Axiom Space

Axiom Space

Director, Electrical Engineering

Houston · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 11 days ago
AvionicsAerospace EngineeringElectrical EngineeringPower ElectronicsLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoringOrganizational Skills

About the role

  • The role is accountable for scaling electrical engineering capabilities across multiple spacecraft and space‑infrastructure programs, optimizing resources, and driving organizational knowledge sharing.
  • This position blends strategic leadership with hands‑on technical insight to advance a world‑class electrical engineering organization capable of supporting a complex, multi‑mission portfolio.
  • Set the strategic vision for the Electrical Engineering Center of Excellence aligned with company and program objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop the Electrical Engineering organization, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and high performance.
  • Build and mentor a strong leadership bench, ensuring effective coaching, career development, and succession planning.
  • Champion engineering governance, design assurance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Provide technical oversight and decision authority for complex electrical designs, avionics architectures, power systems, communications, and integrated spacecraft electronics.
  • Drive cross‑program coordination to optimize resources, scalability, and organizational efficiency.
  • Support program leadership in risk management, design reviews, anomaly resolution, and mission readiness milestones.
  • Collaborate with NASA centers, commercial clients, industry partners, and internal stakeholders to deliver mission‑critical electrical and avionics solutions.
  • Oversee the full electrical engineering lifecycle, including requirements, architecture, design, analysis, integration, verification, validation, and certification.

Requirements

  • Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation
  • Must be willing to work evenings and weekends as needed to meet critical project milestones
  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
  • The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Education & Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline required.
  • Master's degree or Ph.D. in an engineering field preferred, particularly with aerospace or human‑spaceflight relevance.
  • 10+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience within aerospace, spacecraft, or human‑rated systems.
  • 8+ years of engineering leadership experience, including managing managers and large multidisciplinary teams.
  • Demonstrated success leading engineering organizations in complex, fast‑paced, mission‑driven environments.
  • Proven ability to develop and implement engineering standards, processes, and governance frameworks.
  • Extensive experience working with NASA programs, standards, and human‑rated system requirements.
  • Direct involvement in full lifecycle development of electrical flight hardware-from concept through certification and mission readiness.

Skills

  • Passion for space and the mission
  • Entrepreneurial, growth mindset
  • Tech-solutioning in using systems and tools to move smarter and faster
  • Core Competencies:
  • Embody our core values of leadership, innovation, and teamwork.
  • Accountability
  • Technical Rigor
  • Execution Discipline
  • Pride of Delivery
  • Identify emerging technologies, capability gaps, and strategic investments to advance long‑term technical excellence.

Benefits

  • Axiom Space is guided by the vision to build era-defining space infrastructure that drives exploration and fuels a vibrant space economy for the benefit of every human everywhere.

Company info

  • driven team is seeking a bold and dynamic Director Electrical Engineering who is fueled by high accountability, execution horsepower, and driven to understand our world, science/technology, and life itself, for the benefit of all on Earth and beyond.
  • We are the pioneers of commercial space, leading the transformation of low-Earth orbit into a global space marketplace.

Equal opportunity

  • Axiom Space is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Citizenship or US Permanent Residency is a requirement for this position
Apply directly at Axiom Space →Create a free account for alerts like thisView Axiom Space immigration profile

This listing is sourced directly from Axiom Space's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.