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# Mechanical Engineer V - Design at Voyager Technologies, Inc.

- **Company:** Voyager Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** Reno, NV / Folsom, CA / Huntsville, AL
- **Compensation:** $130k–$200k
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/voyagertechnologiesinc/jobs/4435333009

## Job description

Voyager is an innovative defense, national security and space technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space.

Forge the Future: Join Voyager Technologies

The future belongs to those who build it. At Voyager Technologies, we’re building technologies that protect lives, expand frontiers and prepare us for what’s next. And we’re doing that with people who are wired to solve, build, adapt and lead. These roles are not for the faint of heart.

You’ll help lay the foundation for humanity's future. Join a culture where innovation thrives, curiosity is rewarded, and impact is real. We’re a company of doers, thinkers and builders, united by purpose and grounded in reality.

If you want to put your skills to work where the stakes are real and the mission is bigger than any one person, forge the future with Voyager.

Job Summary:

Design

- Has expertise in complex design challenges, optimizing actuator performance, designing specialized igniters, designing pressure vessels, designing solid rocket motor systems, and leading the development of hot gas valve and rocket thruster designs.
- Can generate complex actuator designs, conduct thorough performance analysis, and implement innovative solutions.
- Has expertise in trade-off analysis, integrating multidisciplinary considerations, and providing comprehensive recommendations for design optimization and decision-making.

Drafting/Modelling

- Possesses exceptional skills in designing intricate 2D or 3D models, using advanced CAD commands, and generating technical drawings.
- Can interpret complex GD&T symbols, analyze engineering drawings, and provide guidance on dimensional and tolerance requirements.
- Can create intricate 3D models, use advanced features, and contribute to the development of solid modeling practices within the software.

Materials

- Possesses expertise in advanced ceramic properties, insulator material characterization, and advanced metal types.
- Can conduct detailed characterization, develop customized solutions, contribute to research and innovation, provide expert consultation, lead research projects, and optimize metal selection for challenging applications.
- Has expertise in refractory metal types, their properties, behavior at extreme temperatures, and processing techniques.

Communications

- Possesses exceptional skills in communication theories, presentation design, technical presentation, and writing specialized technical documents.
- Can provide expert guidance on complex communication challenges, develop compelling narratives, tailor content for specific audiences, and provide expert consultation on presentation strategies and audience engagement methods.
- Excels in writing technical documents with precision and accuracy.

Analysis

- Has expertise in complex simulation setups, analysis techniques, structural analysis, dynamic analysis, and thermal analysis.
- Can build complex simulations, validate models, and make informed engineering decisions.
- Can interpret and validate dynamic analysis results, optimize structural designs, and address thermal management challenges.
- Has expertise in geometric dimensioning and tolerancing principles, statistical tolerance analysis methods, and virtual inspection techniques.

Manufacturing

- Has expertise in complex additive manufacturing, mechanical assembly, composite layups, machining, molding and casting, advanced manufacturing planning techniques, and welding tasks.
- Can optimize designs, select materials and processes, and specify quality control checks including NDT methods.
- Can lead assembly teams, perform composite fabrication, set up and program machining equipment, and perform molding and casting tasks.
- Can provide expert consultation on manufacturing planning strategies and best practices.

Testing

- The individual can perform assembly tasks, follow instructions, and integrate components for testing including the handling of energetics.
- The individual understands test data collection principles and methods, perform data preprocessing, statistical analysis, and visualizations, set up and operate measurement instruments, perform calibrations, and acquire test data using standard techniques.
- The individual can develop test plans, identify objectives, define procedures, and create schedules for simple scenarios.

Systems Engineering

- Possesses advanced knowledge of mass estimation techniques, acquisition process, requirements analysis, prioritization, validation, and risk management.
- Can conduct detailed mass analyses for complex systems, identify critical areas for mass reduction, and propose optimization strategies.
- Can contribute to identifying potential risks, analyzing failure modes, and implementing reliability and safety measures. The individual is a recognized authority in the field.

Project Management

- Possesses basic financial knowledge, can lead small teams, understand operations research principles, understands complex procurement tasks, create simple proposals, and manage simple schedules.
- Can effectively communicate goals and expectations, develop procurement strategies, manage vendor evaluations, analyze supplier performance, and implement effective contract management practices.

Ballistics

- Understands advanced grain design methodologies, analyze burning characteristics, and optimize performance.
- Understands propellant chemistry, combustion principles, grain geometry, internal ballistics, and solid propellant manufacturing processes, including types, composition, combustion mechanisms, and grain performance factors.

System Performance

- Designs simple control systems using standard techniques, understand diagrams and specifications, and implement basic algorithms.
- Conducts requirements elicitation, prioritize stakeholder needs, and document requirements using standard templates.
- Understands solid rocket motor performance principles, including thrust, specific impulse, and propellant combustion.

Avionics

- Understands basic battery design principles, cable/wire harness design, circuit board design, rocket motor ignition systems, and software design principles, contributing to tasks under guidance.
- Identifies common components and connections and contributes to the generation of basic software designs while following standard specifications and guidelines.

Required Qualifications:

- Able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
- Ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of mechanical engineering experience.
- Bachelor of Science required in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or other relevant engineering discipline from an accredited university. May consider equivalent experience in lieu of degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Positive, cooperative, self-motivated, and professional behavior
- Contribute as necessary to get the job done
- Rocket motor design and testing experience
- Master of Science required in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or other relevant engineering discipline from an accredited university. May consider equivalent experience in lieu of degree.
- Must be able to travel approximately 10% of the time.

Please click “Apply” to submit your application.

Voyager offers a comprehensive, total compensation package, which includes competitive salary, a discretionary annual bonus plan, paid time off (PTO), a comprehensive health benefit package, retirement savings, wellness program, and various other benefits. When you join our team, you’re not just an employee; you become part of a dynamic community dedicated to innovation and excellence.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Voyager is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran

The statements contained in this job description are intended to describe the general content and requirements for performance of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice. California pay range $130,000—$200,000 USD

Nevada pay range $130,000—$200,000 USD

## About Voyager Technologies, Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Voyager Technologies delivers mission-critical defense and space systems, from precision propulsion and spectrum dominance to orbital infrastructure, protecting national security and extending humanity’s presence from low-Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond.
- **Entity Type**: Public (Ticker: VOYG)
- **Headquarters**: Denver, Colorado, United States
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (built through aggressive acquisition since 2019)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Defense and Space Manufacturing, National Security, Space Infrastructure, Propulsion & Energetics
- Target customers: U.S. and allied government agencies (DoD, NASA, national security), defense primes, civil and commercial space operators, academia
- Mission statement: "Building mission-ready systems that protect today and make tomorrow possible." Vision: "Powering the next era of national strength and human space presence."

## Products & Services
- **Strategic Systems**: End-to-end domestic propulsion and energetics, including the only U.S. supply of black powder; breakthrough controllable solid-fuel propulsion for hypersonic missiles; electric propulsion for satellite constellations.
- **Spectrum Dominance**: Advanced signals intelligence, automatic target recognition, SAR synthetic data generation, 3D ISAR and GEOINT data labeling, and AI-driven real-time actionable intelligence for national security agencies.
- **Mission Management**: Station-agnostic access to space for all sectors, including the Bishop Airlock — the first permanent, commercially owned module on the ISS, offering 5x more capacity than government airlocks.
- **Science & Space Exploration**: Space-grade power systems, structural health monitoring, Clear Dust-Repellent Coating (already on the Moon), expandable habitat technology via Max Space partnership for lunar and deep-space operations.
- **Advanced Electronics & Space Technologies**: Radiation-hardened, flight-proven systems including precision guidance, navigation and control, rendezvous and proximity operations, non-GPS PNT, communications, and C2 systems.
- **Starlab**: A U.S.-led joint venture commercial space station to succeed the ISS and maintain permanent human presence in low-Earth orbit.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Post-IPO equity of $302.5M (June 2025); total funding of $1.17B (debt and equity combined)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $144.2M; Total Funding of $1.17B
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: JP Morgan (led $200M debt financing, July 2025); partners include NASA, Max Space, and multiple defense primes
- **Growth Signals**: 37.0% YoY headcount growth (375 employees, +165 people); 86 active job postings (405.9% YoY increase in postings); IPO in June 2025; 12 companies acquired since 2019, including Estes Energetics, Nanoracks, ZIN Technologies, Latent AI, Valley Tech Systems, and LEOcloud

## Competitive Advantages
- **Only U.S. provider of black powder** and domestic end-to-end propulsion/energetics, creating a critical supply chain moat for national security.
- **Vertically integrated through acquisition** — from raw materials to fielded systems, covering propulsion, electronics, space stations, and AI/spectrum solutions under one roof.
- **First-mover in commercial ISS infrastructure** (Bishop Airlock) and a leading contender for the post-ISS commercial station (Starlab).
- **Breakthrough controllable solid-fuel propulsion** for hypersonics and precision missile steering — a rare and strategically vital capability.
- **Radiation-hardened, flight-proven systems** trusted by U.S. and international space programs for the most demanding missions.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expand defense and space dominance**: Continue integrating acquired companies to deliver end-to-end solutions from ground to orbit.
- **Commercialize low-Earth orbit**: Starlab space station is a major priority to transition microgravity research and human presence to the commercial era.
- **Deepen propulsion capabilities**: Leverage Estes Energetics and Valley Tech Systems to address DoD supply chain gaps and advance hypersonic and electric propulsion.
- **AI and spectrum warfare**: Integrate Latent AI and EMSI capabilities to enhance real-time intelligence and spectrum dominance offerings.
- **Lunar and deep-space infrastructure**: Build on Moon-proven coatings and expandable habitats for Artemis-age missions.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven culture**: Described as "high-stakes" with a focus on "integrity, grit, and long-term strategy" — employees work on urgent national security and space exploration challenges.
- **Rapid growth trajectory**: 37% headcount growth YoY, recent IPO, and a clear path to becoming a major defense-space prime — offering career acceleration and impact.
- **Culture values**: "Breaking Barriers," "Launching Forward," "Reaching for the Stars" — emphasizing resilience, collaboration, and disruptive innovation.
- **Benefits**: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), PTO, Life/AD&D/Disability/Accident & Critical Illness Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance.
- **Work environment**: Multiple locations (US, Italy, UAE, UK, Pakistan, Netherlands); ITAR restrictions require U.S. citizenship or permanent residency for many roles.
- **Engineering culture**: Heavy technical staffing (168 in technical roles, 27% of workforce); strong talent pipeline from Aerojet Rocketdyne, Northrop Grumman, Anduril, Blue Origin, and SpaceX.
- **Internship program**: Active internship postings with a focus on growing the "NextGen workforce for tomorrow’s missions."

## Sources
1. [Voyager Technologies Homepage](https://voyagertechnologies.com/)
2. [Voyager Technologies Company Story](https://voyagertechnologies.com/company/)
3. [Voyager Technologies Investor Relations](https://investors.voyagertechnologies.com/overview/default.aspx)
4. [Voyager Technologies Careers Page](https://voyagertechnologies.com/company/join-us/)
5. [Voyager Technologies LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/voyagertechnologies-inc)

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