Engineering Manager, Missile Defense Mechanical

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True Anomaly

Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA

Hybrid

Posted April 2, 2026

Job Description

A new space race has begun. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build innovative technology that solves the next generation of engineering, manufacturing, and operational challenges for space security and sustainability.

OUR MISSION

The peaceful use of space is essential for continued prosperity on Earth—from communications and finance to navigation and logistics. True Anomaly builds innovative technology at the intersection of spacecraft, software, and AI to enhance the capabilities of the U.S., its allies, and commercial partners. We safeguard global security by ensuring space access and sustainability for all.

OUR VALUES

Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity
What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results
It’s the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together

YOUR MISSION

We are seeking a Manager of Missile Defense & Hypersonic Mechanical Engineering to build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of 6–10 mechanical engineers working across our interceptor, kill vehicle, and hypersonic flight vehicle programs. This is a people leadership role that also maintains your connection to the work through executing scope. In partnership with other mangers you will co-own organizational health, department best practices, standard processes, requirements, technical direction, hiring, and career development for a team spanning entry-level through staff engineers designing and developing flight hardware that must perform flawlessly in extreme thermal, aerodynamic, and high-g environments. You will partner closely with systems engineering, program management, aerodynamics, thermal, GN&C, and propulsion teams to ensure the mechanical engineering function delivers flight-ready hardware with speed, precision, and quality across all active programs. If you are a seasoned missile defense or hypersonic mechanical engineer ready to lead a team doing some of the most consequential flight vehicle design work in the defense industry, this is your mission.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Build, lead, and develop a team of 6–10 Mechanical Engineers across interceptor, kill vehicle, and hypersonic flight vehicle programs at the GravityWorks facility.
Own all people management responsibilities: hiring, onboarding, performance management, compensation reviews, career development planning, and succession planning; partner with recruiting to define roles, calibrate experience levels, and close top engineering talent.
Set clear performance expectations and individual development plans for each team member; identify and develop future technical leads and staff engineers; foster an inclusive, high-trust team culture grounded in True Anomaly's values of relentless ownership, intellectual curiosity, and first-principles thinking.
Serve as the engineering authority and escalation point for missile defense and hypersonic mechanical design decisions across all active programs — spanning flight vehicle structures, GN&C and seeker packaging, TPS design, and propulsion integration; develop and maintain mechanical engineering standards, design practices, GD&T conventions, and CAD model management disciplines across the team.
Establish design review cadence, perform technical checker duties on high-criticality deliverables, and ensure quality and completeness of the team's mechanical design packages; chair or oversee formal vehicle design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR) and drive closure of technical risks, RFIs, and action items.