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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.