# Principal Engineering Manager, Off-Planet Robotic Systems

Job Description ICON is seeking a Principal Engineering Manager, Off-Planet Robotic Systems to lead the robotics function for our advanced off-planet construction and site preparation platform. Reporting to the Director, Off-Planet Systems, you will own the strategic direction, technical execution, and continuous improvement of all robotic system design across laboratory, ground support equipment, and flight-critical hardware domains. This role combines full functional authority over robotic systems engineering strategy with hands-on technical leadership and accountability for mission success. Role Scope & Authority As Director, you will: Own the robotics system function for the off-planet program, setting technical standards, design philosophy, and integration strategy across all disciplines. Direct and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team spanning mechanical, robotics, and embedded software engineering along with thermal and structural analysis and design-building capability, mentoring career progression, and establishing performance expectations aligned with company OKRs. Make final design decisions on all robotic systems-laboratory prototypes, ground support equipment

- **Id**: 4045509
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/icon-principal-engineering-manager-off-planet-robotic-systems>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Austin, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T22:55:55Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T20:44:26Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7670
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: 3D Printers & Additive Manufacturing, Construction

## Company

- **Id**: 176536
- **Name**: ICON
- **Domain**: iconbuild.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/icon-4>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 40
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.175
- **Repost share**: 0.025
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 76
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Abaqus** — Optional: yes
- **ANSYS** — Optional: yes
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T23:44:50Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 76
- **Reasons**: conf:4, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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