Jobs at Dawn Aerospace

Lead design, integration, testing, and lifecycle management of RF hardware for UHF through Ka-band. Manage in-house and third-party ground station operations, perform RF testing/EMI characterization, conduct link budget and interference analyses, and ensure spectrum compliance including ITU filings and regulatory coordination.

Lead Dawn Aerospace's commercial expansion in Germany: own contract value and pipeline, build government and prime relationships, translate technical capabilities into proposals, negotiate multi-stakeholder deals, establish strategic local operations, and feed regional market intelligence into global strategy.

Own and validate the end-to-end satellite communications chain including hardware, software, ground infrastructure, and external partners. Integrate, test, and operate RF systems, support spectrum/licensing inputs, run interference and end-to-end signal validation, and define operational procedures and tooling for mission operations.

Conduct prototyping and conceptual design of electric thrusters, select and assemble components, support and execute hot-fire tests for chemical thrusters, analyze test data, document results in technical reports, and assist the thruster development team with day-to-day activities.

Develop an embedded Linux communication device to link propulsion systems with networked data infrastructure. Implement CAN and serial interfaces, integrate with testing tooling, and verify user experience during AIT. Collaborate with software, electrical, and propulsion engineers and support hands-on operation of propulsion hardware.

Program, setup and operate CNC mills and mill-turn machines (3-5 axis) to produce high-precision stainless, Inconel and titanium components. Create/edit CAM programs (Fusion 360/TopSolid), design fixtures, select tooling, prove-out NC programs, run production while inspecting parts to GD&T. Drive process improvements for repeatability, cycle time, and scalable unmanned production.