Senior Manager, Bus Mechanical Engineering

What you'll do

• Lead a manager-of-managers organization covering structures, avionics mechanical, harnessing, launch support, and vehicle design.
• Own the mechanical architecture, integration strategy, and cross-vertical trade decisions for the satellite bus.
• Serve as the primary mechanical authority and interface for electrical, thermal, manufacturing, and production teams.
• Ensure mechanical designs scale effectively into qualification and high-rate production with consistent quality control.
• Manage mechanical readiness across development, production, integration, transport, and launch operations.
• Resolve complex technical and organizational tradeoffs regarding vehicle configuration, cost, schedule, and mission risk.
• Establish integration standards, escalation paths, and decision frameworks to reduce late-stage project risks.
• Drive headcount planning, skill mix, and long-range staffing strategies across multiple engineering job families.

What we're looking for

• Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or an equivalent field.
• 10+ years of new hardware products development experience.
• 5+ years of people management experience managing engineers.
• Demonstrated experience owning mechanical system integration across multiple subsystems including structures, avionics packaging, and harnessing.
• Proven track record of leading hardware through full lifecycle phases including design, qualification, production, and operational readiness.
• Experience making high-judgment technical and organizational decisions regarding cost, schedule, and mission risk.
• Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates.