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Serve as the strategic People Business Partner for Engineering leaders, advising on organizational design, talent planning, performance, employee relations, compensation, workforce strategy, and leadership development. Manage people programs, analyze engagement and workforce data, support change initiatives, and build development pathways for non-technical teams. The role requires independent judgment, strong credibility with operational leaders, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a high-growth aerospace and defense environment.

Partners with Finance, Legal, Business Development, and Mission Readiness leaders on organizational design, talent planning, performance management, employee relations, compensation, workforce strategy, and leadership development. Analyzes people data, supports change initiatives, develops career pathways, manages employee relations cases, and reinforces company culture across lean, high-growth teams.

Own and build the manufacturing finance function for spacecraft and payload production. Responsibilities include forecasting, cost structure development, overhead rates, capital planning, procurement governance, production cost tracking, supply chain partnership, pricing support, build-versus-buy analysis, and capacity planning. The role begins as an individual contributor and will grow into team leadership while partnering with manufacturing, operations, FP&A, program finance, and accounting.

Supports the employee lifecycle through onboarding, offboarding, HRIS administration, benefits and leave inquiries, employee communications, policy maintenance, and multi-state employment compliance. Conducts HRIS, payroll, and benefits data reviews, reconciles discrepancies, supports audits, and improves People Operations processes. Serves as a key contact for employee questions while handling confidential information and coordinating with People, Legal, and Finance stakeholders.

Owns the internal communications strategy, channels, editorial calendar, and operating rhythm for a growing aerospace and defense company. Advises executives, writes leadership communications, produces all-hands events, leads change communications, manages intranet and collaboration platforms, and builds culture across locations. Partners with People, Marketing, Security, Legal, and Program teams while ensuring ITAR and information-handling compliance. Measures engagement, develops communication standards, and uses AI tools responsibly to improve content quality and scale.

Performs aerospace hardware quality assurance for spacecraft production, including inspections, defect analysis, corrective actions, supplier engagement, audit support, and process improvement. Reviews blueprints and specifications, uses precision measurement tools, monitors manufacturing standards, supports AS9100 and ISO 9001 compliance, and applies Lean Manufacturing principles. The role collaborates with engineering, production, mission assurance, suppliers, and customers while developing quality processes and training team members.

Leads the design, analysis, testing, and integration of spacecraft electrical power systems, including solar arrays, batteries, power distribution, converters, protection, and power budgets. Owns architecture trades, modeling, design reviews, radiation and reliability analyses, validation campaigns, EGSE, and environmental testing. Collaborates across engineering teams, develops technical documentation, mentors engineers, and ensures high-reliability power systems meet mission requirements.

Leads systems engineering execution for satellite command-and-control ground systems supporting national defense missions. Owns requirements, verification and validation, system architecture, space-to-ground interfaces, integration, testing, operational readiness, risk mitigation, and sustainment. Coordinates cross-functional teams, mission operations, government stakeholders, and technical review boards while applying MBSE and requirements management processes. The role requires extensive lifecycle leadership of classified aerospace ground systems and eligibility for DoD TS/SCI or TS/SAP clearance.

The Proposal and Capture Strategist leads proposal development for government solicitation processes, managing teams to craft compelling proposals while navigating complex requirements and multiple stakeholders for large contracts.

Owns PMO metrics, dashboards, and reporting infrastructure for aerospace programs. Develops Power BI dashboards, integrates data from multiple systems, standardizes KPIs, produces program reports, performs root-cause and trend analysis, and supports risk mitigation. Establishes data governance, tracks vendor performance, and serves as a liaison across engineering, manufacturing, quality, finance, and operations. Promotes self-service analytics and data-informed decision-making across the organization.