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We design, test and validate, then license production to qualified manufacturers and allied nations so they can build sovereign capacity. We call it Defense as a Service: tight hardware and software integration, fast iteration, and systems that keep improving after they’re fielded.\nOur portfolio spans SCEPTRE, a ramjet-powered 155mm artillery round; INVICTUS, a ramjet strike missile; VAULT, a containerized launch system for ground, maritime and air platforms; and GRAIL, our AI platform connecting buyers, OEMs, suppliers and capital across the defense industrial base. Headquartered in Newport Beach, California.\nLocation\nBased in Newport Beach, California, working closely with engineering leadership, development teams and manufacturing partners. Expect regular on-site collaboration and travel to company facilities, suppliers, customer locations and test ranges as program needs require.\nPosition Overview\nWe’re looking for a Chief Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority for assigned Tiberius programs and lead complex aerospace and defense systems from requirements and architecture through development, integration, qualification and production transition.\nCandidates must bring a technical background in missile or missile-defense development, with experience integrating complex flight hardware and leading multidisciplinary engineering efforts. We’re looking for someone who understands the engineering rigor, operational environments and verification demands of these programs and can apply that experience across Tiberius’s product portfolio.\nYou’ll connect the work across aerodynamics, propulsion, mechanical design, structural and thermal analysis, electrical hardware, embedded software, guidance, navigation and control, manufacturing and test. Your responsibility is to ensure these disciplines deliver an integrated system that meets its requirements-not simply a collection of individually successful components.\nThis is a hands-on technical leadership role. You’ll make and document engineering decisions, challenge assumptions, resolve cross-disciplinary issues and establish the evidence needed to move programs forward. Working alongside program leadership, you’ll balance performance, reliability, manufacturability, cost and schedule without compromising safety or technical integrity.\nDecision rights: You own the technical baseline and engineering recommendations for assigned programs within delegated authority, including architecture, interfaces, technical trade-offs and verification strategy. Program management owns integrated program execution and commercial commitments. Safety approvals, contractual changes and commitments outside delegated authority remain subject to the appropriate company and customer approval processes.\nWhat You’ll Do\nEstablish and maintain technical direction across assigned aerospace and defense programs.\nApply missile and missile-defense engineering experience to system architecture, integration and technical decision-making.\nTranslate customer and mission needs into achievable system requirements.\nLead multidisciplinary engineering decisions and resolve integration issues.\nOwn technical risk identification, mitigation and communication.\nLead design reviews and establish clear readiness criteria for major development milestones.\nEnsure analysis, simulation and test provide credible evidence of system performance.\nPartner with program management to align engineering scope, resources and execution plans.\nDrive engineering readiness for manufacturing and transfer to qualified production partners.\nSupport production and field issues through disciplined root-cause investigation and corrective action.\nDevelop engineering leaders and strengthen technical practices as Tiberius grows.\nCore Responsibilities\nTechnical Architecture and Systems Engineering\nDefine system architectures, subsystem boundaries and interface requirements.\nEstablish traceable requirements with clear verification methods and acceptance criteria.\nLead trade studies balancing performance, mass, power, thermal demands, reliability, cost and production constraints.\nApply lessons from missile or missile-defense programs to requirements development, interface management and risk reduction.\nIdentify dependencies across disciplines and resolve conflicting requirements early.\nMaintain visibility into technical budgets, assumptions and design margins.\nEnsure changes are evaluated for system-level consequences before implementation.\nMultidisciplinary Engineering Leadership\nCoordinate technical work across propulsion, aerodynamics, structures, thermal, mechanical, electrical, software and flight controls teams.\nApply sufficient technical depth to challenge methods and results while drawing on specialists where needed.\nResolve disagreements through documented engineering evidence and clear decision-making.\nReview analysis assumptions, model limitations and validation plans.\nEnsure subsystem analyses and simulations use consistent configurations and interface definitions.\nEnsure design teams account for assembly, inspection, maintenance and manufacturing requirements.\nEstablish clear ownership for technical deliverables and interfaces.\nEngineering Execution and Program Partnership\nWork with program leadership to define engineering work packages, milestones and resource needs.\nAssess technical feasibility and readiness before committing to program objectives.\nIdentify schedule-driving technical risks and establish practical mitigation plans.\nCoordinate internal teams, contractors and external engineering partners.\nCommunicate technical status, decisions and unresolved issues clearly to leadership and customers.\nRecommend changes in scope or sequencing when evidence shows the current plan is not credible.\nIntegration, Verification and Test\nEstablish verification and validation strategies tied to system requirements.\nLead technical readiness assessments for integration, ground testing and flight testing, as applicable.\nApply experience from missile or missile-defense qualification programs to test planning and readiness decisions.\nEnsure test plans address critical risks, measurable acceptance criteria and configuration traceability.\nReview discrepancies between analysis and test and direct appropriate investigation.\nEnsure failures produce documented root causes, corrective actions and verification of effectiveness.\nConfirm that readiness recommendations reflect the actual evidence and remaining uncertainty.\nSafety, Reliability and Technical Risk\nIntegrate safety and reliability considerations throughout development.\nEnsure hazards and failure modes are identified, reviewed and tracked with appropriate specialists.\nMaintain a technical risk register with owners, mitigation actions and closure criteria.\nEscalate conditions that could affect personnel safety, system integrity or operational performance.\nChallenge unsupported assumptions and prevent unresolved technical issues from being obscured by schedule pressure.\nCoordinate with quality, safety, security and compliance personnel on applicable requirements.\nManufacturing Readiness and Production Transfer\nIncorporate repeatable manufacturing, assembly, inspection and acceptance testing into development.\nLead engineering preparation for manufacturing readiness reviews.\nEnsure drawings, specifications, bills of materials and interface documentation support a controlled production baseline.\nWork with manufacturing partners to resolve process limitations and supplier risks.\nSupport the transfer of technical data and engineering knowledge to licensed production partners.\nEvaluate proposed production changes for their effects on performance, reliability and qualification status.\nConfiguration, Reviews and Engineering Standards\nEstablish practical standards for analysis documentation, technical reviews and design release.\nMaintain configuration discipline across hardware, software, models and test articles.\nChair major technical reviews and track actions through closure.\nEnsure engineering changes include appropriate impact assessments and approvals.\nBuild reusable methods and lessons learned without creating unnecessary process burden.\nTechnical Leadership and Team Development\nMentor senior engineers, technical leads and emerging engineering leaders.\nHelp identify capability gaps and support engineering hiring.\nSet expectations for technical ownership, review quality and communication.\nFoster a culture where engineers surface concerns early and challenge results constructively.\nRepresent Tiberius in technical discussions with customers, suppliers and partners.\nCoordinate with security and export-compliance teams on appropriate handling and transfer of technical information.\nWhat You’ll Bring\nBachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering required.\n10+ years of progressive aerospace or defense engineering experience, including substantial senior technical leadership.\nA technical background in missile or missile-defense programs, with direct responsibility for complex hardware development, subsystem integration or system-level engineering.\nDemonstrated experience serving as a chief engineer, technical authority, lead systems engineer or comparable senior technical leader.\nA record of taking complex hardware through development, integration and test, with experience supporting qualification or production transition.\nTechnical depth in at least one major engineering discipline and the breadth to make informed 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