Jobs at Albedo

Lead spacecraft manufacturing engineering at Albedo, owning process development, tooling, work instructions, production readiness, NPI, manufacturability, MES traceability, and continuous improvement. Troubleshoot complex assembly issues, resolve nonconformances, define manufacturing capabilities, and mentor engineering and production teams. The role is hands-on and onsite in Broomfield, Colorado, supporting scalable production of spacecraft buses, payloads, and hardware.

Design and develop VLEO spacecraft systems across the mission lifecycle. Responsibilities include system architecture, requirements, interface management, technical trade studies, performance budgeting, subsystem integration, verification, environmental testing, troubleshooting, and maintaining requirements traceability. The role collaborates with engineering teams, customers, payload providers, and vendors while addressing VLEO challenges such as atmospheric drag, atomic oxygen exposure, and precision pointing. The engineer will also help scale systems engineering processes and execution.

Leads Albedo’s communications and marketing function, including social media, press relations, content strategy, executive communications, visual and video production, industry events, sponsorships, and external partnerships. Translates complex space and defense technologies, milestones, contracts, and missions into compelling communications while building the company’s brand and reputation. Works cross-functionally with founders, engineering, business development, and government relations, and manages creative agencies, contractors, budgets, and event programs.

Develop and execute business development and capture strategies for national security space opportunities. Build trusted relationships with government and commercial customers, identify and shape opportunities, support teaming and win approaches, coordinate engineering and internal teams, and contribute to proposal development, executive reviews, and customer engagements across DoW and IC mission areas.

Lead and own execution of cross-functional hardware programs: build and maintain detailed, resource-loaded schedules (engineering, production, software), identify and mitigate slips, run replans, maintain Linear as system of record, build program-management practices, and represent programs externally while focusing on internal delivery.