We are seeking a Government Sales Lead to drive new business across U.S. defense and civil space sectors. In this role, you will work closely with company leadership and engineering teams to bring novel space capabilities to market. You will be instrumental in identifying, shaping, and securing new business opportunities aligned with our advanced technologies and services. Additionally, you will play a key role in gathering customer insights to inform our strategic direction and product development.
Your focus will include advancing space movement and maneuver vehicles designed to enable a new logistics paradigm—leveraging multi-modal transport, high delta-V, and responsive access across all orbital regimes. You will also support sales and business development efforts related to in-space resource utilization, including plans to harvest Lunar water for propellant production, helping to enable a sustained U.S. commercial presence on the Moon.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders across key U.S. government organizations, including USSF, USSPACECOM, DARPA, NASA, and others
Identify, shape, and capture new business opportunities for emerging space technologies and in-space services
Collect and analyze customer strategies, needs, and requirements to guide internal technology development
Collaborate with executive leadership to craft strategies and engagement plans for growing government market share and revenue
Maintain awareness of market trends and competitive landscape to inform positioning and approach
Contribute to federal and state government affairs efforts
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline
Deep understanding of government procurement processes, from requirements generation through to contracting and budgeting
Proven ability to engage with senior officials and program stakeholders within defense, intelligence, or civil space agencies to drive adoption of new technologies
Strong adaptability and ability to navigate changing circumstances
Eligibility to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrated success in securing new U.S. government contracts and programs in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
Experience shaping and developing complex, hardware-centric government programs
Proven track record of initiating and growing government partnerships from early-stage concepts
Familiarity with or experience in organizations such as USSF Space Systems Command, USSPACECOM, SpOC, NRO, or NASA’s STMD or LSP
As a GNC Engineer at , you will be a member of the team architecting the full simulation and flight control stack for in-space transport vehicles and other space systems. You will help drive the overall spacecraft system architecture, execute vehicle design and higher-level transportation system trade studies, and implement the spacecraft’s attitude determination, trajectory optimization, guidance, and control systems.
You will actively contribute to the full life cycle of GNC development, from early architectural decisions and design through to hardware in the loop testing, on-vehicle functionality, and flight operations. This will include development of high fidelity multi-degree of freedom simulation and test framework, supporting Monte Carlo analyses, and the development of the core GNC algorithms that fly our spacecraft.
Responsibilities
Drive mission performance for high-deltaV, refuellable transport spacecraft to make in-space transportation abundant and affordable
Drive rapid execution and iteration efforts that put our spacecraft in orbit quickly
Hands-on prototyping, troubleshooting, and testing of simulations, flight algorithms, and hardware in the loop testing
Develop simulation and modeling tools to support vehicle and GNC trade studies
Develop novel algorithms for low thrust trajectory optimization, RPOD, and spacecraft attitude control and orbit determination
Select and size actuators and sensors to support spacecraft attitude control
Negotiate requirements by having a deep understanding of the company and mission objectives and providing alternative solutions
Conduct design reviews, test readiness reviews, and flight readiness reviews with a heavy emphasis on technical excellence
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering or physics discipline
3+ years of experience designing complex control systems that operate in harsh environments (autonomous vehicles, drones, spacecraft, etc.)
Capable of maintaining flexibility in direction under changing circumstances
Track record of delivering novel, excellent technical products
Demonstrated knowledge in designing, modeling, testing, and flying aerospace guidance, navigation, and control systems
Understanding of orbital mechanics, modeling and simulation, and software development and modeling skills, particularly in C/C++/Python/MATLAB/Simulink
Proven system engineering and configuration management skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in engineering or physics
Experience with GMAT, AGI STK/Astrogator, FreeFlyer or similar trajectory design, analysis, and optimization tools
Demonstrated experience with clean sheet GNC, simulation, software development, and conceptual spacecraft design, actuator sizing, and attitude determination and control
Experience with spacecraft on-orbit operations
Experience with rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking
Please apply to this advert or reach out to Matthew Mallorie @ EVONA m.mallorie@evona.com
As a Flight Software Engineer, you will be a member of the team architecting the full software stack for in-space transport vehicles and other space and ground test systems.
You will help drive the overall spacecraft system architecture, execute vehicle design and higher-level performance and communication system trade studies, and implement the spacecraft’s GNC algorithms into software that controls the vehicle systems. You will actively contribute to the full life cycle of software development, from early architectural decisions and design through to hardware in the loop testing, on-vehicle functionality, and flight operations.
Responsibilities
Write rigorous, high performance code to support high-deltaV, refuellable transport spacecraft to make in-space transportation abundant and affordable
Drive rapid execution and iteration efforts that put our spacecraft in orbit quickly
Hands-on prototyping, integration, troubleshooting, and testing of simulations, flight algorithms, and hardware in the loop testing
Implement rapidly developed code to support development and testing of avionics, propulsion, electromechanical, and other spacecraft systems
Negotiate requirements by having a deep understanding of the company and mission objectives and providing alternative solutions
Conduct design reviews, test readiness reviews, and flight readiness reviews with a heavy emphasis on technical excellence
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in relevant computer science or engineering discipline
3+ years of experience designing complex software that operate in novel time-sensitive and/or embedded environments (autonomous vehicles, drones, spacecraft, etc.)
Capable of maintaining flexibility in direction under changing circumstances
Track record of delivering novel, excellent technical products
Strong understanding of operating systems, data structures, networking protocols, communication standards, and computer architectures
Understanding of modeling and simulation, and software development skills, particularly in C/C++/Python
Proven system engineering and configuration management skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
Masters degree in computer science, engineering or physics
Experience writing code for real-time operating systems requiring execution at a deterministic rate
Experience with existing automation-frameworks such as ROS, NASA cFS, or MAX
Experience in a start-up or fast-paced software development environment
Experience with spacecraft on-orbit operations and troubleshooting
Please apply to this advert or reach out to Matthew Mallorie @ EVONA m.mallorie@evona.com
As a Propulsion Engineer, you will work with a team of talented engineers to support the end-to-end development of water-based propulsion systems for our reusable, in-space transport vehicle.
The work will include the development of electric propulsion thrusters, RCS thrusters, propellant management and feed systems, and thermal management systems. You will have an influential role in designing the propulsion architecture and enabling high efficiency transport of payloads throughout cislunar space.
Responsibilities
Use computational tools and first-principles calculations to design propulsion components and systems
Hands-on prototyping, troubleshooting, and testing of propulsion hardware
Qualify propulsion hardware to ensure survival at expected mission environments
Draft and implement build and test procedures consistent with mission risk posture and own the outcome of test campaigns
Contribute to and conduct design reviews, test readiness reviews, and flight readiness reviews with a heavy emphasis on technical excellence
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering or science discipline
3+ years of experience designing and testing thrusters and/or thermo-fluidic systems that operate in harsh environments
Comprehensive understanding of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics
Experience managing analysis products and incorporating their feedback into design
Capable of maintaining flexibility in direction under changing circumstances
Track record of delivering novel, excellent technical products
Preferred Qualifications
Conducted full test campaigns of spacecraft propulsion systems
Experience with CAD software (e.g. Siemens NX)
Experience with a high-level programing language (e.g. python, matlab)
Experience with spacecraft electric propulsion systems
Experience with water electrochemistry
Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a high-paced, rewarding work environment.
Please apply to this advert or reach out to Matthew Mallorie @ EVONA m.mallorie@evona.com
