Vice President of Software, True Anomaly

• This role demands a rare mix: deep technical fluency across embedded, autonomy, and cloud layers and the ability to shape strategy, trade-offs, and roadmaps that span multiple products and operational contexts
• If you’re driven to build world-class teams, engineer for speed and resilience, and want your work to matter in the most contested domain of the 21st century — this is your mission
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or related field
• 15+ years of experience in embedded software and systems engineering, with at least 5 years in executive or senior leadership roles
• Proven leadership of software organizations
• Experience delivering mission-critical software in aerospace, defense, automotive, or similarly regulated industries
• Fluent across the stack — from C/C++, React and real-time operating systems to DevOps pipelines, system integration, and front-end/back-end platforms
• Excellent communication skills, emotional intelligence and a passion for leadership
• The ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance
• 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

Desirable

• At True Anomaly, software is the nervous system of our spacecraft, simulations, and mission operations
• As Vice President of Software, you’ll own the vision and execution of the software stack that makes space superiority real: from autonomous spacecraft flight code to scalable ground infrastructure, real-time simulations, AI-driven decision tools, and visualization platforms that give operators clarity and speed in the fight
• You’ll lead and grow a multidisciplinary team that thrives at the intersection of mission urgency and engineering excellence
• Your mandate: deliver secure, resilient, and certifiable systems at the speed of conflict
• That means building architectures that scale, pipelines that move fast without breaking, and visualization capabilities that transform data into actionable decisions
• Above all, you’ll set and enforce a culture of excellence, accountability, and delivery — where performance standards are as high as the stakes
• Your leadership will define how our constellation maneuvers, how our operators train, how decisions get made in real time, and ultimately how our allies prevail in contested space
• Collaboration is key
• You’ll work hand-in-hand with Product, Hardware, Operations, and Executive teams to align technical breakthroughs with business objectives, ensuring True Anomaly delivers not just capability, but advantage
• Lead the full software enterprise — from flight code and autonomy frameworks to mission systems, DevSecOps, ground software, simulation infrastructure, and AI/ML-enabled applications
• Own the architecture and product roadmap — set the technical vision, drive modular and resilient designs, and align execution with strategic capability growth
• Build and scale a world-class organization — recruit top talent, develop the next generation of technical leaders, and set a culture of excellence, accountability, and delivery
• Drive the development lifecycle — enforce standards for CI/CD, validation, configuration control, certification, and simulation fidelity, ensuring speed without sacrificing rigor
• Partner across functions — work shoulder-to-shoulder with peers in Hardware, Production, Test, and Mission Operations to deliver integrated systems at operational tempo
• Champion compliance and trust — meet and exceed RMF, and other defense software requirements while enabling innovation under constraint
• Shape the future of mission software — balance near-term program execution with long-term architectural bets that deliver decisive advantage
• Command resources with intent — own budgets, vendors, and scaling strategies that keep the software team lean, agile, and mission-ready