Jobs at Apex

Own and maintain Apex’s integrated master schedule across engineering, supply chain, production, and program execution. Build detailed development and production schedules, track progress, identify critical-path risks, resolve resource conflicts, and communicate schedule health to leadership. Establish scheduling standards and ensure plans remain accurate, aligned, and actionable across multiple programs.

Provides in-house legal support across commercial and supply chain contracts, government contracting compliance, intellectual property, regulatory matters, litigation coordination, investigations, dispute resolution, and M&A. The role drafts and negotiates agreements, develops contract processes and training, advises cross-functional stakeholders, identifies legal risks, and supports evolving corporate legal priorities.

Own the product definition, roadmap, configurations, interfaces, upgrades, and mission services for Apex spacecraft platforms. Translate customer and market needs into product requirements while balancing cost, schedule, performance, manufacturability, and production rate. Partner with engineering, mission integration, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, business development, and customers. Maintain specifications and customer documentation, track competitive offerings and success metrics, and guide platform improvements from test and flight experience.

Create graphics, illustrations, proposal materials, and customer presentation decks supporting business development across government and commercial markets. Manage the proposal graphics library, maintain brand consistency, translate technical concepts into accessible visuals, and collaborate with engineering, marketing, UX, and sales teams under tight deadlines.

Leads and scales Apex’s capture organization, manages Capture Managers, and owns the companywide capture process. Personally directs major space and satellite pursuits from opportunity identification through award, developing win strategies, technical proposals, and customer presentations. Partners with business development and engineering teams to shape compliant, competitive solutions, manage risks, and improve win probability. Establishes proposal best practices, mentors cross-functional teams, and maintains reusable content and lessons learned.

Lead and manage Apex's IT infrastructure, operations, security, and staff. Oversee network, cloud, backups, procurement, projects, vendor and budget management, incident response, compliance, and end-user support while aligning IT strategy with business goals.

Leads enterprise cybersecurity strategy, SOC operations, threat and vulnerability management, incident response, security tooling, and governance, risk, and compliance. Oversees security teams, budgets, policies, audits, accreditations, automation, executive reporting, and incident readiness. Requires extensive cybersecurity operations and SOC leadership experience, expertise with enterprise security tools and compliance frameworks, and the ability to work in regulated aerospace environments.

The Mission Operations Engineer will oversee satellite operations, including mission planning, anomaly detection, and system monitoring. Responsibilities include developing mission plans, collaborating with engineering teams, and mentoring junior engineers.

As a Staff Power Electronics Engineer, drive the design of avionics, flight computer, and power systems for spacecraft. Lead verification testing and collaborate with cross-discipline teams to innovate and improve hardware.

Design, develop, and maintain mission-critical operating system software for satellite platforms. Responsibilities include embedded Linux configuration, bootloader development, secure firmware updates, recovery mechanisms, and software security enhancements. The role spans the full software lifecycle, from architecture and prototyping through deployment and flight operations, with collaboration across mission operations, GNC, hardware, and embedded software teams.

Design, develop, and maintain mission-critical spacecraft operating system and flight software. Responsibilities include low-level processor and avionics interface software, embedded Linux platforms, bootloaders, firmware update and recovery mechanisms, and security enhancements. The role involves hardware and software integration, validation, debugging, and collaboration with mission operations, GNC, and hardware teams to support reliable autonomous spacecraft operations.

Supports the Proposal Development team by managing calendars, deadlines, response trackers, meeting minutes, process documentation, stakeholder communications, and quality standards. The role requires strong organization, attention to detail, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to manage multiple concurrent deadlines in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

Plans and executes spacecraft payload integration, space vehicle environmental and functional testing, launch-site activities, customer documentation, requirements verification, and technical risk assessment. Collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering teams and customers to integrate payloads, conduct design reviews, resolve technical issues, and ensure mission compliance.

Leads spacecraft payload integration and test campaigns, including environmental, functional, propulsion-load, and launch-site activities. Develops integration procedures and system documentation, supports requirements verification, evaluates technical risks, and coordinates multidisciplinary engineering teams and customer engagements. The role requires hands-on cleanroom execution, spacecraft systems expertise, and travel to launch sites.

Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain mission-critical flight software for satellite systems across the full lifecycle. Collaborate with systems, hardware, test, GNC, and operations teams to define requirements and technical roadmaps. Develop embedded and real-time software, diagnose defects, support spacecraft commissioning, and troubleshoot critical systems during launch and early operations.

Design, develop, test, and maintain mission-critical embedded flight software for satellite systems. Responsibilities include device drivers, processor peripherals, onboard control algorithms, fault handling, hardware/software integration, and unit through system-level testing. The engineer collaborates with systems, hardware, test, and operations teams, supports spacecraft commissioning and early mission operations, and owns software throughout its lifecycle.

Designs and implements cybersecurity architecture across corporate and development environments. Translates NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC Level 2 requirements into technical controls, supports ATO activities, and partners with infrastructure teams on Palo Alto architecture, segmentation, remote access, and network rules. Defines CUI boundaries, data flows, and security diagrams while addressing gaps across cloud, SaaS, endpoints, networks, servers, and software services.

Develops and scales PCBA manufacturing processes for high-reliability spacecraft electronics from prototype through production. Responsibilities include SMT and through-hole process development, manufacturing documentation, inspection and testing, defect troubleshooting, process validation, yield improvement, tooling and equipment support, design-for-manufacturability collaboration, supplier coordination, and corrective actions. The role requires hands-on expertise with soldering, reflow profiling, PCBA inspection, IPC workmanship standards, and aerospace-quality electronics manufacturing.

Supports spacecraft mission integration across spacecraft, launch vehicle, and operations systems. Responsibilities include mission architecture, orbital mechanics and trajectory analysis, technical budgets, requirements verification, documentation, interface definitions, design reviews, and technical risk mitigation. The intern collaborates across engineering teams and gains hands-on experience with satellite systems, launch environments, and mission operations.

Own and maintain the company-wide integrated master schedule across product design, engineering development, production, supply chain, and program execution. Build detailed milestone and critical-path schedules, monitor progress, identify risks and resource conflicts, coordinate mitigation plans, establish scheduling standards, and communicate schedule health and changes to leadership. The role requires strong understanding of aerospace or manufacturing processes and advanced scheduling capabilities.