Deputy Chief Engineer

<p>Space is a warfighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it.</p>

<p><u>OUR MISSION</u></p>

<p>True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors — enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground.</p>

<p><u>OUR VALUES</u></p>

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<li><strong>Be the offset.</strong>&nbsp;We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.</li>

<li><strong>What would it take?</strong>&nbsp;We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.</li>

<li><strong>It’s the people.</strong>&nbsp;Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.</li>

</ul><p><u>YOUR MISSION</u></p>

<p><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES</strong>&nbsp;</p>

<p>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.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Responsibilities include:&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Program Technical Leadership</strong>&nbsp;</p>

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<li>Support the Chief Engineer in maintaining overall technical integrity of the missile defense program</li>

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<li>Serve as acting Chief Engineer when delegated, leading technical reviews and milestone readiness assessments</li>

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<li>Translate top-level technical direction and risk posture into actionable guidance for subsystem teams</li>

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<li>Lead integrated design reviews, risk boards, and engineering change control processes</li>

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<p><strong>Systems Integration and Verification</strong>&nbsp;</p>

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<li>Ensure interfaces between major subsystems (host vehicle, interceptor, kill vehicle, ground systems) are technically sound and compatible</li>

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<li>Drive technical integration across disciplines, avionics, structures, thermal, propulsion, and GNC, to maintain system coherence&nbsp;</li>

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<li>Oversee verification planning, ensuring requirements are traceable, testable, and verified across the full lifecycle</li>

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<li>Ensure analytical and test rigor is scaled appropriately to design maturity and risk tolerance</li>

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<p><strong>Engineering Discipline Coordination</strong>&nbsp;</p>

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<li>Mentor discipline leads, ensuring consistency in standards, modeling assumptions, and data management</li>

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<li>Promote cross-functional problem solving, ensuring issues are rapidly elevated and technically resolved</li>

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<li>Enforce engineering rigor, documentation, and configuration control across the design and analysis functions</li>

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<li>Oversee the engineering review process (ERB, CCB) and ensure technical disposition of non-conformances</li>

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<p><strong>Strategic and Programmatic Alignment</strong>&nbsp;</p>

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<li>Support the Chief Engineer and Program Manager in balancing technical, schedule, and cost trade-offs</li>

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<li>Coordinate with Systems Engineering and SEIT to ensure cohesi</li></ul>