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VP Vehicle Engineering

Outpost
Los Angeles, USAfull_timePosted 12 Aug 2026

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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>VP Vehicle Engineering&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Location:</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;Playa Vista, California (in-person, five days per week)</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>The return lane isn’t going to build itself. Come build it with us.</strong></p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Outpost is an orbital logistics company rewriting the rules of global logistics by building reusable Earth-return vehicles that unlock in-space manufacturing, on-orbit warehousing, and 60-minute global delivery through space.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Our CarryAll vehicle family returns payloads ranging from 200 kilograms to 10 metric tons, lands within 10 meters of its target, and can then be refurbished and launched again. One vehicle, many missions: responsive logistics and precision delivery for national security; commercial cargo moved with real cadence; R&amp;D payloads flown, tested, and refined across repeatable cycles; and critical aid delivered where roads and runways can’t reach.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">The demand is already here, validated through defense and civil agreements and supported by a growing pipeline of government and commercial customers.</p> <p>We have the customers, the team, and a clear technical path ahead of us. We’re building the return lane. Come build it with us</p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">The Role</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The VP Vehicle Engineering owns the vision, execution, and culture behind Outpost’s vehicle portfolio, including the Carryall orbital return vehicle and the Airdrop atmospheric precision delivery system, and is accountable for bringing both to operational status at scale.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Reporting to the CTO,&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="auto">you will work side by side with our VP of Engineering, Product, VP of Engineering, Production and VP of Engineering, Software.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This is a rare opportunity to

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