Be more than just an employee number! Join Terran Orbital, a leader in innovation, manufacturing, and operations in the satellite industry. We are a pioneer in the miniaturization of space technologies and the delivery of responsive space solutions. We are a unique, fast-growing, and trusted team focused on quickly and economically designing, building, launching, and operating state-of-the-art satellites for advanced mission constellations. Terran Orbital is seeking an experienced Chief Engineer - Spacecraft to join our growing team as a key leadership team member. Reporting to the VP, Space & Mission Systems, the Chief Engineer - Spacecraft will be a key member of the engineering leadership team that works closely with functional engineering teams and program managers as a technical authority to ensure product integrity that meets customers' needs with technical excellence. The Chief Engineer will also support the development of solutions, provide input to technical cost proposals, drive affordability, and ensure the technical integrity of delivered products with rigor through design, testing, and technical issue resolution. This role will serve as a technical authority for the organization and provide technical leadership for the development roadmaps, engineering standards, process, and tool development, incorporating best practices and lessons learned across the portfolio for space products. Key Duties and Responsibilities * A hands-on leader, providing technical expertise and guidance across space system products. * Ensure technical integrity and rigor of space systems designs, analysis, testing, and investigations. * Support program key driving and risk areas. * Lead and advise independent Non-Advocate Reviews for projects and programs to ensure business, customer, and supplier success. * Provide leadership for the Engineering and Failure Review Boards. * Provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance to the engineering teams. * Liaison with Components and Modules Group. * Establish best practices, frameworks, guidelines, standards, processes, and tools. * Participate and lead the technical discussions with customers and suppliers to ensure mission success. * Develop and maintain client network and relationships with senior-level customer counterparts. * Guide architecture trades to find balanced solutions for technical, schedule, and cost. * Support the sales and business development teams in the development of technology strategy by adding technical excellence to proposals and presentations. * Maintain working knowledge of industry engineering practices, tools, and trends. * Identify and engage meaningful technical inputs from other enterprise contributors and external experts, as needed, to provide optimal focus and skills for challenging and specialty technical topics.