Technical Director
US$230,000 – US$290,000 / yr base salary
Posted 24 Aug 2026
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- Expected experience
- 15+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- On-Site
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$230,000 – US$290,000 / yr |
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Field of studyAerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Management, Mathematics, Physics, Software Engineering (or related)
Study levelBachelor's or higher
Field of studyAcquisition Management, Aerospace Engineering, Data Analytics, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Management, Software Engineering (or related)
Study levelMaster's
For more than 50 years, ENSCO has been providing leading-edge engineering, science and advanced technology solutions to governments and private industries worldwide.
ENSCO prides itself in creating and applying advanced technologies for mission success. We provide systems engineering, integration, and advanced technology services to transform the future safety, security, and resiliency of critical missions on the ground, in the air, in space, and in the information systems that connect these domains.
Position Description
ENSCO Inc. is a diverse engineering and technology company that provides engineering, science, and advanced technology solutions supporting mission success, safety, and security for government and commercial customers worldwide.
We are seeking a Technical Director to work directly with the Government acquisition and mission leaders responsible for a critical Satellite Control (Telemetry, Tracking, and Command - TT&C) capability. This role operates before prototype commitment and turns operational urgency into a clear path to buy, prove, integrate, and field capability.
This leader will connect mission outcomes, portfolio trade space, commercial and industrial options, mission architecture, cybersecurity, transition, and production scalability. The focus is decision velocity: define the smallest body of evidence needed for each decision, expose risk early, keep multiple options viable, and move the Government from concept to executable acquisition action. Government decision owners retain all formal authority.
Primary Responsibilities
- Convert mission urgency into acquisition action. Define the operational outcomes, time-to-field targets, production scale targets, critical constraints, and decision evidence needed before the Government commits resources to a prototype.
- Set the acquisition strategy. Lead development of the Government-owned strategy across portfolio position, acquisition pathway, competitive structure, contracting options, prototype sequencing, funding decision points, fielding increments, and transition.
- Drive portfolio trade-space decisions. Frame clear choices across mission effect, performance, cost, schedule, integration complexity, cybersecurity, interoperability, time-to-field, and production scalability so leaders can act quickly.
- Design rapid learning campaigns. Define focused experiments, demonstrations, digital evidence, knowledge points, exit criteria, and off-ramps that expose weak assumptions early and prevent premature commitment.
- Build for modularity and competition. Establish modular open architecture principles, open interfaces, data-rights objectives, integration seams, and replaceable capability increments that preserve options and reduce vendor lock-in.