- 8+ years delivering industrial, heavy civil or complex institutional construction projects.
- Direct responsibility for general contractors and trade contractors.
- Experience coordinating civil, structural, mechanical and electrical disciplines simultaneously.
- Strong practical knowledge of construction safety legislation and site responsibilities.
- The ability to confidently interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
- Experience managing construction schedules, costs, changes and project closeout.
- Strong contractor management and commercial judgement.
- The confidence to challenge problems early rather than allow them to become delays later.
- Comfort working in a fast-moving environment where some of the processes are still being created.
A degree or diploma in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline would be useful, although a strong building-trade background combined with substantial supervisory and project leadership experience can be equally relevant.
Gold Seal Certification, CET, P.Eng or equivalent credentials would also be advantageous.
Particularly interesting experience
We'd be especially interested in speaking with people who have worked with:
- Greenfield industrial site development
- Earthworks, utilities and roads
- Process piping
- Pressure systems
- Cryogenic installations
- Propulsion or engine test facilities
- Hazardous fluid systems
- ASME B31.3 / CSA B51 environments
- Welding inspection and pressure testing
- Ontario building and fire codes
- OHSA constructor responsibilities
- Complex mechanical infrastructure
Why join?
Because very few Construction Managers get the opportunity to point at a functioning rocket test facility several years from now and say:
“I built that.”
The company has already secured more than $20 million in funding during its first four months, including significant backing from Canada's Department of National Defence.
Now comes the difficult part.
Turning funding, engineering and ambition into physical infrastructure.
If you enjoy greenfield projects, like being close to the work and want genuine ownership rather than simply administering somebody else's construction programme, this is an opportunity to build something that doesn't currently exist.
And what gets built here will ultimately help put a Canadian launch vehicle into orbit.
On top of all of this you will receive a highly competitive package which includes six weeks holiday and lucrative stock options.
Principal Antenna Engineer
Principal Antenna Engineer – Radar Payloads
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary: up to $220,000 Gross Per Annum + Stocks/Shares + Brilliant benefits package
You’ll join a venture-backed space technology company building the flight-ready electronically scanned antenna arrays at the heart of next-generation spaceborne radar missions.
Our state-of-art antennas need to deliver the gain, efficiency, bandwidth, scan performance, sidelobe control, polarization purity, and calibration accuracy that advanced SAR and target-tracking payloads demand and we’re looking for the engineer who can own that problem end to end.
As Principal Antenna Engineer, you’ll have ownership of the antenna end to end: requirements and architecture (including interfaces to adjacent systems), EM design, prototype build, measurement, calibration, and qualification.
You’ll be the technical owner translating radar performance needs into flight-ready hardware, with a direct line to payload integration and launch.
Day to day, you’ll:
- Own phased-array antenna design and EM modeling, from requirements through architecture and trade studies
- Build and measure prototypes, correlating EM models to test data
- Optimize and calibrate array performance across frequency and scan angle
- Develop beam-steering and alignment methods, working closely with RF, FPGA/DSP, and software teams
- Support spacecraft integration and environmental qualification
- Mature antenna hardware from prototype to a flight-ready, repeatable product
You’ll bring:
- Expert-level design experience with phased-array / electronically scanned antennas — array theory, impedance and mutual coupling, scan behavior, and polarization
- Hands-on experience with beamforming and array calibration
- High-frequency PCB, feed, and passive RF component design
- Proficiency with EM simulation tools such as HFSS, CST, or FEKO
- Programming/scripting skill in Python or MATLAB for modeling and data analysis
- Experience with VNA and near-/far-field antenna measurement
- Experience carrying RF hardware through space qualification
You’ll also need to be hands-on, rigorous, self-driven, and take full ownership of outcomes, with strong first-principles EM judgment, discipline about correlating models to test data, and comfort operating with ambiguity and evolving requirements; while collaborating closely across RF, digital, mechanical, thermal, and software disciplines.
This role may require access to U.S. export-controlled information and may require the ability to obtain a U.S. government security clearance. Candidates must be a U.S. citizen to be eligible.