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Senior Manager, Vehicle Engineering - Millennnium Space Systems

USA - El Segundo, CA💼 Full-time💰 $174,500–$174,500🗓 2026-09-21 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead vehicle engineering teams to deliver technical work products, schedules, and budgets for national security small satellites, overseeing design integration, performance, and subsystem execution.

Role type

Senior Manager, Vehicle Engineering (Aerospace/Defense)

Builds

Small satellites for national security missions (missile warning, Earth observation)

Domain

Aerospace & Defense, National Security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Vehicle engineering design integration, Structural design and analysis, Thermal design and analysis, Mechanical systems and mechanisms, Propulsion systems, Harness and cable design, Design for manufacturability, Integration assembly and test flow

Preferred skills

Agile development processes, CAD tools (NX, SolidWorks, Creo), PLM systems (Teamcenter), 3D harness modeling, Structural/thermal analysis tools (Nastran, Patran, Thermal Desktop), High-volume production design (>100/year)

Technologies

NX, SolidWorks, Creo, Teamcenter, Nastran, Patran, Thermal Desktop, JIRA, Confluence, Git

Responsibilities

Coordinate risk management across teams, oversee program-level schedules and resource balancing, establish and maintain project management tool standardization, mentor front-line managers, approve proposal labor estimates and technical baselines, partner with Quality and Safety teams to ensure risk posture

Seniority

Senior Manager, functional leadership

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