VP of Software at Outpost
Los Angeles, CA
$275,000–$325,000from the description
Jul 7, 2026
Los Angeles, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior executive role leading the entire software function at a spacecraft company focused on returning payloads from orbit. The position spans flight software, ground systems, and infrastructure — covering strategy, architecture, team building, and cross-disciplinary integration with avionics and guidance teams. Suited to a seasoned engineering leader with deep aerospace or safety-critical software experience and a track record of scaling high-growth technical organizations.
Principal level · 12+ years · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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Why we read it this way (6)
This is a VP-level people-management role (direct reports, org-building, executive leadership) reporting to the CTO — classified as Computer and Information Systems Managers (11-3021). The alt code 15-1252 reflects that the JD also demands deep hands-on architecture judgment, but primary day-to-day work is organizational leadership.
The role requires 12+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in executive leadership roles; the overall years minimum is set to the overall 12-year floor.
Flight software, ground software, and infrastructure are listed under the required Qualifications section as 'deep experience across' all three — treated as hard gates.
Aerospace/spacecraft background and safety-critical software experience appear under the 'Preferred Experience' heading and are marked accordingly.
The citizenship/export-control notice ('U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident… or eligible to obtain required authorizations') implies ITAR obligations but does not explicitly gate on a security clearance — the clearance requirement is set to None.
Compensation is stated as $275,000–$325,000 with no explicit 'per year' label, but the context (annual bonuses, 401k) makes the annual basis unambiguous; period is set to Year.
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