About the Position:

Our client, a space robotics company is seeking a highly skilled spacecraft engineer to join their Lunar Surface Systems (LSS) team. The company is dedicated to making space accessible to the world and is pioneering affordable planetary access that promises to spark a new era of exploration, science, tourism, resource utilization, and mining. As part of the LSS team, you will have the opportunity to be a part of creating history as we define the benchmark for commercial delivery of payloads on the Moon and beyond.

Qualifications:

• B.S. in Engineering or related technical field plus 10 years of relevant engineering experience (at least 5 years in a leadership role). Relevant advanced degree will be considered in lieu of equivalent experience

• Recognized technical expert in the overall design, development, and testing of spacecraft and related technologies

• Demonstrated experience as the technical lead implementing the full life cycle of spacecraft design, development, manufacturing, testing, and operations

• Demonstrated experience designing, integrating and testing spacecraft subsystems

Requirements:

• Identify and prioritize key activities and opportunities within the LSS roadmap and create capture and development strategies in partnership with the Director of LSS

• Act as the principal investigator for new R&D initiatives, overseeing the overall quality and technical direction of the project, establishing, and monitoring project success criteria, and operating as an expert on all facets of the project technical scope

• Work closely with project managers, product managers, and systems engineers to define requirements and specifications of the systems based on market demands, define project budgets, and present technology alignment with the LSS roadmap to Astrobotic leadership

• Advise on system concept development, system architecture development, system and subsystem requirements development, systems analysis, and trade studies, and systems modeling and simulation

• Coordinate cross-functional teams and lead cross-functional team meetings to ensure engineering solutions comply with mission and business needs

• Support multiple mission spacecraft architectures, ensuring that designs stay within the scope and vision of the overall department

• Participate in internal and vendor milestone reviews and provide feedback as to engineering solution adequacy for overall mission and business needs

• Refine overall team processes and engineering standards according to department and business needs

• Liaise with Chief Engineers in adjacent technical departments to align LSS roadmap with the company roadmap and parallelize complementary efforts.

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of history and shape the future of space exploration. Join our client and be a part of creating the future of space technology.