Rendezvous & Proximity Operations (RPO) Team Lead

• Lead the RPO team providing subject matter expertise mentorship performance reviews and actively maintaining a healthy culture.
• Oversee the architecture of the teams solutions to accelerate adoption on new programs and support scalable solutions.
• Support the evaluation of RPO solutions across the development lifecycle including Software-in-the-Loop Hardware-in-the-Loop and operational environments.
• Evaluate and recommend tools technologies and processes.
• Evaluate and perform peer reviews of RPO team artifacts.
• Resource-manage a team of RPO engineers including assignment of team members to given programs in conjunction with the program manager.
• Facilitate the planning tracking and scheduling of program deliverables in coordination with the program teams.
• Collaborate with the wider program engineering team engineering team leads business leadership customers and third-party organizations.
• Support capture and new business with applying solutions to new customer needs.

Qualifications :

• Demonstrated experience leading a team of engineers within the flight dynamics or guidance navigation and control domains.
• Experience with RPO solution development life cycle processes and technologies.
• Experience of principles and techniques for developing modifying debugging releasing and maintaining RPO solutions for mission-critical aerospace applications.
• Understanding of current RPO system tools and frameworks.
• Experience working on space vehicle GNC and FD design spanning new system concept development modeling & simulation of the operational environment verification & validation and operations.
• Collaborative communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Experienced professional with greater than 12 years experience in software development preferably within aerospace or defense and demonstrated team lead experience.
• Bachelors degree Masters degree or PhD in science technology engineering or math or equivalent experience.

Additional Information :

If youre passionate about our mission and believe youd be an outstanding addition to our team dont worry about checking every single boxor having a background solely in aerospace or defense. At Astroscale U.S. were committed to fostering a diverse inclusive and open-minded environment. We embrace a wide range of perspectives experiences and ways of thinking. If youre excited about contributing to our work and think youd thrive in this role we encourage you to apply.

Salary range: $150000 $190000. The salary range represents the low and high end of the Astroscale U.S. Inc. salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to experience knowledge and ability as applicable to the role.

The application deadline is November 2 2025.

Please note Astroscale U.S. is a U.S. Government registered export control compliant company as such applicants should be a U.S. person or U.S. citizen.
Astroscale U.S. Inc. is an E-Verify employer.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time