Teams at Umbra Space

Designs, prototypes, builds, and tests spacecraft hardware and mechanisms. Responsibilities include requirements collaboration, mechanical design documentation, work instructions, test planning, troubleshooting, and support for launch and test campaigns. The role partners with systems architects, technicians, manufacturing engineers, and other engineering teams to optimize spacecraft designs for performance and manufacturability.

Lead and sustain spacecraft and payload manufacturing processes for production and prototype builds. Develop work instructions, coordinate materials and technicians, train personnel, support design reviews, provide DFM guidance, resolve nonconformances, and perform root cause analysis. The role partners with engineering, quality, supply chain, and test teams to deliver reliable aerospace hardware, including assembly, integration, tooling, testing, and production process improvements.

Develop and maintain reliable embedded flight and payload software for spacecraft missions. Responsibilities include software requirements, architecture, coding, command and control systems, subsystem integration, unit and automated testing, documentation, hardware integration, and peer mentorship. The role requires Rust or C/C++ experience, asynchronous Rust, embedded ARM development, processor optimization, and software development process leadership.