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GHGSAT

Technical Director – Space Domain Awareness

GHGSAT

Technical Director for Space Domain Awareness supporting U.S. government customers.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeMcLean • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
TypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Act as a technical authority for U.S. customer engagements on Space Domain Awareness (SDA)
  • Participate in technical briefings, demonstrations, design reviews, and oral presentations as a technical authority
  • Use direct customer engagement to capture mission pain points, emerging use cases, operational gaps, and evolving priorities in a structured way
  • Collaborate with Product and R&D leadership to align U.S. mission needs with NorthStar’s technology roadmap

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Advanced background in space systems, orbital mechanics, SDA/SSA, or mission operations
  • Demonstrated experience designing, analyzing, or operating SDA systems
  • Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to U.S. government technical audiences
  • 10+ years’ experience in national security space or related technical domains
  • U.S. citizenship; active or eligible TS/SCI clearance

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • You will help shape SDA system concepts and technical direction
  • Work with engineers and scientists to refine architectures, CONOPS, system requirements, and performance claims

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Hard Skills & Tools
space systemsorbital mechanicsSpace Domain Awareness (SDA)designing SDA systemsanalyzing SDA systemsoperating SDA systems
Soft Skills
clear communicationtechnical authoritycollaborationcustomer engagement
Certifications
active TS/SCI clearance