VP, Orbital Vehicle Engineering & Fleet Scale

Outpost Technologies Corporation; California; On-site; USD 275,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity and stock options

401(k) with company match

Healthcare: medical, dental, vision

Disability & life insurance

Paid time off + holidays

Lunch stipend

Job summary

Outpost Technologies Corporation in Playa Vista, CA seeks a VP Vehicle Engineering to own the vision, execution, and culture behind the CarryAll and Airdrop vehicle programs. You will set architectural direction, lead cross-functional teams, and ensure flight readiness and cost targets while scaling operations.

Reporting to the CTO, you’ll make critical technical decisions, drive development into LRIP and fleet production, and represent engineering to executives and key customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering.
• 10+ years' experience in space vehicle development.
• Operational technical authority on complete vehicle programs from architecture through flight.
• Experience building and scaling multi-disciplinary engineering orgs (50+ through Directors).
• Fluency across mass, power, GNC, structural loads, and thermal environments.
• Experience bridging R&D and manufacturing (DFM, LRIP).

Responsibilities

• Full accountability for schedule, technical performance, and budget across Carryall and Airdrop; call the hard scope, risks schedule and make/buy trade-offs.
• Hire, develop, and manage engineering leaders across all vehicle disciplines; set the standard for technical excellence, ownership, and pace.
• Own architecture implementation, interface control, and performance envelopes; enforce design standards, margin policy, and flight readiness criteria; chair PDR, CDR, TRR, and CoFR reviews.
• Own Material Review Board /Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System rigor, oversight of test planning and execution.
• Establish DFM, QMS, configuration management, and acceptance criteria to move Carryall and Airdrop from development into LRIP and fleet-scale production.
• Own make/buy and supplier strategy across propulsion, avionics, TPS, and recovery subsystems.
• Represent vehicle engineering to the CEO, Board, customers, and government stakeholders; align execution with Programs, BD, and Operations.

Skills

Aerospace systems engineering

Technical leadership

Program management

Systems architecture

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering

Job description

Outpost Technologies Corporation in Playa Vista, CA seeks a VP Vehicle Engineering to own the vision, execution, and culture behind the CarryAll and Airdrop vehicle programs. You will set architectural direction, lead cross-functional teams, and ensure flight readiness and cost targets while scaling operations.

Reporting to the CTO, you’ll make critical technical decisions, drive development into LRIP and fleet production, and represent engineering to executives and key customers.