Turion Space
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Staff Spacecraft Systems Engineer
We are seeking an exceptional Staff Spacecraft Systems Engineer to serve as a Chief Program Engineer on an upcoming new product line program focused on GEO Space Domain Awareness missions relying on highly maneuverable and agile small satellites. This senior technical leadership role goes beyond individual spacecraft design to encompass full ownership of the satellite architecture and technical baseline for assigned programs. The Staff Spacecraft Systems Engineer ensures that all aspects of the mission, from requirements decomposition and traceability to mission capability verification, are properly defined, progressed, and documented to meet both customer and mission success criteria. Key Responsibilities: Program Chief Engineering Leadership - Serve as Chief Program Engineer for assigned programs, owning end-to-end satellite architecture and ensuring appropriate technical progress throughout the program lifecycle - Drive resolution of complex cross-disciplinary technical issues, making authoritative architectural decisions that balance performance, cost, and schedule - Lead teams through all technical milestones including, SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and PSR, and post-launch operations - Interact directly with customers and suppliers as the primary technical point of contact to ensure mission success Mission Definition & Technical Baseline - Own and maintain system-level budgets, mass, power, delta-V, pointing, data, and link. ensuring the technical baseline demonstrably meets requirements and intended capability performance - Work alongside mission stakeholders to define and refine mission CONOPS, translating operational needs into rigorous system-level requirements - Lead derivation and maintenance of system requirements, ensuring full traceability from mission-level objectives through system, subsystem, and component requirements - Ensure requirements decomposition is executed correctly and that traceability is maintained throughout the entire techni
Principal Astronautical Engineer
At Turion Space, our astronautical engineering work is what makes autonomous operations in orbit possible. This team owns the flight dynamics, navigation, guidance, and mission analysis that let our spacecraft maneuver, rendezvous, and operate safely in a contested and increasingly crowded domain. As a Principal Astronautical Engineer, you'll lead the design, development, and implementation of astronautical engineering solutions across mission operations, flight dynamics, flight software, and mission/systems engineering. This is a deeply technical leadership role at the core of how Turion flies. You'll set the standard for rigor across the astronautics stack, from the algorithms that determine and control spacecraft state to the software and test infrastructure that proves it works before it ever reaches orbit. Your work will directly shape the reliability of every mission we fly and the capabilities we can offer our customers. This position requires travel to our Irvine, California headquarters and other locations as needed. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES - Lead the design, development, and implementation of astronautical engineering solutions. - Build, develop, and maintain software and systems for space applications. - Ensure the quality and rigor of engineering processes and deliverables. - Drive for 100% test coverage against canonical sources of truth. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to achieve mission objectives. - Contribute to documentation, code reviews, and process improvements. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - M.S. in Astronautical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering with an astronautics emphasis, or a related technical field - 8 to 20 years of professional experience in astronautical engineering - Demonstrated ability to develop astronautics applications supporting mission operations, flight dynamics, flight software, and mission/systems engineering - Experience designing and implementing software for space application
Staff Ground Software Engineer
Turion is developing the critical infrastructure of the space economy. We're doing this by building vertically integrated hardware and software: DROID, our line of space vehicles, and Starfire, our software suite covering simulation, modeling, planning, and operations. We're a group of people who fell in love with the future sci-fi promised us, and we're building it into reality. We build hard things. We build them well. And we're just getting started. As a Staff Ground Software Engineer, you will play a key role in defining, designing, and building the next generation of Mission Control systems that spacecraft operators rely on every day. These systems enable teams to command real satellites, process high‑volume downlinks from orbit, and make split‑second decisions that directly impact missions worth millions of dollars and hardware traveling at over 17,500 mph. In this role, you will work across the full software lifecycle: shaping overall architecture, setting technical direction, building core services, and mentoring engineers as we scale our capabilities. You will tackle some of the hardest challenges in modern distributed systems, including: - Scale: designing systems that handle massive telemetry streams, high throughput, and globally distributed operations. - Speed: optimizing end‑to‑end latency so operators can react to spacecraft events in real time. - Availability: ensuring mission‑critical services remain resilient, fault tolerant, and highly reliable under all conditions. - Observability: building the tools, metrics, and instrumentation that give operators and engineers deep insight into system behavior. - Security: protecting command paths, data flows, and operational workflows against evolving threats in a domain where safety and integrity are paramount. You will collaborate closely with mission operators, flight software engineers, and cross‑functional teams to ensure our ground systems are intuitive, robust, and ready for missions of in
Senior Technical Sourcer
Turion is developing the critical infrastructure of the space economy. We're doing this by building vertically integrated hardware and software: DROID, our line of space vehicles, and Starfire, our software suite covering simulation, modeling, planning, and operations. We're a group of people who fell in love with the future sci-fi promised us, and we're building it into reality. We build hard things. We build them well. And we're just getting started. We’re looking for a Senior Technical Sourcer who can help us build the high-performing, mission-driven team that will get us there. You will be responsible for identifying, tracking and successfully converting passive talent to engaged candidates. This is a full-time, exempt position based on-site at our Irvine, California headquarters. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Run active sourcing campaigns for technical roles, primarily focused on software and hardware engineering - Source top-tier, hard-to-reach talent through creative outbound strategies and network-building - Guide candidates through the process with clarity, professionalism, and a focus on an outstanding experience - Collaborate with our marketing team to create posts, outreach and events that increase our brand recognition - Maintain data and detailed documentation in our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Ashby. - Continuously iterate on our processes to improve speed, quality, and experience QUALIFICATIONS Minimum Qualifications: - 5+ years of sourcing and/or recruiting experience, preferably in the aerospace, defense or tech industry - Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox, Boolean search strings or other common sourcing tools - Prior success with alternative sourcing methods, including social media, networking, contract and patent scraping - Demonstrated history of building long-term relationships with hiring managers and candidates - Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage requisitions and project work simultaneou
Senior Mission Operations Engineer
The Senior Mission Operations Engineer will be responsible for leading the development, integration, and execution of mission operations across the spacecraft lifecycle. This role serves as a primary operational integrator between engineering, ground software, and flight teams, ensuring that operational constraints, procedures, risk mitigations, and readiness activities are thoroughly defined, validated, and aligned with mission objectives. It involves driving cross‑team coordination, supporting real‑time operations, shaping operational architecture, and elevating operator capability through mentorship and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities - Provide senior‑level technical and operational expertise across all mission operations activities, serving as a subject‑matter expert during testing, rehearsals, anomalies, and on‑call operations. - Plan and coordinate cross‑team project and mission execution activities, ensuring alignment between operations, systems engineering, GNC, software, and ground teams. - Define, evaluate, document, and validate operational constraints across mission phases, drive updates when requirements, risks, or design changes dictate. - Lead development, improvement, and validation of operational procedures, flight rules, and operator workflows to ensure accurate, consistent, and reliable execution. - Conduct and contribute to mission risk assessments, supporting identification of hazards, proposing mitigations, and ensuring risks influence design and operational decisions. - Support tactical operational execution with minimal oversight, including command sequencing, real‑time decision‑making, and interface with cross‑disciplinary technical teams. - Maintain mission readiness by identifying prep risks early, coordinating closures, validating tools and processes, and ensuring teams are prepared for rehearsals and flight. - Drive closure of operational gaps such as constraint updates, procedure improvements, workflow issu
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Turion Space is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to join our growing team in Irvine, CA. You'll be joining our Quality organization at a foundational moment, helping define how we do quality, not just operating within a system that's already set in stone. Working closely with our Senior Manager of Quality & Mission Assurance, you'll help build out inspection processes, calibration systems, and QMS procedures as we scale, while also owning the day-to-day quality operations that keep us compliant and running today. This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role for someone who thrives on solving problems at the source, not just documenting them. You'll have real influence over how our processes, tooling, and documentation take shape as the team grows. It's a great fit for an engineer who can move fluidly between the shop floor and the conference room, someone who can read a CMM report and interpret GD&T callouts in the morning, then negotiate a disposition path with a customer or supplier in the afternoon. Key Responsibilities Building & Maturing the Quality Function - Help build and continuously improve QMS procedures, inspection processes, and quality infrastructure as our processes and product lines mature - Monitor quality systems and perform trend analysis to proactively identify systemic issues and design lasting process improvements NCR / RCCA - Work open Nonconformance Reports (NCRs) end-to-end: containment, root cause investigation, disposition, and closure - Research applicable industry specs and technical data to support disposition decisions, and provide resolution guidance to engineering, operations, and program stakeholders Inspection & Calibration - Develop and maintain inspection plans, including reviewing GD&T and CMM inspection reports as part of NCR investigations - Establish and monitor the calibration system to ensure measurement equipment remains compliant and audit-ready Contracts & Suppliers - Perform contract review t
PLM Change Analyst
At Turion Space, we’re building spacecraft to secure Earth and expand humanity’s reach beyond it. As a PLM Change Analyst, you will be the point of contact for all things PLM related including item masters, engineering change orders (ECO), drawing releases, bill of materials (BOMs), procedures and work instructions. You will be a critical part of our engineering operations team and ensure that our spacecraft have secure, complete and accurate documentation. This is a full-time, exempt position based on-site at our Irvine, California headquarters. Key Responsibilities - Ensure all documentation and change records are accurate, complete and compliant with company configuration management standards - Execute and process ECOs/ECRs in PLM system following established procedures - Route, track, and complete engineering change orders and change requests while ensuring required reviews and approvals have been captured - Perform PLM system administration activities including new user onboarding, permissions, role management and providing training on PLM workflows and best practices. - Support PLM implementation and configuration activities such as data migration, rollout of new features, as well as attributes, templates, and change process updates. - Monitor system performance, identify issues, and coordinate resolutions with PLM tech support. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to facilitate various document approval workflows, resolve any issues, and ensure consistency in all documentation to maintain configuration control - Support day to day engineering administrative needs related to PLM and change control such as item creation, BOM updates, drawing and document revisions, change impact assessments etc. - Draft procedures, work instructions, guidelines, flowcharts etc. and train team members on PLM processes and change management best practices - Participate in CCB meetings and ensure timely closure of assigned changes - Support PLM int
Associate General Counsel
Turion is developing the critical infrastructure of the space economy. We're doing this by building vertically integrated hardware and software: DROID, our line of space vehicles, and Starfire, our software suite covering simulation, modeling, planning, and operations. We're a group of people who fell in love with the future sci-fi promised us, and we're building it into reality. We build hard things. We build them well. And we're just getting started. We are seeking an experienced Associate General Counsel (AGC) to join its Legal Department. This is a high-impact, generalist role for a seasoned attorney (10-12 years) who can operate independently across a broad range of corporate, commercial, finance and regulatory matters, with particular depth in satellite/space industry practice and U.S. government contracting. The AGC will work directly with the General Counsel, executive team, and Board of Directors on matters spanning corporate governance, corporate finance, commercial and vendor contracting, and compliance with the specialized regulatory regimes that govern space and defense-related business (ITAR/EAR, FAR/DFARS, and related frameworks). The ideal candidate is a pragmatic, business-minded lawyer who can move fluidly between board-level governance work and day-to-day commercial and compliance execution. This is an opportunity to build core legal and governance infrastructure at a fast-growing space company at a pivotal stage of its growth. This is a full-time, exempt position based on-site at our Irvine, California headquarters. Key Responsibilities - Serve as a trusted legal advisor to business, engineering, and government programs teams on a broad range of day-to-day legal matters. - Draft, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements, including supplier and vendor contracts, teaming and subcontract agreements, NDAs, IP licenses, and customer agreements. - Support U.S. government (primarily DOD) contracting matters, including proposal review, OTA a
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