YOUR MISSION

RESPONSIBILITIES 

True Anomaly is seeking a highly accomplished Loads Development Lead to serve as the technical authority for structural, mechanical, thermal, and coupled loads across a next-generation Space Based Interceptors defense program. This is a generational opportunity to architect the structural design basis for one of the most demanding mission sets in aerospace engineering and Space Based Interceptors defense.

In this role, you will have end-to-end ownership of loads development across the full system lifecycle, from ground handling and launch through on-orbit operations, intercept maneuvers, and end-of-life scenarios. You will establish and enforce program standards and processes for loads generation, combination, margins, and documentation; develop and validate Coupled Loads Analyses (CLA); derive Mass Acceleration Curves (MAC); and decompose system-level loads into clear design criteria and verification requirements.

The Loads Development Lead is the single point of accountability for loads methodology, assumptions, traceability, and technical rigor. You will define governing load cases, ensure consistency across subsystem analyses, adjudicate discrepancies, and act as steward of one of the program’s most critical technical artifacts: the Loads Data Book. Your work ensures that load environments are physically realistic, analytically defensible, and properly integrated into design, analysis, verification, certification, and safety margins across the program.

This role requires close collaboration with structures, dynamics, thermal, mechanisms, avionics, systems engineering, GNC, propulsion, trajectory, environments, and test teams to ensure system integrity and performance. You will lead design trade studies driven by load sensitivities, support risk reduction and anomaly resolution efforts, and represent the program in internal and external technical reviews.

As a senior technical leader, you will mentor analysts, shape best practices, and protect the intellectual rigor of the program’s structural design basis. You will play a central role in ensuring the success, credibility, and long-term robustness of True Anomaly’s Space Based Interceptors defense architecture.

QUALIFICATIONS 

Required Qualifications & Experience 

• 8+ years full lifecycle experience in structural loads development for aerospace systems (spacecraft, Space Based Interceptors, interceptors, or launch vehicles)
• Expertise in CLA, load derivation, and structural verification. 
• Demonstrated experience generating and managing loads across multiple mission phases and operational environments. 
• Strong background in structural dynamics, coupled loads analysis, and systems-level load integration. 
• Experience authoring, owning, and maintaining formal loads documentation such as Loads Data Books or equivalent governing artifacts. 
• Proficiency with industry-standard analysis tools (e.g., Femap, NASTRAN, MATLAB, Python, or equivalent).  
• Proven leadership in design, analysis, and verification on a major aerospace program.
• Ability to lead cross-functional technical teams and coordinate across hardware and software boundaries.
• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related field. Master’s or Ph.D. preferred
• U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret

Desired Qualifications & Experience 

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related discipline. 
• Experience with Space Based Interceptors defense systems, interceptors, or highly dynamic flight regimes. 
• Familiarity with DoD or Space Force programs, certification processes, and review cycles. 
• Experience working with classified programs and handling controlled technical data. 
• Background in probabilistic loads, uncertainty quantification, or margin optimization. 
• Prior experience leading technical teams or serving as a subsystem or discipline lead. 
• TS/SCI clearance

COMPENSATION  

• Base Salary: $150,000-$255,000

• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave  

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education and experience. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location—Successful candidates will be located near Denver or Colorado Springs. While we observe a hybrid work environment, some work must be done on site.
• Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below.  #LI-Hybrid

YOUR MISSION

The Modeling & Simulation Engineering Architect is responsible for establishing and owning the end-to-end digital twin architecture for the Space Based Interceptor system. This includes defining the technical strategy, model hierarchy, fidelity progression, interfaces, and governance necessary to ensure that digital twins serve as authoritative representations of system performance throughout the program lifecycle. 

In this role, the Architect leads the development, integration, and maturation of vehicle-level and subsystem-level models across all Missile Defense elements, including the Host Vehicle, Propulsion Units, and Kill Vehicles. Subsystem performance models—encompassing propulsion, guidance, navigation and control (GNC), seekers, and other critical disciplines—are coherently integrated and rolled up into system-level digital twins capable of evaluating end-to-end mission performance and design trades. 

The Architect establishes and executes a regular digital twin release cadence, enabling continuous tracking of system performance maturity. These releases are used to assess requirement compliance, identify performance shortfalls, quantify technical risk, and inform engineering and program decisions. The role ensures that modeling assumptions, limitations, and uncertainties are well understood and that results are credible and decision-relevant. 

A core responsibility of this position is the integration of digital twin models into the program’s Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) environment. The Architect ensures consistency and traceability between analytical models, system architecture, requirements, and verification artifacts, and supports the delivery of MBSE products required to meet contractual obligations. 

Operating within a matrixed functional engineering organization, the Architect serves as the technical authority for modeling and simulation across disciplines. This includes defining modeling standards and best practices, coordinating efforts across subsystem teams, and ensuring alignment between modeling activities and overall system architecture. The Architect works closely with systems engineering, software, test, and program leadership to ensure digital twins are effectively leveraged across design, analysis, and risk reduction efforts. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

Required Qualifications 

• Demonstrated ownership of modeling and digital twin architectures for complex, multi-element systems, such as: Multi-stage launch vehicles, Space vehicles with multiple deployable or interceptor elements,  Complex aircraft or integrated weapon systems.  Single spacecraft experience alone is not sufficient.
• 10+ years of direct Modeling and Simulation technical, hands on ownership 

• Prior responsibility for defining modeling strategy, not just executing individual analyses. 

• Digital twins used for program decisions and contractual delivery often require credibility frameworks. 

• Experience establishing model VV&A plans 

• Familiarity with model credibility assessment for decision support 

• Traceability between requirements, assumptions, and model outputs 

• Experience with uncertainty propagation, Monte Carlo methods, and sensitivity analysis 

• Ability to quantify confidence bounds on performance predictions 

• Experience integrating analytical models with SIL/HIL environments 

• Familiarity with real-time or near-real-time modeling constraints 

• Understanding of latency, communications, and data fusion impacts on performance 

Technical Skills 

• Mission-level or engagement-level modeling tools such as AFSIM and/or STK 

• Strong proficiency in Python and MATLAB 

• Experience developing or integrating high-performance models in C++ 

• Hands-on experience with FEA and multi-physics modeling tools (e.g., structures, thermal, propulsion, coupled effects) 

• Experience defining model governance frameworks  DevOps practices for model configuration control, versioning, and reproducibility (e.g., MLflow or similar frameworks) 

• Experience modeling sensor-to-shooter, command & control, or fire control architectures 

Desired Qualifications 

• Systems thinker with the ability to balance model fidelity, schedule, and decision relevance 

• Comfortable operating as a technical authority across organizational boundaries 

• Able to translate analytical results into clear insights for engineering and program leadership 

• Experience in defense or national security programs preferred 

COMPENSATION  

• Base Salary: $200,000-$330,000

• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave 

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education and experience. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location—Successful candidates will be located near Denver or Colorado Springs. While we observe a hybrid work environment, some work must be done on site.
• Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below. #LI-Onsite

YOUR MISSION

RESPONSIBILITIES 

True Anomaly is seeking a highly accomplished Structural Integrity Lead to lead the technical execution of a next-generation missile defense program. This is a generational opportunity to architect a solution to some of the most challenging mission sets in missile defense, not to mention aerospace engineering as a whole.  You will establish and enforce processes and standards ensuring structural integrity across the SBI program. You will develop and validate structural models and manage structural margins across configuration while defining and maintain fracture control, fatigue, creep, and damage tolerance methodologies. Finally you will establish the processes by which verification and test activities related to structural integrity are performed. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

Required Qualifications & Experience 

• 10+ years experience developing and managing Fracture Control Plans and performing structural analysis using FEM methods

• Proven leadership in design, analysis, and verification on a major aerospace program

• Ability to scale analytical rigor to match program maturity and risk 

• Ability to lead cross-functional technical teams and coordinate across hardware and software boundaries 

• Expertise with NASTRAN, ABAQUS, NASGRO or comparable analysis tools

• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related field. Master’s or Ph.D. preferred
• U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret

Desired Qualifications & Experience 

• Advanced degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering 

• Experience with missile defense or space vehicle programs

• Strong track record leading cross-functional engineering teams and managing design-to-delivery cycles

• Background in systems engineering or technical program management
• TS/SCI clearance

COMPENSATION  

• Base Salary:  $150,000-$255,000
• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave 

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education and experience. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location—Successful candidates will be located near Denver or Colorado Springs. While we observe a hybrid work environment, some work must be done on site.
• Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below. #LI-Hybrid 

YOUR MISSION 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

True Anomaly is seeking a highly accomplished Chief Engineer, Host Vehicle to lead the technical execution of a next-generation missile defense program. This is a generational opportunity to architect a solution to some of the most challenging mission sets in missile defense, not to mention aerospace engineering as a whole. You will serve as the top technical authority for the host vehicle, accountable for engineering performance, risk management, and system integration. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams through design, development, analysis, test, and fielding phases while ensuring the vehicle architecture, requirements, and design decisions align with system-level objectives and mission success criteria. You must impedance match rigor and analysis depth to the maturity and risk posture of the program. Finally you will drive design and technical readiness reviews, technical baseline management, and design assurance. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

Required Qualifications & Experience 

• 10+ years of of proven experience delivering a major aerospace subsystem or vehicle from concept through delivery/fielding 

• Demonstrated ability to balance technical rigor with schedule and program realities 
• Strong systems engineering and technical leadership background across mechanical, electrical, and software domains 
• Strong background in systems engineering practices: requirements, verification, trade studies, interface control, and failure analysis

• Ability to lead cross-functional technical teams and coordinate across hardware and software boundaries

• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, or related field. Master’s or Ph.D. preferred
• U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret

Desired Qualifications & Experience 

• Advanced degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering

• Experience with missile defense or space vehicle programs

• Strong track record leading cross-functional engineering teams and managing design-to-delivery cycles
• TS/SCI clearance

COMPENSATION  

• Base Salary:  $210,000-$355,000

• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave 

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education and experience. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location—Successful candidates will be located near Denver or Colorado Springs. While we observe a hybrid work environment, some work must be done on site.
• Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below. #LI-Hybrid

YOUR MISSION

RESPONSIBILITIES 

True Anomaly is seeking a highly accomplished Deputy Chief Engineer to lead the technical execution of a next-generation missile defense program. This is a generational opportunity to architect a solution to some of the most challenging mission sets in missile defense, not to mention aerospace engineering as a whole. The Deputy Chief is responsible for ensuring the technical integrity, accuracy, and repeatability of analysis across the program. 

Responsibilities include: 

Program Technical Leadership 

• Support the Chief Engineer in maintaining overall technical integrity of the missile defense program

• Serve as acting Chief Engineer when delegated, leading technical reviews and milestone readiness assessments

• Translate top-level technical direction and risk posture into actionable guidance for subsystem teams

• Lead integrated design reviews, risk boards, and engineering change control processes

Systems Integration and Verification 

• Ensure interfaces between major subsystems (host vehicle, interceptor, kill vehicle, ground systems) are technically sound and compatible

• Drive technical integration across disciplines, avionics, structures, thermal, propulsion, and GNC, to maintain system coherence 

• Oversee verification planning, ensuring requirements are traceable, testable, and verified across the full lifecycle

• Ensure analytical and test rigor is scaled appropriately to design maturity and risk tolerance

Engineering Discipline Coordination 

• Mentor discipline leads, ensuring consistency in standards, modeling assumptions, and data management

• Promote cross-functional problem solving, ensuring issues are rapidly elevated and technically resolved

• Enforce engineering rigor, documentation, and configuration control across the design and analysis functions

• Oversee the engineering review process (ERB, CCB) and ensure technical disposition of non-conformances

Strategic and Programmatic Alignment 

• Support the Chief Engineer and Program Manager in balancing technical, schedule, and cost trade-offs

• Coordinate with Systems Engineering and SEIT to ensure cohesive technical baseline and verification closure

• Contribute to technology maturation and risk reduction planning for future phases of the SBI program

• Represent engineering during customer technical interchange meetings, design reviews, and audits

QUALIFICATIONS 

Required Qualifications & Experience 

• 8+ years of experience in aerospace systems engineering, design, and technical leadership

• Proven record of leading multidisciplinary teams through full lifecycle development (concept through fielding)

• Deep understanding of configuration management, requirements traceability, and verification processes

• Strong background in one or more core domains (systems, structures, propulsion, GNC, avionics)

• Excellent communication, decision-making, and leadership skills
• U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret

Desired Qualifications & Experience 

• Prior experience as Chief Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer, or IPT Lead on a missile defense, launch, or space vehicle program

• Experience interfacing with government technical authorities and independent review boards

• Demonstrated success in scaling technical processes for rapid prototyping through operational deployment
• Advanced degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering
• TS/SCI clearance

COMPENSATION  

• Base Salary: $185,000-$310,000 
• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave 

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education and experience. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location—Successful candidates will be located near Denver or Colorado Springs. While we observe a hybrid work environment, some work must be done on site.
• Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below.  #LI-Onsite

YOUR MISSION

The Integrated Test Operations Lead is responsible for the detailed planning, coordination, and execution of integrated vehicle testing across ground and flight environments. This role serves as the primary execution arm for all test activities, translating program objectives into actionable test plans and ensuring disciplined, safe, and efficient test conduct.

Working under the direction of the Ground Test Director, this role drives day-to-day test readiness, leads cross-functional coordination, and ensures all systems, teams, and environments are prepared for successful test execution.

The Integrated Test Operations Lead is responsible for translating program-level test objectives into detailed, executable plans that enable successful ground and flight test campaigns. This includes developing comprehensive test plans for ground-based flight tests and range-based operations, with clearly defined configurations, success criteria, instrumentation strategies, and data collection requirements. The role leads integrated test readiness efforts, ensuring all technical, operational, and safety elements are fully prepared and that all pre-test actions are closed prior to execution.

During test operations, the Integrated Test Operations Lead serves as the primary execution lead, directing real-time test activities and maintaining disciplined adherence to procedures, safety protocols, and mission objectives. This individual is responsible for coordinating inputs from engineering, safety, and operations teams, managing the tempo of execution, and ensuring that all systems and personnel operate in a synchronized and controlled manner. They provide structured recommendations and inputs into go/no-go decisions and lead initial responses to anomalies or off-nominal conditions during test events.

The role requires continuous coordination across cross-functional teams, including propulsion, avionics, guidance, navigation and control (GNC), structures, ground systems, and range operations. The Integrated Test Operations Lead integrates these inputs into cohesive, executable plans and ensures alignment between vehicle readiness, ground infrastructure, and external constraints such as range availability and regulatory requirements.

Following each test event, the Integrated Test Operations Lead ensures the integrity and completeness of all collected data and leads initial post-test assessments, including anomaly identification and triage. They coordinate closely with engineering teams to support deeper data analysis and ensure that lessons learned are rapidly incorporated into subsequent test planning and execution cycles.

In addition, the role maintains ownership of integrated test execution schedules, proactively identifying risks to successful execution and driving mitigation strategies across the team. The Integrated Test Operations Lead provides regular status updates to the Ground Test Director and escalates critical risks, issues, or decision points as needed, operating as the primary “boots-on-the-ground” leader responsible for delivering safe, efficient, and effective test execution.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
• 8+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, or complex system testing environments
• Demonstrated experience planning and executing integrated system tests (ground and/or flight)
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in high-tempo, high-consequence operational environments
• Strong understanding of test operations, including test planning, readiness reviews, and execution discipline
• Proven ability to translate engineering requirements into executable test procedures and plans
• Experience working with safety-critical systems and adherence to rigorous safety and mission assurance standards
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to coordinate across engineering, operations, and external stakeholders
• Ability to operate effectively under pressure and make sound decisions in dynamic test environments

Desired Qualifications

• Advanced degree (M.S. or higher) in a relevant engineering discipline
• Experience with missile systems, launch vehicles, or high-performance flight systems
• Prior experience serving as a test conductor, test director, or similar role during live test operations
• Familiarity with test range operations and coordination (e.g., government or commercial ranges)
• Experience with telemetry, instrumentation systems, and data acquisition for flight or ground tests
• Background in guidance, navigation and control (GNC), propulsion, or integrated vehicle systems
• Experience leading or supporting Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), Flight Readiness Reviews (FRRs), or equivalent
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex schedules and drive execution across multiple parallel test efforts
• Exposure to configuration management and test article control in a development or production environment
• High growth potential with demonstrated leadership trajectory toward senior test or program leadership roles

COMPENSATION  

• Base Salary: $165,000-$285,000 
• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to maintain or obtain TS//SCI clearance
• Work Location: this role will be fully onsite at our GravityWorks factory in Centennial, CO or Long Beach, CA.
• Work environment is in a standard office, working at a desk or in a production factory.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (IT

1. AR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

We value diversity of experience, knowledge, backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. True Anomaly is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, maternity or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below. LI-Onsite