True Anomaly
Chief Engineer, Space Vehicle
$160K–$355K
Denver, CO · Full-time · Posted Mar 9, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years of full lifecycle experience, including leading a vehicle through design, test, and verification.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD TS/SCI or TS/SAP U.S. government security clearance. For ITAR export compliance, must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Leads technical execution of a next-generation space vehicle program, owning its technical baseline and guiding engineering from design through testing, verification, and mission operations.
What you'll do
- Own the program’s technical baseline and budgets; support scope, cost, and schedule decisions.
- Lead requirements definition, system architecture and trade studies, design reviews, integration, testing, and risk mitigation.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and support mission operations during testing and execution.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of full lifecycle experience, including leading a vehicle through design, test, and verification.
- Technical leadership and systems architecture experience, including design, analysis, and verification on a major aerospace program.
- Systems engineering background across mechanical, electrical, and software domains, including requirements, verification, trade studies, interface control, and failure analysis.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related field; U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD TS/SCI or TS/SAP U.S. government security clearance.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering; expertise with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
- Active TS/SCI clearance; experience in defense or classified space missions.
Pay
$160,000-$355,000 USD base salary
Tools
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
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