Director, Industrial Design

the team around it. With a well-established and growing software design team we’re now turning our attention to our critical hardware needs. You’ll sit alongside the engineers designing and building spacecraft and space-based interceptors, bringing your design aesthetics to the toughest hardware problems around, designed to operate flawlessly in the most challenging domain.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">You’ll report directly to our Creative Director who’s building this function for people who care as much about the craft as the mission.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">WHY THIS ROLE</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":240,"335559740":240}">  </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">There’s no established playbook for how space security hardware should look. Most on-orbit hardware looks the way it does because function dictated every element. We believe building a product compelling design language can play a huge part in making our hardware express its function and perform better.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The programs that invest here gain a measurable advantage: in recruiting, in customer confidence, and in the engineering discipline that visible craft quietly enforces.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This is a founding seat. You’ll define what industrial design means here, set the standard, hire

the team, and do it while the hardware is still early enough for it to matter. Your work will be inspected at the highest levels of government and military with some of it making it to orbit.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">If you’ve ever wanted your craft to carry real weight, this is that job.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">

RESPONSIBILITIES</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> — design leadership for hardware</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":240,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Establish industrial design at True Anomaly: the function, the standard, and the working relationship with hardware engineering</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Own the design language of our hardware products through your team and your personal work, You’ll champion great design across the company by demonstrating its value and advocating to our exec and engineering teams. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Hire and lead a high-performing team of industrial and product designers</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Look to the future by visualizing visually stunning new concepts, designed to start conversations and inspire. Push us out of our comfort zone and challenge the art of the possible.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Bring design into engineering and architecture decisions early, working with product engineering leadership early to influence and build great design into our hardware from the beginning.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">

QUALIFICATIONS</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> - We hire for talent and potential, not pedigree.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":240,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Show us a portfolio of hardware you led or shaped, with a clear account of what you decided and why</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Demonstrate experience leading designers, from hiring to mentoring</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Fluency with engineering constraint. You’ll be working with people solving structural, thermal, and other problems, you need to be credible with them</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Consumer, automotive, aerospace, robotics, medical, and industrial equipment backgrounds all fit. Defense and space knowledge is great, we don’t expect it</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">An active security clearance is a

bonus, not a requirement.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">WHAT WE EXPECT</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":240,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Leverage your experience to work quickly and efficiently, we’re a lean team, everyone needs to pitch in and move fast. You’ll be building a team, and until that team exists, you’ll be doing the work yourself</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Take ownership of design programs and see them through concept to final execution</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><span data-contrast="auto">If you like this role but your skills or experience don’t quite fit… well apply anyway, or look at our other hardware design role and see if that’s a better match: </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">SENIOR/STAFF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">

COMPENSATION</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Base Salary: </span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">$205,000 - $320,000</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Equity +

Benefits</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><em><span data-contrast="auto">Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience</span></em><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">ADDITIONAL

REQUIREMENTS</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Work Location</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">—Successful candidates will be located near Long Beach, CA or Denver, CO. However, we would consider remote within the US for the right candidate.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Work environment</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Physical demands</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below. #LI-Remote</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>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.</p> <p>True Anomaly is committed to equal employment opportunity on any basis protected by applicable state and federal laws. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us.</p> <p> </p></div>

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