CTO, Reentry Vehicle Systems — Aerospace Startup Leader

Metheion Technology & Engineering Consulting; United States; Presencial; USD 180.000 - 260.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Permanent contract

Salary based on experience

Equity

Relocation assistance

Descripción de la vacante

Metheion Technology & Engineering Consulting is seeking a CTO/Engineering Lead to steer the system-level development of a next-generation reentry capsule, making major architectural decisions across the vehicle and delivering flight-ready design.

You will coordinate propulsion, avionics, structures, thermal protection, and recovery, driving the V-model from system definition to verification, validation, and regulatory compliance with ECSS standards.

Formación

• Proven experience as a CTO, Technical Director, Engineering Lead, or equivalent leadership in a complex aerospace system.
• Experience developing spacecraft, launch vehicles, reentry vehicles, or other complex flight systems.
• Experience designing and integrating aerospace systems with subsystem interfaces, mass and power budgets, and system-level performance.
• Hands-on experience taking aerospace hardware through full cycle of integration, testing, verification, and validation toward flight readiness.
• Strong understanding of aerospace development standards and regulatory requirements, including ECSS or equivalent frameworks.
• Experience evaluating how subsystem-level design decisions affect the overall vehicle, including mass, thermal, aerodynamic, power, reliability, and recovery performance.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the system-level development of the reentry capsule from early design through flight readiness.
• Own the overall vehicle architecture and integration of propulsion, avionics and navigation, structures, thermal protection, communications, recovery, and other critical subsystems.
• Define and manage system interfaces and key vehicle budgets, including mass, power, thermal, aerodynamic, and performance budgets.
• Drive the system engineering V-model through design, integration, verification, validation, and flight readiness.
• Identify and resolve system-level technical risks and cross-disciplinary design trade-offs.
• Evaluate how subsystem decisions affect overall vehicle performance, reliability, and flight characteristics.
• Coordinate engineering activities around development, integration, testing, and mission milestones.
• Lead technical reviews and make system-level decisions where subsystem designs or requirements conflict.
• Ensure subsystem development converges into an integrated, testable, and flight-ready vehicle.
• Establish engineering processes, tools, documentation, and development standards as the company scales.
• Lead the technical aspects of aerospace regulatory and compliance activities, including relevant ECSS standards, manufacturing requirements, and export-control or licensing processes.
• Work directly with engineering partners, suppliers, testing facilities, and other external technical stakeholders.

Conocimientos

Technical leadership

System engineering

Flight systems

V-model engineering

Educación

Aerospace engineering degree

Herramientas

ECSS standards

Descripción del empleo

Metheion Technology & Engineering Consulting is seeking a CTO/Engineering Lead to steer the system-level development of a next-generation reentry capsule, making major architectural decisions across the vehicle and delivering flight-ready design.

You will coordinate propulsion, avionics, structures, thermal protection, and recovery, driving the V-model from system definition to verification, validation, and regulatory compliance with ECSS standards.