Jobs at Outpost Space

Provide high-level administrative support to the CEO and President, including calendar and inbox management, travel booking, briefing materials, meeting logistics, document editing, expense reporting, reception support, and handling sensitive information. Anticipate needs, track follow-ups, and be available outside standard hours for urgent tasks.

Build, assemble, integrate, and inspect mechanical structures and mechanisms for return vehicles using engineering drawings and work instructions. Support fit checks, torque and fastener installation, vehicle-level integration, test setup/teardown, maintain safe work areas, and document/flag discrepancies.

Own full-cycle recruiting for technical hardware and software roles: sourcing, screening, structured interviews, offers, and pre-onboarding. Partner with engineering and operations to forecast headcount, build pipelines, maintain ATS processes, ensure export-control compliance, calibrate compensation, and track hiring metrics. Support non-technical hires and campus/event outreach as needed.

The Mechanical Engineer will design, test, and qualify spacecraft components, owning the hardware lifecycle from concept through testing and analysis.

Design, develop, and test flight and ground software for orbital return vehicles; integrate with avionics and GN&C; build tools and infrastructure for testing, telemetry, and data analysis; debug issues during integration, testing, and flight operations; collaborate cross-functionally and support flight readiness and mission operations.

The Senior Structure Analysis Engineer will lead structural and thermal analysis for spacecraft, ensuring flight readiness, safety, and performance through extensive collaboration with various teams.

Design and test electronic systems for spacecraft, including PCBAs and electrical harnesses, while collaborating with multidisciplinary engineers.

The Senior Mechanical Engineer will lead the design and analysis of structural components for spacecraft, handle high-fidelity analysis, create manufacturing drawings, oversee testing campaigns, and mentor junior engineers.

Outpost is hiring for various engineering roles focused on building spacecraft for returning payloads from orbit. The company seeks driven individuals for a rapid development environment and encourages general applications for future roles.

Lead end-to-end planning and execution of internal and external events, trade-show activations, and VIP visits. Manage calendars, budgets, vendors, logistics, on-site production, compliance with export/government protocols, cross-functional coordination, KPIs, and post-event reconciliation to deliver polished, repeatable event experiences for employees, customers, investors, and media.

Own day-to-day accounting operations including bookkeeping, AP/AR, month-end and year-end close, reconciliations, variance analysis, audits, internal controls, payroll accounting, and financial systems optimization.

Lead and scale end-to-end production for orbital return vehicles, overseeing production planning, manufacturing engineering, quality, shop floor operations, supplier management, and metrics. Build high-performing production teams, collaborate on design for manufacturability, and transition from low-rate prototypes to repeatable, reliable production.

Lead company-wide marketing strategy and execution across commercial, civil, and national security markets. Own brand stewardship, relationship and product marketing, communications, events, narratives, marketing operations, and team building. Partner with executives and cross-functional leaders to drive business development, fundraising, recruiting, and reputation management.

Build, install, and inspect wiring harnesses and electrical systems for flight hardware. Support avionics integration, continuity checks, cable routing, instrumentation for test campaigns, and electrical troubleshooting. Follow schematics and work instructions, maintain clean and safe shop areas, document work, and flag discrepancies to engineering.

Lead AI&T for spacecraft return vehicles: own integration and test strategy, lead engineers and technicians, develop and execute environmental and functional test campaigns, drive anomaly resolution, coordinate cross-discipline issues, maintain test documentation, and support flight readiness.

Lead and scale Outpost's full software function, owning strategy, architecture, and execution across flight software, ground systems, and infrastructure. Build a high-performing engineering organization, establish best practices and release processes, partner with avionics and GN&C, and report metrics to executive leadership to ensure reliable system delivery.

Design, build, and test avionics hardware (flight computers, power, sensors, comms) across architecture through flight. Support qualification testing (vibration, thermal, EMI/EMC), integration, troubleshooting, test procedures, and flight readiness for return vehicles.

The Director of Structures and Mechanisms leads the engineering team for structural systems in aerospace, ensuring flight readiness through design, analysis, and certification.

The VP of Engineering, Vehicle leads the engineering team responsible for the development and operational readiness of space vehicles. Key duties include overseeing technical performance, budget management, and engineering leadership while ensuring the successful execution of vehicle programs, from design to production.

Lead end-to-end design, implementation, and flight test of guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) systems for reusable return vehicles. Tasks include algorithm development (EKF/UKF, LQR, optimal control), flight software in C++/Python, hardware integration, HIL and drop/flight testing, sensor fusion, trajectory and entry guidance, and ADCS requirements and performance specification.