Senior Space Proposal Writer - DoD/NASA RFIs & RFPs

Lodestar Space; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Equity incentives

Unlimited PTO

Comprehensive medical, dental & vision

401(k) retirement plan with match

Job summary

Lodestar Space in Los Angeles is seeking a hands-on proposals writer who translates cutting-edge space tech into compliant, evaluator-ready submissions for DoD, NASA, and IC programs. You will own content from RFIs to final deliverables and collaborate with engineering and business teams to ensure timely, high-quality responses.

You will apply FAR/DFARS, manage multi-opportunity workflows, and craft executive summaries, capability descriptions, and past performance write-ups.

Qualifications

• 3 to 6 years of hands-on technical proposal writing experience for DoD/DoW/NASA/IC.
• Experience writing for space systems, satellite tech, or defense software.
• Proven ability to decompose complex solicitations independently.
• Working knowledge of FAR and DFARS sufficient to parse requirements.
• Experience across RFPs, OTAs, CSOs, BAAs, SBIRs.
• Exceptional written communication that reads with mission clarity.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity with self-reliance.

Responsibilities

• Own the writing of technical, management, and past performance volumes for prime and subcontractor submissions.
• Translate complex concepts into clear, evaluator-ready narratives without engineers drafting the text.
• Write executive summaries, capability descriptions, and past performance write-ups.
• Build and maintain a reusable proposal content library to reduce workload.
• Coordinate inputs from BD, Finance, Legal, and Mission Ops to assemble complete submissions.

Skills

Hands-on proposal writing

Space systems experience

Solicitation decomposition

FAR & DFARS knowledge

Multi-vehicle acquisition experience

Exceptional written communication

Comfort with ambiguity and self-reli.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Aerospace, Political Science, Business, or related field

Master’s degree in related field preferred

Tools

AI-enabled proposal tools

Job description

Lodestar Space in Los Angeles is seeking a hands-on proposals writer who translates cutting-edge space tech into compliant, evaluator-ready submissions for DoD, NASA, and IC programs. You will own content from RFIs to final deliverables and collaborate with engineering and business teams to ensure timely, high-quality responses.

You will apply FAR/DFARS, manage multi-opportunity workflows, and craft executive summaries, capability descriptions, and past performance write-ups.