Jobs at Umbra Space

Design, analyze, prototype, build, and test spacecraft structures and deployable panels, with emphasis on composite materials. Perform launch-load, on-orbit, vibration, thermal, and finite element analyses; create technical documentation; manage vendors; support manufacturing, integration, qualification testing, and troubleshooting. Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams, technicians, and suppliers throughout the hardware lifecycle, including occasional launch and test campaign support.

Design, prototype, build, and test spacecraft hardware and mechanisms. Develop detailed drawings, design documentation, work instructions, test plans, and reports; perform first-principles analysis and FEA; collaborate with systems, manufacturing, and technician teams to optimize designs and troubleshoot hardware. Support launch and test campaigns, including occasional evening and weekend work.

Leads architecture, integration, verification, validation, and deployment of secure ground software systems for space, ISR, and national security missions. Designs classified infrastructure, networks, cross-domain interfaces, containerized services, and DevSecOps pipelines. Serves as the technical lead and primary government customer interface, translating mission needs into scalable solutions while coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and driving systems through operational deployment.

Manage multiple U.S. Government aerospace and defense programs across cost, schedule, technical performance, risk, contracts, and customer relationships. Develop roadmaps, budgets, forecasts, and status reports; coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams; support Agile and SAFe development; and serve as a business owner for contract technologies. Lead capture strategies, proposals, business development, and growth initiatives while overseeing complex space, remote sensing, and mission solutions programs.

Designs, prototypes, builds, and tests spacecraft hardware and mechanisms. Responsibilities include requirements collaboration, mechanical design documentation, work instructions, test planning, troubleshooting, and support for launch and test campaigns. The role partners with systems architects, technicians, manufacturing engineers, and other engineering teams to optimize spacecraft designs for performance and manufacturability.

Lead and sustain spacecraft and payload manufacturing processes for production and prototype builds. Develop work instructions, coordinate materials and technicians, train personnel, support design reviews, provide DFM guidance, resolve nonconformances, and perform root cause analysis. The role partners with engineering, quality, supply chain, and test teams to deliver reliable aerospace hardware, including assembly, integration, tooling, testing, and production process improvements.

Develop and lead high-reliability flight and payload software for spacecraft platforms. Responsibilities include requirements development, software architecture, embedded coding, documentation, command and control software, hardware and ground-system integration, code reviews, and unit through system-level testing. The role requires expertise in concurrent software, Rust or C/C++, Linux-based SoC architectures, networking, cybersecurity, cryptography, and satellite bus software, with 10–20% travel and an active TS/SCI clearance.

Develop and maintain reliable embedded flight and payload software for spacecraft missions. Responsibilities include software requirements, architecture, coding, command and control systems, subsystem integration, unit and automated testing, documentation, hardware integration, and peer mentorship. The role requires Rust or C/C++ experience, asynchronous Rust, embedded ARM development, processor optimization, and software development process leadership.

Develop and lead embedded flight software for spacecraft missions using Rust or C/C++. Responsibilities include software architecture, requirements, command and control systems, hardware integration, automated testing, CI pipelines, documentation, and system integration. The role also provides technical mentorship and leads test campaigns for reliable, fault-tolerant space and payload software.

Provides technical leadership for complex space missions spanning spacecraft, ground, launch, mission operations, and mission design. Owns the technical baseline, requirements, interfaces, architecture, technical risks, systems documentation, customer presentations, and major program reviews. Supports SAR and remote sensing mission design, modeling and simulation, flight operations, ground-system sustainment, software maintenance, customer training, and acceptance activities while coordinating multidisciplinary teams, partners, program leadership, and customers.

Leads a portfolio of national security remote sensing programs for U.S. government and intelligence customers. Manages cost, schedules, budgets, contractual commitments, risks, operational performance, customer relationships, and cross-functional execution. Translates mission needs into product requirements, capabilities, and operational plans while supporting captures, proposals, growth strategies, and technology transitions. Partners with engineering, product, mission operations, analytics, finance, contracts, and business development teams.

Design, build, and maintain reliable, scalable backend services and APIs that support satellite mission planning, scheduling, command/control, and communications. Own production services, improve resiliency, participate in on-call rotations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver and operate autonomous satellite operations software with strong observability, testing, and CI/CD practices.

Lead design, analysis, build, and test of spacecraft mechanisms and pointing systems. Own architecture, component selection, motorization and pointing budgets, ICDs, qualification campaigns, and verification testing. Mentor engineers, collaborate with cross-functional teams, troubleshoot hardware issues, and support launch/test activities to ensure flight-proven, manufacturable designs.

Lead end-to-end architecture, integration, and lifecycle management of Type-1 cryptographic capabilities across spacecraft, payloads, and ground systems. Define COMSEC architecture, key management and loading, and drive NSA certification and accreditation. Interface with mission systems, RF, flight software, and government stakeholders; mitigate cryptographic and supply-chain risks; and establish reusable cryptographic standards, processes, and operational procedures for on-orbit fleet operations.

Lead development and execution of defensive cyber operations, continuous monitoring, threat hunting, detection engineering, incident response, and root-cause analysis. Analyze threats, vulnerabilities, and risks; coordinate with engineers and stakeholders to improve security posture; maintain documentation and present findings to leadership.

The Embedded Systems Engineer will develop firmware for satellite systems, focusing on embedded development, hardware integration, and system validation, working in a cross-functional environment.

Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary Space Systems engineering team responsible for spacecraft design, test, implementation and delivery. Oversee personnel management, scheduling, technical quality, hiring, career development, and cross-functional coordination. Apply traditional and Agile practices to drive program execution, process improvements, and stakeholder reporting for mission-ready satellite systems.

Lead and grow the Mission Solutions systems engineering team to architect, design, build, test, and operate satellite and space mission systems across the program lifecycle. Manage staffing, performance, proposals, resource estimates, and cross-functional alignment while ensuring technical quality, process improvements, and security compliance.

Design, build, operate, and scale mission-critical cloud infrastructure. Ensure reliability and SLAs, run on-call rotations, lead architecture and automation (IaC/GitOps), optimize Kubernetes, implement monitoring/alerting, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve processes and reliability.

Lead product marketing for Space Systems or Remote Sensing & Mission Solutions: develop positioning, messaging, and customer-facing content; support go-to-market launches and ABM; produce sales enablement assets; analyze pipeline via CRM and dashboards; conduct market/competitive research and coordinate cross-functional marketing initiatives.