Senior Space Chief Engineer

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Space Chief Engineer within our Space Engineering Directorate. This position reports to the Director of Space Engineering and serves as a senior technical leader for space vehicle and mission design in support of business development and capture activities. The Technical Director does not have direct reports but exercises technical leadership through deep subject matter expertise, mentoring, and advising engineering staff across multiple programs.

The Technical Director is responsible for shaping and communicating the technical approach for new and emerging space missions, partnering closely with Strategic Development, Program Management, and Engineering. This includes leading the development of mission and vehicle architectures, guiding design best practices, and contributing to high quality technical and proposal content (e.g., technical volumes, design reference missions, CONOPS, and MBSE products).

This position is located in Englewood, CO.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serve as the senior technical authority for space vehicle design and mission architecture in support of captures, proposals, and program reviews.
• Lead and participate in customer facing technical engagements (industry days, technical interchange meetings, proposal orals, and working groups) to represent GA’s space vehicle design capabilities and concepts.
• Lead recurring multi discipline design reviews and working sessions to develop and converge space vehicle and mission architectures, including cross architecture trade studies and common, interoperable design approaches across multiple mission areas.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to systems, mechanical, electrical, GNC, and mission design engineers on best practices in space vehicle design, integration, and test.
• Define and guide satellite bus and payload design approaches, including autonomy and fault management concepts, requirements development and verification strategies, functional and environmental test strategies, and on orbit operations concepts.
• Lead or oversee feasibility studies, trade studies, and concept exploration for new missions, including performance, cost, schedule, and risk trades.
• Partner with capture and proposal teams to develop technical and cost proposal content, including technical volumes, basis of estimate inputs, risk and opportunity assessments, and prototyping or demonstration plans.
• Ensure alignment of technical approaches with programmatic considerations and provide technical input to planning, programming, budgeting, and execution activities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external mission partners across Commercial, Civil, and DoD communities, and help identify and shape strategic partnerships.

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.