VTVL Chief Engineer — Launch Systems Lead

Voyager Technologies, Inc.; Mojave, Long Beach (CA, CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off (FTO)

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Gym memberships (nationwide)

401(k) with company match

Wellness programs

Employee support resources

Job summary

Voyager Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Chief Engineer for Vertical Takeoff and Vertical Landing (VTVL) systems to lead end-to-end mission success for its VTVL programs. You will manage multidisciplinary teams, oversee complex systems engineering processes, and align technical execution with budget and schedule.

The role can be based in Long Beach, CA or Mojave, CA with travel to Mojave twice monthly. You will own technical margins, drive risk retirement, and set engineering standards in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or other relevant engineering discipline with 15 years of engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience as a technical leader of a major component, subsystem or vehicle for a complex spacecraft, launch vehicle, aircraft, or similarly integrated safety-critical system.
• Experience adjudicating complex technical trade-offs and leading or participating in Engineering Review Boards.
• Deep understanding of how to manage system architecture products, requirements, and technical risk.
• Familiar with understanding of customer needs, CONOPS, and requirements and translating into engineering architecture and detailed design.

Responsibilities

• Own the vehicle's technical architecture, design philosophy, requirements, interfaces, margins, and performance allocations, ensuring subsystems integrate into a safe, mission-capable vehicle
• Serve as the program's senior technical authority, providing independent judgment on major design decisions, waivers, risks, and readiness, and resolving cross-functional disagreements on engineering merit
• Lead vehicle-level design and development from concept through qualification, integrated/flight test, and operational deployment
• Own vehicle performance and technical margins (mass, CG, propellant, delta-V, thrust-to-weight, structural/thermal margins, power, comms, control authority), driving corrective action as needed
• Own technical risk identification and retirement, driving early testing of high-risk technologies and failure modes
• Define the development, qualification, and flight-test approach, ensuring the test program retires risk rather than just demonstrating nominal performance
• Works with the Chief Engineer of Lunar Systems to establish design standards and engineering rigor (analysis methods, margins, safety factors, configuration control, documentation) and tailor as needed to the program's risk posture
• Partner with manufacturing, test, and operations to ensure the design is manufacturable, testable, and operable, incorporating field experience into design decisions.

Skills

Vehicle architecture

Design philosophy

Requirements management

Interface design

Margins management

Performance allocation

System integration

Technical risk management

Education

Bachelors in engineering

Job description

Voyager Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Chief Engineer for Vertical Takeoff and Vertical Landing (VTVL) systems to lead end-to-end mission success for its VTVL programs. You will manage multidisciplinary teams, oversee complex systems engineering processes, and align technical execution with budget and schedule.

The role can be based in Long Beach, CA or Mojave, CA with travel to Mojave twice monthly. You will own technical margins, drive risk retirement, and set engineering standards in