Jobs at CesiumAstro

Leads the business capture function and strategic aerospace and defense pursuits. Establishes capture priorities, evaluates opportunities, develops competitive positioning and customer engagement strategies, manages pursuit resources and budgets, and improves win probability. Partners with business development, engineering, contracts, finance, program management, marketing, and executive leadership. Directs capture personnel, processes, technologies, and performance while guiding major U.S. Government and aerospace opportunities toward contract awards.

Develop and integrate embedded Linux software, device drivers, libraries, kernels, bootloaders, and Yocto-based distributions. Support the full software lifecycle, including architecture, implementation, testing, qualification, deployment, and in-orbit support. Collaborate with hardware, systems, FPGA, and firmware engineers on embedded platforms, system bring-up, and integration. Participate in design reviews and technical documentation.

Provides administrative support through calendar and meeting coordination, travel and expense assistance, recordkeeping, document management, office supply and mail coordination, visitor logistics, onboarding support, and routine communication with employees, vendors, and visitors. The role also supports office processes, facility requests, business documentation, and continuous improvement of administrative workflows.

Leads supplier governance, including Approved Supplier List management, qualification, onboarding, due diligence, compliance, risk assessment, performance management, corrective actions, and supplier lifecycle decisions. Partners cross-functionally to improve supplier reliability, supply continuity, data integrity, ERP workflows, reporting, and governance controls. Manages supplier operations personnel, resources, priorities, and professional development while communicating risks and recommendations to leadership.

Designs and develops board-level RF electronics and phased-array communication hardware for aerospace and space platforms. Responsibilities span requirements, schematic design, PCB layout, simulation, component selection, manufacturing, testing, qualification, troubleshooting, and in-orbit support. The role includes presenting design reviews, supporting proposals, and collaborating cross-functionally on RF front-ends, converters, filters, beamformers, and antennas.

Manage supplier qualification, Approved Supplier List governance, due diligence, compliance, risk assessment, performance monitoring, and operational reporting. Analyze supplier, procurement, inventory, and operational data to identify risks and improvement opportunities. Develop supplier scorecards, dashboards, governance workflows, onboarding processes, and corrective-action tracking. Partner cross-functionally with sourcing, quality, engineering, compliance, manufacturing, operations, and enterprise systems teams to improve supplier reliability, continuity, data accuracy, and supply chain effectiveness.

Leads the Solutions and Conceptual Design organization, overseeing communication systems architects who develop end-to-end technical solutions for satellite, UAV, launch vehicle, and airborne platform opportunities. Partners with customers, Business Development, Product, and Engineering to define architectures, requirements, trades, proposals, technical strategies, and execution plans. Establishes architecture standards, drives product and technology strategy, manages technical risk, and ensures successful transition from customer pursuit to program execution while mentoring senior technical leaders.

Administer export licenses, agreements, classifications, restricted-party screenings, foreign-person reviews, technology controls, and compliance documentation under ITAR, EAR, and OFAC. Investigate regulatory issues, support audits and training, advise cross-functional teams, and improve export compliance processes and internal controls. The role also requires knowledge of import compliance, customs documentation, HTS classifications, and related trade systems.

Develop and lead flight software for satellite mission systems, including spacecraft subsystem monitoring, control, simulation, testing, validation, and in-orbit support. Responsibilities include software architecture, coding, code review, hardware integration, reliability engineering, fault detection and recovery, configuration management, and performance optimization. The role also mentors engineers and supports mission software across satellites, ground stations, and operations centers.

Performs trade compliance activities involving export licensing, regulatory classification, technology transfers, restricted-party screening, and compliance documentation for aerospace and defense products. Reviews ITAR, EAR, OFAC, USML, and ECCN requirements; evaluates international shipments and foreign-person access; maintains authorizations and records; prepares reports and regulatory submissions; supports audits, investigations, training, and corrective actions. Coordinates with engineering, supply chain, legal, contracts, manufacturing, HR, security, and program management to resolve routine compliance issues.

Build candidate pipelines and execute full-cycle recruiting for aerospace, engineering, manufacturing, support, and executive roles. Partner with hiring managers to understand technical requirements, source and assess candidates, manage requisitions, coordinate interviews, recommend candidates, negotiate offers, and develop creative sourcing campaigns and recruiting strategies in a fast-paced startup environment.

Leads pre-contract program formation for satellite and airborne communication products, translating customer needs and solution architectures into executable scope, requirements, cost, schedule, staffing, risk, supplier, and resource baselines. Coordinates Product, Engineering, Finance, Contracts, Supply Chain, Business Development, and program teams through proposal development, contract definitization, transition to execution, and early milestones. Supports product reuse and roadmap decisions while ensuring technical, contractual, cost, and schedule commitments are achievable.

Leads the Applications Engineering organization and serves as the primary technical interface for customers integrating, deploying, and operating complex communication products. Owns customer feedback, product adoption, integration support, documentation, technical enablement, and product roadmap input. Partners across Product, Engineering, Business Development, and program teams to resolve technical challenges, develop scalable application solutions, and improve products based on customer experience.

Manages subcontract personnel and end-to-end subcontract execution across programs, including sourcing, negotiations, awards, modifications, supplier performance, risk management, compliance, and closeout. Leads team priorities, resource allocation, coaching, and performance management. Partners with program management, procurement, engineering, finance, legal, and suppliers to resolve complex commercial issues, control costs and schedules, improve supplier performance, and ensure compliance with FAR/DFARS and contractual requirements.

Designs, analyzes, and implements RF engineering test plans, procedures, architectures, and automation for satellite and aerospace communication systems. Performs RF measurements, manages laboratory equipment, analyzes results, supports design-for-test reviews, and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams. Presents findings to customers and executives, contributes to proposals, and guides equipment purchasing decisions.

Leads strategic sourcing across categories and commodities, including supplier selection, negotiations, long-term agreements, make-or-buy analysis, and supply-risk mitigation. Establishes sourcing priorities, develops teams, evaluates supplier economics and capacity, and builds strategies supporting cost competitiveness, supply continuity, and business growth. Partners with procurement, engineering, finance, program management, supplier quality, and executive leadership while advancing sourcing governance, analytics, systems, and continuous improvement.

Lead mission assurance and quality activities for aerospace communication systems. Ensure customer requirements are implemented across design, manufacturing, integration, and testing; manage deliverables, supplier flow-down, audits, risks, nonconformances, and corrective actions. Participate in design and failure review boards, develop and tailor quality processes, and train cross-functional teams on mission assurance requirements and procedures.

Designs, analyzes, verifies, and delivers satellite Command and Data Handling electrical subsystems. Responsibilities include subsystem architecture, interfaces, make-buy trades, vendor coordination, design verification and qualification testing, hardware delivery, cross-functional collaboration, technical communications, and on-orbit support. The role requires spacecraft electrical system design experience, hands-on electronics debugging, knowledge of processors, digital I/O, power, grounding, telemetry, and flight software controls, plus familiarity with environmental and radiation testing.

Develop product positioning, value propositions, competitive messaging, and go-to-market communications for technical aerospace and satellite products. Translate complex engineering capabilities into clear customer-facing content, coordinate product launches, support sales enablement, analyze markets and competitors, and collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, Business Development, and Marketing. Evaluate content and launch performance while recommending improvements to commercialization strategies and marketing processes.

Leads complex FPGA engineering operations initiatives, including project planning, scheduling, resource coordination, workflow development, process improvement, tool integration, risk mitigation, and cross-functional execution. Partners with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, program management, and operations teams to improve engineering effectiveness, schedule performance, documentation, training, and adoption of repeatable processes.