Chief Engineer, Space
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Level
VP / Executive
Department
Defense
Type
Salary
$254,000 - $336,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2026-05-17
Responsibilities
- Provide technical expertise across multiple spacecraft subsystems and ground systems.
- Leverage strategic partnerships for building new products to meet customer requirements.
- Refine and advance the Anduril Space Based Interceptor strategy for customer engagements.
- Contribute technical inputs to proposals, including engineering execution plans.
- Oversee a multi-disciplinary team of engineers through all phases of program execution.
- Perform mission and system level trade studies to balance risk, cost, and performance.
- Ensure technical oversight of program execution from proposals to delivery of flight units for launch.
Job Requirements
- Experience in developing defense/IC satellite and space hardware and software systems.
- Knowledge of high dV spacecraft and dynamic space operations.
- Understanding of current USSF and IC space systems and mission areas.
- Ability to decompose complex systems into executable requirements.
- Familiarity with spacecraft standards for qualification and acceptance testing.
- Experience with US government space mission areas and associated CONOPS.
- Strong technical communication skills for delivering briefings to leadership and customers.
