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Agile Space Industries · 11 hours ago

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Durango, CO

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$175K/yr - $250K/yr

20+ years exp

Agile Space Industries is a rapidly growing supplier of propulsion hardware and engineering services for the space industry. The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) will lead the technical vision and strategy, mentor a propulsion engineering team, and oversee technical matters in support of products and services.

3D PrintingAerospaceAir TransportationSpace Travel

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Mentor and grow an industry leading propulsion engineering team, expanding technical capability and technical prowess

Foster and maintain a productive engineering culture

Develop and evangelize Agile’s Technology Roadmap, internally and externally, creating a clear technical vision, focusing and inspiring Agile’s staff and creating a compelling product offering to position Agile to achieve its strategic objectives

Support the business development process by ensuring convergence on the best technical baseline and programmatic solution (or no-bid decision) for each opportunity and a sufficient engineering definition

Responsible for the prioritization, budgeting, and planning of Internal Research and Development (IRAD) investments. Together with the COO, support execution of specific IRAD projects and initiatives

Support the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with return on investment (ROI) analysis for the business area’s strategic products, programs, and IRAD

With the CEO and CCO, identify and support the pursuit of new technology funding opportunities with government customers and strategic partners

Monitor, predict and analyze market information, projections, shifts, and competition. Make recommendations for technology, product and marketing strategy in coordination with CCO and CEO

Support CCO in the formulation and maintenance of product and services marketing collateral

Support the BD Team with technical support for white papers, RFIs, and RFPs, including Cost, Schedule and Risk review

In coordination with the rest of the executive team, provide internal and external thought leadership for Agile staff and the wider industry supporting and generating social media, technical papers, white papers and articles

Develop and cultivate relationships with academic, government, and industry technical thought leaders and partners. Represent Agile as the technical ambassador in relevant conferences, technical thought leadership and industry white papers

Maintain oversight of all technical matters in support of products and services

Provide oversight of independent programs peer reviews for key program milestones (SRR, PDR, CDR, IRR, etc.) for customer and IRAD programs

Similar to the technology and product road-mapping, work with the COO and CCO to maintain product life cycle plans driving such decisions as continued project support investment and retirement

Interface with manufacturing and test operations to drive design-for-manufacturability, rapid prototyping, quality control, and production scaling

Refine and manage Agile’s product definition and technical requirements process from proposal creation through product delivery

Champion and chair the Technical Risk Management Program and strive to drive Agile’s quality system ethos of speed and continuous improvement throughout all business functions

Oversee Agile intellectual property, creating and maintaining the IP strategy, prioritization, process, preparation and submission

Identify and pursue, in coordination with COO and CCO, potential infrastructure and product support initiatives from federal and state governments

Attend and support the quarterly ASI Board of Director meetings

Influence IT, cyber and digital infrastructure requirements for Agile and have ultimate responsibility for ongoing digital transformation and exploit of new capabilities

Select and manage Agile’s external technical advisors and consultants

Qualification

Master's degree in Engineering20 years aerospace experiencePropulsion technologies experienceCommercial contracting experienceSpace flight hardware managementTechnical patents experienceEngineering processes developmentFrequent conference speakerAdditive manufacturing experienceStart-ups experienceCurrent TS/SCI Security Clearance

Required

Master's degree or above in Engineering, Science, or related field (Note: Bachelors' Degree and relative work experience may substitute for required education.)

20 years' experience in aerospace industry, NASA, DoD, or other government agencies in the space domain with accompanying wide contact network

Familiarity a minimum but specific experience with propulsion technologies preferred

Experience with commercial and government contracting

Broad knowledge of Engineering, Quality Assurance, Safety, Manufacturing, Testing, Operations, and Business Development

Experience managing space flight hardware programs

Frequent and experienced speaker at aerospace conferences

The ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance