EVONA ยท 22 hours ago
VP of Satellite
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/ExecutiveEVONA is a fast-growing space technology company building a next-generation Low Earth Orbit satellite system. The VP of Satellite will own the end-to-end design, integration, and delivery of the spacecraft, acting as the technical authority and leading a multi-disciplinary engineering organization.
Staffing & Recruiting
Responsibilities
Owning the entire satellite platform across all subsystems
Acting as Chief Engineer, defining and maintaining the system technical baseline and interfaces
Leading system-level trade studies that balance performance, risk, cost, and schedule
Overseeing integration, test, verification, launch, and on-orbit performance
Driving design-for-manufacture and design-for-operations to enable scale
Leading and growing a multi-disciplinary engineering organization (~25 engineers)
Making clear technical decisions when teams disagree and standing behind them
Communicating progress, risk, and trade-offs to executive leadership
Qualification
Required
A systems engineer by background who now leads
Technically deep across spacecraft subsystems, with depth in at least one
Comfortable operating in fast-moving, higher-risk hardware programs
Motivated by delivering complete, operational spacecraft, not just designs
Significant experience in spacecraft development
Proven ownership of satellites through design, integration, launch, and operations
Demonstrated system-level integration and technical leadership
Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams
Strong technical and executive-level communication skills
Company
EVONA
We believe in the evolution of knowledge and the progression of people - it is so core to our business, it's the meaning of our name: EVO - to evolve, ONA - people.
Founded in 2018
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Jack Madley
Co-Founder
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