Chief Network Systems Engineer
Terran Orbital
- Irvine, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead network systems engineering activities in the Business Development domain
- Work within the Advanced Systems Team to support and integrate across the Business Development (BD), Growth Operations, and Engineering Execution Teams to formulate winning technical baseline solutions for Terran Orbital Prime bid opportunities
- Provide support to the Mission Solutions Team to identify, formulate and orchestrate technical baseline comm systems solutions to commercial, international, and US Government (USG) customer sets
- Promote future Terran Orbital comm systems capabilities, architectures, and applications within the commercial, international and USG customer base
- Assist BD in informing and shaping opportunities during customer engagements and leading the technical/mission solutions effort for comm systems and payload aspects
- Provide support to BD and Proposal/Capture teams as advisor, reviewer, and content provider for active pursuits
- Understand and identify when/where external strategic partnerships are best applied vs. establishing internal capabilities
- Establish, regularly maintain and assess Terran Orbital technology/mission roadmaps for comm systems across the Advanced Systems Team, Growth Operations, BD, EMT, and senior management for awareness and continuity
- Assess end-to-end mission needs/gaps of customers and advance Terran Orbital capabilities to deliver novel solutions and win business
- Integrate solutions into capture and proposal activities
- Author technical portions of winning bids and proposals through meticulous engineering
- Develop bases of estimate for costing in collaboration with performing organizations (engineering, operations, etc.)
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field plus additional directly relevant work experience is required; advanced degree a plus with nominal work experience.
- 15+ years of experience in a technical and business development roles in space-related fields
- Demonstrated breadth of experience in communications systems, with a focus on network layer.
- Deep understanding of network protocols
- Experience developing network solutions for large-scale enterprise systems
- Ability to simulate network performance
- Knowledge of legacy customer architectures at deep technical level
- Understanding of all business development, capture, proposal, and program management competencies and practices
- Understanding of customer solicitation and source selection process
- Demonstrated ability to shape customer selection
- Professional certifications in engineering, related technical disciplines, or management
- Experience building, leading, and maintaining a team to design and accomplish objectives effectively and efficiently
- Experience leading, coordinating, and contributing technical and cost volumes for large aerospace proposals
- Experience in a fast-paced aerospace environment with quick-turn responses regarding opportunities
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field plus additional directly relevant work experience is required; advanced degree a plus with nominal work experience.15+ years of experience in a technical and business development roles in space-related fields, with an emphasis on RF comm systems and satellite comm payloads
- 100% Company-paid comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- Employee Equity Incentive Program
- 401(k) Match
- Unlimited PTO