Jobs at Karman Space & Defense

Supports aerospace and defense hardware through design, development, testing, qualification, and production. Develops quality plans, inspection methods, customer design review materials, and Technical Data Packages. Performs in-process and AS9102 first-article inspections, reviews purchase-order quality requirements, resolves corrective actions and nonconformances, leads root-cause investigations, and assesses supply-chain quality risks. Requires an associate degree or equivalent experience and a current or obtainable DoD Secret clearance. Occasional travel of 0–10% is required.

Leads defense programs from planning and development through qualification, production, delivery, and contract completion. Manages cost, schedule, technical, quality, contractual, and customer objectives while coordinating engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, finance, contracts, and test teams. Serves as a key interface with customers, government stakeholders, prime contractors, suppliers, and leadership. Oversees risks, program reviews, deliverables, scope changes, design and readiness reviews, proposals, negotiations, and growth opportunities for mission-critical defense hardware.

Leads aerospace and defense mechanical development engineering from concept through deployment. Responsibilities include planning and executing development and qualification testing, designing test procedures, managing instrumentation and data collection, analyzing results, preparing reports, supporting proposals and customer engagement, and mentoring junior engineers. The role requires collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to reduce technical risk, meet program objectives, and ensure product performance.

Provides program-level systems engineering oversight for hypersonic and strategic missile defense products. Leads system architecture, requirements decomposition, compliance verification, test planning, interface documentation, and multidisciplinary technical coordination. Integrates mechanical, structural, electrical, and systems engineering analyses to mature designs and achieve system readiness. Supports proposal activities, risk management, architecture trade studies, safety analyses, and aerospace regulatory compliance.

Leads mechanical system development and qualification testing for aerospace and defense programs. Responsibilities include test planning, design, execution, instrumentation, data collection and analysis, documentation, proposal support, customer collaboration, project delivery, and mentoring junior engineers. The role helps transition concepts into prototypes and full-scale systems while supporting program scope, schedule, budget, and technical performance.

Leads complex aerospace and defense programs from planning through delivery. Coordinates cross-functional engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, contracts, and finance teams while managing scope, cost, schedule, technical performance, risks, documentation, customer communication, proposals, technical reviews, and program milestones. Supports development and testing of mechanical and pyrotechnic systems and ensures contractual and technical commitments are met.

Leads complex aerospace and defense programs from planning through contract completion. Manages cost, schedule, technical, quality, contractual, and customer objectives while coordinating engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, quality, contracts, and test teams. Develops integrated plans, manages risks and changes, leads program reviews and readiness activities, interfaces with customers and government stakeholders, and supports proposals, negotiations, estimates, and growth opportunities.

Builds and maintains Power BI dashboards, semantic models, dataflows, scorecards, and recurring reports. Translates business requirements into governed metrics and reporting solutions, manages BI workspaces, security, refreshes, lineage, and performance, and partners with ERP stakeholders and business owners. Analyzes trends, validates and standardizes data, documents reporting assets, supports user acceptance testing, and delivers executive insights across operational, financial, manufacturing, supply chain, and enterprise processes.

Supports the General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and legal department with SEC reporting, securities compliance, corporate governance, board and committee activities, annual meetings, M&A diligence and closings, entity management, corporate records, outside counsel coordination, and legal documentation. Maintains filing calendars, governance materials, legal-entity records, and confidential information while managing multiple deadlines in a highly regulated public-company environment.

Provides corporate legal counsel to senior management, the Board, and business leaders on governance, SEC and Nasdaq compliance, public-company disclosures, and securities laws. Leads or supports mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic transactions, including diligence, documentation, approvals, closings, and integration. Manages outside counsel, conducts legal research, advises on corporate and commercial matters, and improves legal processes, templates, and playbooks.

Leads a multidisciplinary division and its Integrated Product Teams across large-scale space and defense programs. Oversees cost, schedule, technical performance, contract delivery, budgets, procurement planning, workforce development, customer relationships, proposals, and business growth. Partners with engineering and enterprise leaders to improve processes, capabilities, and integrated solutions while supporting prime contractors and government customers.

Leads end-to-end proposal and quoting activities for defense and aerospace opportunities. Manages schedules, compliance, cross-functional teams, proposal volumes, color-team reviews, pricing coordination, CRM pipeline data, capture governance, and content repositories. Ensures submissions meet FAR, DFARS, Section L/M, and customer requirements while supporting competitive bids across space and defense programs.

Provides program-level systems engineering oversight for aerospace and defense products from concept through qualification. Leads architecture, requirements decomposition, compliance verification, test planning, validation strategies, technical documentation, and interface control development. Balances design, analysis, integration, and testing across mechanical, structural, electrical, and electronic systems. Mentors engineers, contributes to engineering standards, and coordinates multidisciplinary technical activities.

Provides technical leadership and project management for aerospace mechanical system development. Leads multidisciplinary teams through concept development, mechanical and electromechanical design, prototype fabrication, testing, proposals, customer engagement, and program execution. Ensures projects meet schedule, budget, technical accuracy, and customer objectives while supporting business development and advanced aerospace technology initiatives.

Leads complex aerospace and defense programs from planning through delivery, managing scope, cost, schedule, technical performance, risks, customer communication, reviews, documentation, proposals, and cross-functional engineering teams. Coordinates with supply chain, manufacturing, quality, contracts, and finance to achieve successful program outcomes across mission-critical defense initiatives.

Creates mechanical drawing packages, CAD models, tooling concepts, and bills of materials for prototype and production hardware. Collaborates with machine shops, supports proposals and presentations, and assists with hardware assembly, testing, and qualification. Applies drawing conventions, geometric tolerancing, and technical diagram interpretation while supporting mechanical engineering activities.

Maintains document tracking systems, filing systems, archives, and electronic and hard-copy records. Retrieves and safeguards company and customer documents, follows retention schedules, and supports scanning and storage across departments. Tracks government-furnished and customer property through labeling, inventories, surveys, calibration records, and authorized releases. Coordinates property movement and sales order file closure while keeping storage areas organized and compliant with customer requirements.

Supports the estimating team by gathering project specifications, drawings, and documentation; entering data into estimating software and spreadsheets; preparing bid packages; maintaining estimate and bid records; organizing project files; updating tracking systems; and coordinating with project managers, subcontractors, and other stakeholders to resolve questions and support estimating discussions.

Oversees daily accounting operations, month-end close, revenue recognition, cost accounting, tax filings, financial reporting, budgeting, and internal controls. Supports contract administration, purchasing, executive and Board analysis, and financial strategy. The role also improves accounting processes and systems, manages program cost tracking and profitability reporting, approves high-value purchases, and mentors accounting team members.

Supports enterprise portfolio governance, M&A and site integration, transformation initiatives, and cross-functional readiness. Maintains integrated plans, RAID logs, decision registers, dashboards, readiness checklists, and executive reporting. Coordinates stakeholders across business, technology, operations, sites, vendors, and leadership. Applies PMO standards, supports prioritization and process readiness, leads lower-risk workstreams, escalates risks, and improves repeatable integration processes and documentation.