Jobs at Umbra Space

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.

Lead Umbra's legislative strategy and serve as the company's principal representative to Congress. Build trusted Hill relationships, draft statutory/report language, transition pilots into enduring funded programs, align legislative work with policy and business development, prepare executives for Hill engagements, manage consultants and compliance, and translate legislative developments into actionable guidance for leadership.

Lead development and sustainment of spacecraft and payload production lines. Create and document manufacturing procedures, plan prototype builds, train production staff, translate designs into build plans, resolve manufacturing discrepancies, perform root cause analysis, and support product introductions and continuous process improvements for high-reliability space hardware.

Lead execution of complex U.S. government space programs, managing cost, schedule, technical performance, risks, and customer relationships. Develop integrated plans, budgets, forecasts, and risk strategies; partner with engineering, product, finance, and contracts; participate in Agile ceremonies and proposal efforts to drive delivery and follow-on opportunities.

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.

Manage end-to-end proposal development for government and commercial solicitations: coordinate schedules, ensure compliance with solicitations and federal acquisition rules, collect and review content with cross-functional teams, maintain proposal repositories, track metrics, support post-submission activities, and improve proposal processes and tools to scale with company growth.

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.

The Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer will design, build, and test spacecraft hardware, supporting mission solutions by collaborating with cross-functional teams, developing prototypes, and creating design documentation for innovative spacecraft products.

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.

Lead execution of complex government space programs: create and maintain integrated plans, schedules, budgets, and risk strategies. Coordinate cross-functional teams, drive Agile program execution, manage customer relationships, monitor technical and financial performance, support proposals and captures, and continuously improve program management processes.

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.

The Defense Director is responsible for integrating space-based capabilities into U.S. defense strategies, managing a team, and growing the business through effective communication and collaboration with government customers.

Lead end-to-end design, simulation, optimization, fabrication support, and test of spaceborne passive RF hardware and antenna systems (feeds, OMTs, waveguide components, circulators). Perform full-wave EM simulations, tolerance/thermal/mechanical sensitivity analyses, RF measurements (S-parameters, isolation, insertion/return loss), and produce design documentation while collaborating with mechanical, systems, and integration teams.

Lead design, integration, and validation of secure, mission-critical ground systems for space, ISR, and national security missions. Define architectures, COMSEC and RED/BLACK designs, cross-domain interfaces, and deploy containerized and virtualized enterprise infrastructures. Drive verification, operational testing, customer reviews, and implement DevSecOps and IaC practices across classified environments to enable reliable mission operations.

Lead design, implement, and test high-reliability embedded flight software in Rust/C/C++ for spacecraft. Define requirements, architect systems, integrate with hardware, run unit-to-system test campaigns, maintain CI/testing pipelines, document interfaces, mentor engineers, and support system integration and flight qualification.

The Hardware Test Infrastructure Engineer will set up, maintain, and integrate hardware for test environments, collaborating with engineers to ensure system reliability and documentation.

Develop, design, and implement embedded flight and payload software in Rust/C/C++ for spacecraft. Specify requirements, create robust architecture, integrate and test with hardware, lead CI/CD/version control processes, perform unit and system testing, document interfaces, and mentor peers.

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.