Outpost
VP Vehicle Engineering
Los Angeles, California · Vp
Sponsorship not specified$275k-$325kDetected 8 days ago
CybersecurityAvionics
About the role
- Reporting to the CTO, you will work side by side with our VP of Engineering, Product, VP of Engineering, Production and VP of Engineering, Software.
- This is a rare opportunity to take real ownership at a company with strong momentum.
Responsibilities
- Hire, develop, and manage engineering leaders across all vehicle disciplines
- Own architecture implementation, interface control, and performance envelopes
- enforce design standards, margin policy, and flight readiness criteria
- Own Material Review Board / Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System rigor, oversight of test planning and execution.
- Own make/buy and supplier strategy across propulsion, avionics, TPS, and recovery subsystems.
- Hire, develop, and manage engineering leaders across all vehicle disciplines; set the standard for technical excellence, ownership, and pace.
- Own architecture implementation, interface control, and performance envelopes; enforce design standards, margin policy, and flight readiness criteria; chair PDR, CDR, TRR, and CoFR reviews.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or higher in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering.
- 10+ year's experience, spanning the full life cycle of space vehicle and spacecraft development.
- Experience bridging R&D and manufacturing (DFM, travelers, acceptance criteria, LRIP).
- Active U.S. Government Security Clearance ( n ot required, but beneficial )
- Demonstrated operational technical authority on a complete vehicle program from architecture through flight and anomaly resolution.
- Track record building and scaling multi-disciplinary engineering orgs of 50+ through Directors and Principal ICs.
- Deep system-level fluency across mass, power, GNC, structural loads, and thermal environments.
- Reentry vehicles, hypersonics, precision aerial delivery, or autonomous recovery systems.
- FAR/DFARS, OTA, or NASA safety and mission assurance fluency.
- Venture-backed or rapid-growth aerospace experience.
- Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive compensation: $275,000 - $325,000
- (commensurate with experience).
Nice to have
- Preferred Experience
Compensation
- $275,000 - $325,000; (commensurate with experience).
- Annual performance-based bonuses that reward your impact.
Company info
- Represent vehicle engineering to the CEO, Board, customers, and government stakeholders
- Represent vehicle engineering to the CEO, Board, customers, and government stakeholders; align execution with Programs, BD, and Operations.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Government Security Clearance ( n ot required, but beneficial )
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