Advanced Missions Lead

Location: Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA; Seattle, WA; Denver, CO; Washington DC; Huntsville, AL

Department: Technology & Adv Dev

Voyager is an innovative defense, national security and space technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space. 

Forge the Future: Join Voyager Technologies 

The future belongs to those who build it. At Voyager Technologies, we’re building technologies that protect lives, expand frontiers and prepare us for what’s next. And we’re doing that with people who are wired to solve, build, adapt and lead. These roles are not for the faint of heart.  

You’ll help lay the foundation for humanity's future. Join a culture where innovation thrives, curiosity is rewarded, and impact is real. We’re a company of doers, thinkers and builders, united by purpose and grounded in reality. 

If you want to put your skills to work where the stakes are real and the mission is bigger than any one person, forge the future with Voyager. 

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Job Summary: 

We are seeking an Advanced Missions Lead for the Advanced Technologies Group who excels at moving technology from zero to one. You will serve as the single-threaded leader for high-value CRAD initiatives, taking radical ownership of highly ambitious programs from proposed concept to physical reality. You believe in small, elite teams, extreme autonomy, minimizing bureaucratic reporting, and moving quickly.

You are a “tactical executor,” who can operate seamlessly at the intersection of business strategy and deep-tech innovation and programmatic execution. You are equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses to customer leaders as you are discussing technical tradeoffs in hardware and software development with your engineers. You thrive in the full contact sport of lean execution and evolving requirements of advanced and novel missions.

Responsibilities: 

• Single-Threaded Leadership: Act as the ultimate authority and visionary executing advanced novel mission sets, maintaining complete control over your project's direction, execution, and strategy.
• Ruthless Efficiency & Small Teams: Restrict team bloat in an almost vicious manner, keeping the core group to a small number of exceptional people to maximize speed, mutual trust, and agility.
• Plan and Execute Complex Programs: Lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish, working with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, and manage aggressive schedules.
• Drive DARPA-Hard Innovation: Pursue leap-ahead capabilities rather than incremental improvements, managing early-stage investments and driving advanced tech into deployable assets.
• Bridge Technology & Business: Collaborate closely with the engineering team to translate technical breakthroughs into viable, commercialized new products.
• Get It Done: Push for progress and resolution especially in the ambiguous circumstances and hurdles that come with innovative program execution.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant STEM field (Engineering, Physics, Computer Science) with 8+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• Experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects in a hardware engineering or manufacturing engineering environment.
• Proven history of shipping innovative, successful consumer or defense products from concept to launch.
• Exceptional briefing skills; you can author clear documentation and deliver executive presentations with no ambiguity on status, constraints, and help needed.
• Demonstrated ability to drive progress, solve problems, and mentor team members in highly ambiguous environments.
• Experience translating complex engineering concepts into compelling value propositions for customers.
• Proven capability managing and executing complex programs consisting of novel technologies and/or prototypes.
• Experience interfacing directly with government stakeholders and customer across the DoD and/or IC and demonstrated understanding of their operational priorities.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Master's or PhD in a relevant STEM field.
• Experience taking complex hardware from concept through prototyping, qualification testing, and volume production.
• Active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance.
• Familiarity with incorporating generative AI tools or multi-agent systems to enhance workflow efficiency and productivity.
• A "builder" mindset with a personal history of building things for fun—rockets, race cars, robots, or any other kinetic or electrical systems.
• Previous space domain experience and programs execution including spacecraft integration and operations.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.

Please click “Apply” to submit your application. 

The salary range represents the base salary range for this position. Actual compensation will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors. Those include but are not limited to location, experience, and performance.

Voyager offers a comprehensive, total compensation package, which includes competitive salary, a discretionary annual bonus plan, paid time off (PTO), a comprehensive health benefit package, retirement savings, wellness program, and various other benefits. When you join our team, you’re not just an employee; you become part of a dynamic community dedicated to innovation and excellence. 

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. 

Voyager is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.  

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