Radiance Technologies is hiring: Space Technical Director in Huntsville

Radiance Technologies, a 100% employee-owned company, is seeking candidates for the Space Technical Director to serve on the Space Group leadership team. This position requires a talented and experienced senior technical leader that will lead, direct, assist, and develop organic growth and new business within the space market. The Space Technical Director will establish the Space Group technical direction for current and future programs; mature Space Group technical capabilities; manage technical conference attendance and presentations; and manage technical writing processes across the Space Group.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop strategic relationships with current and prospective customers with space stakeholders within the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), and their Allies and Partners.
• Identify and develop strategic teaming opportunities across the defense, intelligence, and commercial space industrial base.
• Perform comprehensive target customer mission analysis, including mission areas, budget, organizational relationships, contract vehicles, and current industry partners.
• Develop and execute technical maturation strategies that integrate current functional and mission capabilities, targeted future capabilities based upon comprehensive customer mission analysis, and technical growth areas.
• Identify active and contributing customer-funded activities and proposed Internal Research and Development (IRAD) necessary for the technical growth areas.
• Establish, manage, and train capture and proposal solution architect role, responsibilities, and performance expectations.
• Serve as overarching Space Group solution architect for all capture and proposal activities to develop a competitive offering with an innovative solution that is technically and programmatically achievable.
• Establish and manage the Space Group technical development career path, facilitating junior, mid-level, and senior personnel growth.
• Document and present current technical status, issues, opportunities, and path forward to the leadership team and Executive Leadership as necessary.

Required Skills

• Master’s degree in engineering or relevant technical field.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor a multidisciplined team.
• Demonstrated written and oral communication proficiency for complex technical concept articulation and presentation.
• Experience producing strategic technical documentation and plans.
• Experience managing, mentoring, and growing technical personnel.
• Active TS/SCI Clearance.

Required Experience

• Minimum 15 years’ experience supporting the DoD and/or IC space community.
• Experience performing opportunity capture through opportunity identification, qualification, and pursuit.
• Experience leading, developing, writing, assessing compliance, and reviewing entire proposals.
• Experience developing proposal schedule and cost volumes using industry standard processes and tools.

Desired Qualifications

• 20+ years’ experience supporting the DoD and/or IC space community.
• Proven knowledge of defense, intelligence, and commercial space markets.
• Relationships across the defense, intelligence, and commercial space markets.
• Experience with USSF/SSC/SpOC/STARCOM, SpaceRCO, NRO, AFRL/RV, MDA, NASIC/NSIC, U.S. Army SMDC, and Navy Space customers.