Engineering Manager
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Summary
About the Role
About You
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related STEM field.
- 10+ years of professional experience in aerospace engineering or a related technical field, including at least 5 years of direct engineering personnel management.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in systems engineering and space vehicle development.
- 3+ years of experience supporting or overseeing space vehicle GNC systems and related architecture.
- Demonstrated experience leading functional engineering teams, including hiring and performance management.
- Proficiency in traditional project management practices and tools.
- Working knowledge of Agile methodologies and associated tooling.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Advanced degree in Engineering or a related STEM field.
- 10+ years of systems engineering experience within space vehicle or spacecraft programs.
- 5+ years of experience with spacecraft GNC systems at the subsystem or vehicle level.
- Experience leading engineering teams through full lifecycle programs.
- Demonstrated ability to apply both traditional and Agile management frameworks.
- Experience in a fast-paced, development-driven aerospace environment.
- Professional certifications such as PMP, CAPM, CSM, or equivalent.
Benefits
- Flexible Time Off, Sick, Family & Medical Leave
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, LTD, STD (employer funded)
- Voluntary Life, Critical Illness, Accidental, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance (employee funded)
- 401k with 3% non-elective company contribution
- Stock Options
- Free Parking
- Free lunch in office daily
Umbra builds next-generation space systems that observe the Earth in unprecedented fidelity. Our vision is to advance global insight through high quality, all weather commercial remote sensing and intelligence gathering. Our goal is to become an indispensable tool for the exploding number of organizations now actively monitoring the Earth, making data-driven decisions about land use, and fighting the effects of climate change. Umbra delivers on this mission by implementing first principles to develop hardware, software and services which are unrivaled by the status quo. Umbra builds cutting-edge hardware and software products for our analytics customers which solve complex business and security challenges for the United States and its allies. Canopy is our direct tasking platform which allows our customers to use a robust network of sensors to trigger space assets and autonomously deliver data for their analytics needs. Umbra’s team is comprised of space and business veterans from across industry and government. Umbra is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, and has a presence in Austin, and Washington, D.C. ALL SOCIAL IMAGERY AVAILABLE IN THE UMBRA OPEN DATA PROGRAM.