Head of Solar
Core
Lead the end-to-end solar array program for high-power satellites, managing technology development, design, manufacturing, and on-orbit performance to enable operations in extreme radiation environments.
Role type
Senior IC Head of Solar Engineering (Space Systems)
Builds
High-power satellite solar arrays and modules for LEO to deep space missions
Domain
Aerospace / Space Systems / Solar Engineering
Required skills
Mechanical and electromechanical design, solar array engineering, team leadership (managing managers), end-to-end program ownership, CAD/FEA, strategic direction setting, cross-functional collaboration, executive communication
Preferred skills
Solar array engineering for space applications, scaling engineering organizations to full-rate production, robotics/vision-guided assembly, moving mechanical assemblies for aerospace, NASA-STD-5017/SMC-S-016/GSFC-STD-7000 experience, GD&T application
