Integrated Product Team Lead - Reaction Wheels

Be more than just an employee number! Join Terran Orbital, a leader in innovation, manufacturing, and operations in the satellite industry. We are a pioneer in the miniaturization of space technologies and the delivery of responsive space solutions. We are a unique, fast-growing, and trusted team focused on quickly and economically designing, building, launching, and operating state-of-the-art modules and satellites for advanced mission constellations.

Terran Orbital seeks an experienced Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead– Reaction Wheels to join our growing Components & Modules team. Reporting to the Product Director of Actuation & Mechanisms Modules. The IPT Lead will have a goal to develop and produce high quality, high reliability reaction wheel assemblies to support internal and external customer needs. The IPT Lead will be responsible for a portfolio of Reaction Wheel Assemblies and components including encoders, controllers and power boards.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with sales & marketing, business development, finance & legal for both internal and external customers to develop and implement product strategies and technical roadmaps
• Responsible for market research for product requirements, features, pricing, and competitive analysis
• Responsible for product development, product production, and post-delivery support working with manufacturing, mission assurance, AI&T, and supplier management
• Has responsibility, authority, and accountability for the product cost, schedule, and technical scope, along with driving critical risk-based decisions throughout the program life cycle
• Responsible for Project management of New Product Development and Introduction
• Responsible for implementing product development processes & planning
• Develop a multi-functional organization that will scale for the growth of your product area
• Support resource and facility planning to ensure that each product group has the resources it needs (people, technology, equipment, infrastructure) to scale for growth
• Champion product improvements to achieve efficient high rate-production

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Physical Sciences
• 5+ years of experience with product development with a demonstrated reputation for driving business goals and objectives to completion
• Proven experience in the development and manufacture of satellite reaction wheels, momentum wheels, or control-moment gyros
• An understanding of AIAA S 114 Moving Mechanical Assemblies for Space and Launch Vehicles, GSFC-STD-7000 General Environmental Verification Standard (GEVS), and SMC-S-016, Test requirements for Launch, Upper stage, and Space Vehicles
• Experience in development, qualification, and acceptance testing with Failure investigation and root cause analysis skills
• Experience in the development of high-rate production products
• Strong leadership & team building skills, candidate must be able to lead and motivate cross-functional teams as well as have proven experience in a team environment and interfacing successfully across organizational boundaries
• Exhibited capability to foster an environment that enables the application of continuous improvement, novel thinking, and fresh ideas to business challenges resulting in creative and competitive solutions
• Ability to define and utilize metrics, manage external suppliers, and manufacturing
• Per the requirement of certain Terran Orbital facilities, the applicant must be eligible to obtain and maintain a US TS/SCI Security Clearance and all unique accesses required to work at such facilities
• Experience in bearings/bearing analysis, rotor dynamics, balancing, magnetics design, brushless motor drive circuits, control systems, estimators, and avionics

Additional Differentiators

• Experience in setting up a development lab for reaction wheel testing
• Experience in Program/Project management of new product development
• Experience in Systems Engineering & Integration of Spacecraft Systems

Benefits

• 100% Company-paid comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• Employee Equity Incentive Program
• 401(k) Match
• Unlimited PTO

ABOUT TERRAN ORBITAL:

Terran Orbital is a leading manufacturer of satellite products primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries. Terran Orbital provides end-to-end satellite solutions by combining satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations, and on-orbit support to meet the needs of the most demanding military, civil, and commercial customers