A space & defense company is hiring a Project Manager to run two manufacturing facility relocations through a 6-month engagement. One site handles live products, the other inert, in separate cities, with both due up by spring ahead of live work starting in June.
The dates are fixed and the team is in place. What’s needed is a project manager who has set Jira up for a non-software team before, can run it live in meetings from day one, and can carry both moves to handover on a fixed clock.
What you’ll be doing
Act as the central point of coordination across engineering, logistics, supply chain, quality and around 10 stakeholders
Build the Jira workspace from scratch: structure, boards, workflows and reports configured in manufacturing language, not software terms
Run Jira live in planning and status meetings so the plan, risks and dependencies are updated in the room, not afterwards
Set up reporting and scenario planning against two fixed site-ready dates
Stand up Confluence, or an equivalent, as the single repository for move documentation and decisions
Coach the program lead on Jira as the work happens, so the system outlives your engagement
Bring one consistent cadence to a team that mixes old-school and new-space working rhythms
Track actions, risks and hand-offs across two sites and two schedules
What you’ll need
Project or program management experience on manufacturing, facility or hardware programs
Hands-on Jira administration: you have configured projects, workflows, fields and dashboards yourself
Experience introducing Jira, or a similar tool, to a team that has never used it and getting it adopted
Ability to run a tool live in front of a room while facilitating the discussion
Confidence coordinating stakeholders who are strong technically and less strong at communicating
Comfort building structure quickly inside a scope that is still expanding
Clear written and verbal communication for a mixed engineering and operations audience
Available to start around September 21 and work full-time for at least the first three months
US-based and eligible to work on ITAR-controlled programs
Nice to have
Aerospace, space or defense manufacturing background
Confluence administration alongside Jira
Scrum Master or agile facilitation experience adapted for non-software teams
Facility relocation or production line move experience
Prior contract or independent consulting work, you land and add value fast
Interested – Click apply with an updated copy of your resume. I’ll come back to you within 48 hours. If you don’t hear back within 48 hours, please assume you haven’t been successful on this occasion.
Contract Business Development Consultant — Golden Dome
United States (Remote)
Open hourly rate
6-month contract – 20 hours per week +
Fully remote (US-based)
A space & defense company is hiring a Business Development Consultant to open the Golden Dome market through a 6-month engagement.
The infrastructure is built, the program is moving. What’s needed is a BD lead who has sold into missile defense or hypersonic test programs before, can build a pipeline without a long runway, and can carry it from first meeting to award on a fixed clock.
What you’ll be doing
Own the Golden Dome market as the sole business development consultant on the account.
Map the stakeholders, program offices, primes and budget lines behind Golden Dome hypersonic testing and test-vehicle launch, and turn that into a named target list within the first month.
Secure first meetings with program managers, contracting officers and prime-contractor capture leads, and qualify each opportunity against what the company can deliver on its current timeline.
Shape capture plans for test campaigns at the company’s site: vacuum, high-G, materials and wind-tunnel testing, and test-vehicle launch.
Draft responses to RFIs, BAAs and OTA proposals alongside the CEO and the engineering team, with the technical claims kept accurate.
Run a weekly pipeline review with the CEO: what moved, what stalled, what needs an engineering answer, what needs a decision.
Convert an initial test campaign into a multi-year test-services program of record.
What you’ll need
Business development or capture experience selling into the DoD, with awards you can name.
A live network across hypersonic test and missile-defense stakeholders: OSD, MDA, the Space Force, test ranges and the primes.
A working knowledge of DoD contracting mechanisms: BAAs, OTAs, SBIR/STTR, IDIQs, sole-source and cost-plus versus firm-fixed-price.
Experience selling test services, flight-test capacity or novel test infrastructure rather than standard components.
A record of opening a market from a standing start — first meeting to first award — rather than managing an inherited book.
Comfort representing engineering claims accurately to a technical customer without overstating them.
Judgement to qualify out early: this is a 20-hour-per-week engagement and the pipeline has to be real.
Interested – Click apply with an updated copy of your resume. I’ll come back to you within 48 hours. If you don’t hear back within 48 hours, please assume you haven’t been successful on this occasion.
We’re partnering with an established RF technology manufacturer as they make a significant investment into their commercial space business.
With decades of engineering expertise and technology already flown across hundreds of space payloads, the business is now building a dedicated NewSpace organisation to accelerate its presence within the commercial space market.
They’re looking for a Business Development Manager who combines strong technical credibility with a genuine hunter mentality. This is an opportunity to build new business rather than inherit and manage an existing book of accounts.
Key Responsibilities
Generate net-new pipeline across the commercial NewSpace market
Identify, prioritise and engage high-value target accounts
Open doors and develop relationships across engineering, program management and procurement teams
Lead customer discovery conversations, including technical requirements discussions
Translate customer requirements into commercial opportunities and proposals
Manage opportunities through the complete sales cycle from initial engagement to close
Develop strategic relationships and partnerships across the NewSpace ecosystem
Represent the business at customer meetings, trade shows and industry events
Act as the voice of the customer internally, working closely with engineering and product teams
Provide market intelligence to help influence future product development
Key Requirements
10+ years of experience within the space industry
Proven track record of generating and closing net-new business
Experience selling complex, engineered hardware into technical customers
Strong technical fluency across RF, communications or aerospace hardware
Ability to engage credibly with engineering-level stakeholders
Experience building pipeline from scratch rather than solely managing established accounts
Proactive, self-directed and comfortable owning commercial targets
U.S. Person status due to ITAR requirements
Willingness to travel domestically and internationally
This is an opportunity to join an established technology business at a pivotal point in its commercial space growth.
If you have a strong NewSpace network, understand technically complex hardware sales and have a track record of turning new conversations into revenue, we’d like to hear from you.
Fully remote, with occasional travel for hardware integrations
A space & defense company is hiring a Contract FPGA Consultant on a fractional basis to drive FPGA development through a focused two-month engagement. Real hardware, real deadlines and the flexibility of a 20-hour week for someone who can make those hours count.
The programme is moving and the team needs an FPGA specialist who can drop into an active design without a long runway, someone who has taken FPGAs from RTL through verification and onto hardware before, and who’s comfortable being the person the team turns to when the bench doesn’t match the simulation.
What you’ll be doing
Owning FPGA development through the engagement — architecture input, RTL design, simulation and verification
Writing and reviewing RTL (VHDL or Verilog/SystemVerilog) against defined requirements
Building and running testbenches to verify functionality before hardware
Closing timing, managing constraints and driving builds through synthesis and place & route
Supporting hardware bring-up and integration on site as needed — debugging at the board level when the FPGA meets the real world
Interfacing with electronics and systems engineers so the FPGA work lands cleanly in the wider design
Documenting the design and verification so it stands on its own after the engagement ends
What you’ll need
Proven FPGA design experience taken through to working hardware — not just simulation
Strong RTL skills in VHDL or Verilog/SystemVerilog
Verification experience — testbench development and simulation-driven debug
Timing closure, constraints and toolchain fluency (AMD/Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, Microchip Libero or equivalent)
Hands-on hardware bring-up and integration experience — comfortable with scopes, logic analysers and lab debug
Familiarity with common interfaces and protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, LVDS, high-speed serial)
Sound engineering judgment — balancing risk against requirements, cost and a fixed clock
Clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to work independently on fractional hours
Willingness to travel occasionally for hardware integration activities
Nice to have
Space, defense or other high-reliability domain experience
Radiation-tolerant device families and mitigation techniques (TMR, EDAC, scrubbing)
Embedded/SoC FPGA experience (Zynq, PolarFire SoC or similar)
Board-level design awareness — you can read a schematic and talk to the layout engineer
Prior contract or fractional consulting work — you land and add value fast
Interested? – Click apply with an updated copy of your CV. I’ll come back to you within 48 hours. If you don’t hear back within 48 hours, please assume you haven’t been successful on this occasion.
We're working with a fast-growing US defense technology company looking for a Head of Partnerships to own and scale relationships across the autonomous systems ecosystem.
This is a hands-on leadership position for someone who can identify the right partnerships, originate relationships and personally turn them into long-term, revenue-generating programs.
Key Responsibilties:
Build partnerships with emerging and established defense platform OEMs
Own relationships from initial engagement through pilot, integration and commercial growth
Develop opportunities across UAS, airborne systems and maritime platforms
Negotiate licensing, joint development and data-sharing agreements
Work closely with product and leadership on GTM strategy and market priorities
Build relationships across both industry and relevant government stakeholders
Represent the business at conferences, consortia and industry events
Key Requirements:
Proven experience across partnerships, BD or program management within defense, aerospace or autonomous systems
Strong network across defense OEMs, neoprimes and the wider UAS/autonomy ecosystem
Experience selling software or technology that integrates into another company's platform
Understanding of autonomy, navigation, avionics, AI/ML, control systems or adjacent technologies
Evidence of personally originating and growing complex partnerships
A genuine startup mentality, with pace, ownership and a willingness to get hands-on
US Secret clearance or eligibility to obtain one
This isn't a role for someone who wants to purely set strategy or simply close transactions. We're looking for someone who can determine where to focus, build the relationship and then make the partnership happen.
Contract Power Electronics Design Engineer — Spacecraft Payload Power
Open hourly rate
3-month contract – 30 hours per week
Fully remote (US-based)
A space & defense company is hiring a Contract Power Electronics Design Engineer to own a payload power design through a focused three-month push. Flight hardware for real missions, built to high-reliability standards, with the analysis rigour that goes with it.
The architecture is set, the program is moving. What’s needed is a design owner who has built spacecraft power boxes before, can pick up a live design without a long runway, and can carry it from schematic through layout and test on a fixed clock.
What you’ll be doing
Owning a payload power electronics design end to end — architecture, schematic capture, PCB layout direction and test
Designing a phase-shifted full bridge DC-DC converter above 1800W, including the magnetics
Transformer and inductor design — turns ratio, core and winding selection, thermal and loss budgets
Running SPICE simulation to close loop stability, transient response and efficiency ahead of hardware
Producing the high-reliability analyses: parts stress, worst case, derating and failure modes
Supporting board bring-up, functional test and verification, and troubleshooting when hardware misbehaves
Presenting the design and its margins at reviews, and writing it up so it stands on its own
What you’ll need
Proven spacecraft or space-qualified power electronics design experience.
Phase-shifted full bridge design experience at >1800W DC-DC
Transformer and magnetics design experience
Payload power architecture design
SPICE simulation and schematic capture through to PCB design (Altium or equivalent)
Strong analog and digital electronics fundamentals
Space hardware integration, test and verification knowledge
Sound engineering judgment — balancing risk and technology against requirements, cost and schedule
Exemplary written and oral communication, with a track record of presenting technical material
US-based and eligible to work on ITAR-controlled programs
Nice to have
High-reliability or Class A mission design standards, NASA, JPL, DoD or MDA programs
High-voltage, high-current work (100V+, 100A+), MPPTs, PDUs, batteries, motor controllers, solar arrays
Basic test-only firmware development
Energy balance modelling, power architecture trade studies and design review support
Prior contract or independent consulting work, you land and add value fast
Interested – Click apply with an updated copy of your CV. I’ll come back to you within 48 hours. If you don’t hear back within 48 hours, please assume you haven’t been successful on this occasion.
Location: Southern California – Hybrid / Remote considered Salary: $145,000–$175,000 Industry: Space & Defense
We're working with a fast-growing, well-funded space technology company expanding its US engineering team and developing next-generation radar satellite systems.
They're looking for an experienced Firmware/FPGA Engineer to take significant ownership of the FPGA architecture behind advanced SAR and radar payloads.
The Role
You'll work across FPGA, DSP, RF and embedded systems, helping evolve existing flight-proven firmware into a more modular, reusable architecture for future products.
You'll be responsible for:
FPGA/RTL development using VHDL/Verilog
High-performance signal processing in FPGA fabric
Radar signal generation, beamforming and processing pipelines
Xilinx RFSoC / UltraScale+ / Zynq development
PS–PL integration with ARM-based systems
High-speed interfaces and RF/ADC/DAC integration
Timing closure, verification and hardware bring-up
Helping define FPGA architecture, tooling and processes as the team grows
Strong understanding of high-speed interfaces and electrical schematics
Radar, SAR, EW, SDR or other high-performance signal-processing experience highly desirable
RFSoC experience is a major plus
Space/aerospace/defense experience preferred
This is a high-ownership role where you'll help shape the FPGA architecture for current and future spaceborne radar products, rather than simply maintain an established design.
A fast-growing, well-funded space company is hiring a senior BD Manager to own the commercial capture process end to end, from first customer conversation through qualification, pricing, and close. You'll work across engineering, mission architecture, and product teams to package integrated solutions, push deal velocity, and hit the company's commercial growth targets across remote sensing, commercial satcom, and next-gen orbital infrastructure.
This is a full-scope, hands-on seat, not a figurehead role. You'll be prospecting at one end and negotiating contracts at the other.
What you'll do
Own the full commercial capture cycle: discovery, lead gen, qualification, capture, close.
Run customer discovery and lead generation to open new opportunities.
Partner with Mission Engineering, Mission Architecture, and Product to build solutions customers actually want.
Manage the live pipeline and drive deal velocity through cross-functional collaboration.
Build qualification criteria and price-estimation frameworks for “standard” deals to cut friction from pursuit review to ROM pricing.
Deliver market sizing and customer discovery insight for “next generation” verticals.
See deals through closure and hand off cleanly from pre-sales into execution.
What you'll need
5+ years technical experience in aerospace (engineering, technical sales, or technical solutioning).
5+ years in direct BD and/or sales in a relevant field.
Full-lifecycle BD: lead gen, discovery, capture, and proposal management.
A track record selling complex space systems commercially — ideally full satellite constellations or comparable mission systems — with deals in the $10M+ range.
An existing customer network you can activate from day one (this isn't a start-from-zero seat).
Proven ability to manage complex external relationships across both pre-sales and execution.
Strong communication skills and comfort operating across every level of an organisation.
BS in a technical field, or a business degree backed by real technical experience.
US Person status (ITAR/EAR).
Nice to have
Startup or small-company BD experience; independent operators do well here.
Former engineers who've moved into sales are especially valued.
CRM and pipeline management in a fast, high-growth environment.
Direct experience selling satellites or mission systems, with remote sensing or satcom knowledge.
Master's in a technical or business field.
Active US clearance or eligibility.
Based near a recognised space hub (DC metro, Bay Area, Denver, El Segundo/LA) for in-person collaboration.
?Remote (U.S.) ? $150k–$200k Base + Significant Equity
We're partnering with an innovative early-stage technology company developing next-generation environmental intelligence software for national security and commercial space applications. They are seeking a Principal Ionospheric Physicist to lead the scientific development of a real-time ionospheric modeling and data assimilation platform, transforming cutting-edge research into operational capability.
This is a rare opportunity to join a founding-level team where you'll own the scientific direction of a flagship product, working directly alongside senior technical leadership to solve some of the most challenging problems in space weather, atmospheric physics, and real-time environmental intelligence.
What You'll Be Doing
Lead the development of real-time ionospheric reconstruction algorithms using tomographic and sequential data assimilation techniques.
Advance physics-based models that fuse multiple live data sources into accurate volumetric electron-density estimates.
Develop methods to distinguish natural ionospheric effects from system anomalies, interference, jamming, or other operational impacts.
Work closely with software engineers to transition research algorithms into scalable production software.
Define validation strategies, performance metrics, and scientific benchmarks for operational deployment.
Collaborate with customers and technical stakeholders to translate scientific capability into mission-focused solutions.
Produce technical reports, whitepapers, and presentations supporting customer engagements and product development.
What We're Looking For
Strong background in ionospheric physics, space physics, atmospheric physics, geophysics, or a closely related field.
Experience developing real-time tomographic reconstruction or volumetric electron-density estimation methods.
Expertise with Kalman filtering, sequential estimation, ensemble methods, or other data assimilation techniques.
Experience integrating heterogeneous observational datasets such as GNSS, radio occultation, ionosondes, radar, in-situ sensors, or similar.
Strong scientific computing skills (Python or similar numerical environments).
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both engineering teams and technical customers.
Proven ability to take scientific research through to operational or mission-ready implementation.
Nice to Have
PhD in a relevant scientific discipline.
Experience with RF propagation, GNSS, SATCOM, radar, or space weather impacts on communications and navigation.
Background in attribution analytics, anomaly detection, or environmental intelligence.
Experience deploying scientific or ML-driven products into operational environments.
Active U.S. Security Clearance or ability to obtain one.
Why Join?
Founding-level opportunity with significant technical ownership.
Meaningful equity alongside a competitive salary.
Direct influence over a flagship technology from research through operational deployment.
Small, highly technical team with rapid decision-making and direct customer engagement.
Opportunity to work on problems at the intersection of AI, space weather, atmospheric science, and national security.
Please note: U.S. Citizenship is required due to the nature of the work. Periodic travel to customer and partner sites may be required.
Principal Ionosospheric Physicist
?Remote (U.S.) ? $150k–$200k Base + Significant Equity
We're partnering with an innovative early-stage technology company developing next-generation environmental intelligence software for national security and commercial space applications. They are seeking a Principal Ionospheric Physicist to lead the scientific development of a real-time ionospheric modeling and data assimilation platform, transforming cutting-edge research into operational capability.
This is a rare opportunity to join a founding-level team where you'll own the scientific direction of a flagship product, working directly alongside senior technical leadership to solve some of the most challenging problems in space weather, atmospheric physics, and real-time environmental intelligence.
What You'll Be Doing
Lead the development of real-time ionospheric reconstruction algorithms using tomographic and sequential data assimilation techniques.
Advance physics-based models that fuse multiple live data sources into accurate volumetric electron-density estimates.
Develop methods to distinguish natural ionospheric effects from system anomalies, interference, jamming, or other operational impacts.
Work closely with software engineers to transition research algorithms into scalable production software.
Define validation strategies, performance metrics, and scientific benchmarks for operational deployment.
Collaborate with customers and technical stakeholders to translate scientific capability into mission-focused solutions.
Produce technical reports, whitepapers, and presentations supporting customer engagements and product development.
What We're Looking For
Strong background in ionospheric physics, space physics, atmospheric physics, geophysics, or a closely related field.
Experience developing real-time tomographic reconstruction or volumetric electron-density estimation methods.
Expertise with Kalman filtering, sequential estimation, ensemble methods, or other data assimilation techniques.
Experience integrating heterogeneous observational datasets such as GNSS, radio occultation, ionosondes, radar, in-situ sensors, or similar.
Strong scientific computing skills (Python or similar numerical environments).
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both engineering teams and technical customers.
Proven ability to take scientific research through to operational or mission-ready implementation.
Nice to Have
PhD in a relevant scientific discipline.
Experience with RF propagation, GNSS, SATCOM, radar, or space weather impacts on communications and navigation.
Background in attribution analytics, anomaly detection, or environmental intelligence.
Experience deploying scientific or ML-driven products into operational environments.
Active U.S. Security Clearance or ability to obtain one.
Why Join?
Founding-level opportunity with significant technical ownership.
Meaningful equity alongside a competitive salary.
Direct influence over a flagship technology from research through operational deployment.
Small, highly technical team with rapid decision-making and direct customer engagement.
Opportunity to work on problems at the intersection of AI, space weather, atmospheric science, and national security.
Please note: U.S. Citizenship is required due to the nature of the work. Periodic travel to customer and partner sites may be required.
An innovative space technology company is looking for a GNC Modeling & Simulation Engineer to support the development of next-generation spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control systems.
This role focuses on building high-fidelity spacecraft simulations, evaluating system performance, supporting hardware and software testing, and developing the simulation environment that underpins advanced spacecraft control systems.
You'll work alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop simulation models, analyse mission performance, support software integration, and contribute to cutting-edge spacecraft technologies used in commercial and government missions.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain high-fidelity 6-DOF spacecraft simulation models using MATLAB and Simulink.
Model spacecraft dynamics, environmental disturbances, sensors, and actuators.
Perform mission performance analysis for spacecraft pointing, attitude control, rendezvous and proximity operations, and other mission scenarios.
Support Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) and Model-in-the-Loop (MIL) testing activities.
Analyse simulation results, identify performance limitations, and recommend improvements.
Develop automation tools for Monte Carlo analysis, batch simulations, and post-processing.
Collaborate closely with GNC, software, electrical, and mechanical engineering teams throughout development.
Produce technical documentation and customer-facing analysis reports.
Support proposal work and customer studies through rapid modelling and performance analysis.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
2-5+ years of professional engineering experience in simulation or controls.
Strong MATLAB and Simulink experience, including developing complex simulation models.
Experience building or modifying 6-DOF vehicle simulations.
Strong understanding of rigid-body dynamics and attitude representations, including quaternions, rotation matrices, and Euler angles.
Experience scripting simulation workflows using MATLAB, Python, or similar languages.
Strong analytical and technical communication skills.
US Citizen or Permanent Resident (ITAR/EAR requirements).
Preferred Qualifications
Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) experience.
Experience with spacecraft, launch vehicles, robotics, autonomous systems, aircraft, or other dynamic vehicle simulation.
Experience with attitude estimation techniques such as Kalman Filters, MEKF, or complementary filters.
Familiarity with C/C++ generated from Simulink models.
Experience with SIL/MIL test environments.
Knowledge of modern control theory including LQR, MPC, or robust control methods.
Experience with mission analysis tools such as STK, GMAT, or FreeFlyer.
Previous experience supporting commercial space, defence, or government-funded programmes.
What You'll Receive
Competitive base salary.
Equity opportunity.
Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage.
401(k) with employer contribution.
Paid vacation and holidays.
Flexible working arrangements.
Relocation assistance for qualified candidates.
Opportunity to work on advanced spacecraft technologies supporting commercial and national security missions.
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