Slingshot Aerospace

Slingshot Aerospace

Vice President, System Architecture and Mission Assurance

Remote, United States · Exec · Full-time

No sponsorship$225k-$315kDetected 63 days ago
Machine LearningData EngineeringCybersecurityBusiness DevelopmentMIL-STDDO-178DO-254Systems EngineeringMechanical DesignAerospace EngineeringElectrical EngineeringLeadership

About the role

  • Our work directly impacts global security, disaster response, climate monitoring, and the critical infrastructure that connects our world.
  • We're a team of builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who believe that the next generation of space operations will be powered by better data and smarter software.
  • We move fast, we're not afraid to fail, and we believe the best ideas can come from anywhere-whether you're in engineering, sales, product, or operations.

Responsibilities

  • Slingshot Aerospace delivers operational intelligence and autonomy for the space domain.
  • Through Space Operations Intelligence & Autonomy (SOIA), Slingshot integrates sensing, data fusion, analytics, AI-driven decision support, and mission workflows to help government, defense, civil, and commercial operators understand activity in space and take action with speed and confidence.
  • Building on Slingshot's existing technical and operational foundations, this leader will mature the architecture and evidence-based engineering practices that keep Slingshot's platforms reliable, secure, interoperable, auditable, and ready for expanded operational use in high-consequence environments.
  • As Slingshot expands AI-enabled space operations, maneuver decision support, anomaly detection, coordination workflows, and autonomous mission capabilities, the Vice President of Systems Architecture & Mission Assurance will help ensure
  • Partner with product and engineering leaders to align architecture roadmaps with customer mission needs, contract deliverables, platform scalability, and long-term product strategy.
  • Strengthen, scale, and lead Slingshot's mission assurance function for software-intensive and hardware-enabled space operations capabilities.
  • Lead independent technical assessment of high-consequence features, including autonomous decision support, conjunction assessment, anomaly detection, maneuver planning, and mission workflow automation.
  • AI/ML Assurance, Autonomy, and Decision Support

Compensation

  • $225,000-$315,000
  • Classification: Full time Exempt (learned professional exemption)
  • US-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following U.S. states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV We are unable to consider candidates residing in other U.S. states at this time.
  • Internationally-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following locations: United Kingdom.
  • We are unable to consider candidates residing in other countries at this time.

Company info

  • we are currently only able to hire residents of the following U.S. states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV We are unable to consider candidates residing in other U.S. states at this time.
  • At Slingshot Aerospace, we're on a mission to make space safer and more secure for everyone.
  • We are seeking a Vice President of Systems Architecture & Mission Assurance to strengthen and scale the systems architecture, assurance strategy, and technical governance that support Slingshot's mission-critical software, AI/ML, data, sensor, and autonomy capabilities.
  • This is a senior technical executive role for a systems thinker who can align product, engineering, AI/ML, security, program execution, and customer mission needs.
  • Slingshot's customers already rely on the company for intelligence, decision support, and operational insight in complex space environments.

Equal opportunity

  • We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with d

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Secret Security Clearance or higher required
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