Deloitte

Audits companies and advises on tax and technology

Lead Technical Product Engineer

Spacecraft & Launch Vehicle SystemsUpdated on Nov 12

Full-timeCosta Mesa, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree is required.
Active TS/SCI clearance or SCI eligibility is required.
At least 8 years of experience in product engineering, systems engineering, software engineering, or embedded systems engineering is required.
At least 8 years of experience working in the space industry with a strong understanding of systems architecture is required.
At least 5 years of experience with spacecraft systems, embedded software, cyber operations, ground systems, or artificial intelligence/machine-learning-enabled products is required.
Proven leadership capabilities delivering complex, multidisciplinary cyber and/or space systems through production and operations are required.
Deep experience designing secure architecture across cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and space/embedded constraints, with a strong systems-thinking and integration background covering interfaces, bus protocols, constraints, and failure modes, is required.
Demonstrated experience integrating a payload, subsystem, or capability across multiple satellite bus architectures or host platforms, including interface definition, non-recurring engineering, and acceptance testing with external manufacturers or bus partners, is required.
Experience defining system architecture and technical requirements for integrated hardware and software products is required.
Experience supporting technical integration with external partners, manufacturers, or customers is required.
Experience operating under compliance constraints such as NIST, ATO, and STIGs, and translating them into executable delivery controls and compliance-ready designs, is required.
Expertise in cyber governance, policies, and product management is required.
The candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or at any time in the future.
The candidate must be able to travel an average of 10%, based on the work and clients and industries or sectors served.
The candidate must be able to work independently and collaborate as part of a team.
Effective technical written and verbal communication skills are required.
Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product is required.
Strong leadership skills, interpersonal skills, professional demeanor, and technical acumen are required.
The candidate must be able to build and sustain professional relationships, lead projects or workstreams, and lead and influence without direct authority.
The candidate must be able to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and meet deadlines.
A strong grasp of security architecture is required.

Responsibilities

Serve as the senior technical owner for a Deloitte product line spanning spacecraft hardware, embedded software, artificial intelligence and machine learning, ground systems, and cyber operations.
Define and evolve system architecture, integration patterns, and technical standards to support deployment across new spacecraft buses, mission profiles, and host platforms.
Make release-readiness decisions and own final technical authority over product quality, system integrity, and what is approved for shipment.
Lead technical tradeoff decisions for adapting to unfamiliar bus architectures, interfaces, and orbital environments while maintaining schedule, performance, and mission outcomes.
Partner with product, engineering, manufacturers, bus partners, and government and commercial customers to drive technical vision, delivery, and interoperability of Deloitte products.
Lead integration engineering for each new host platform by defining interface control documents, adapting Silent Shield to mission-specific bus protocols such as CAN, MIL-STD-1553, and SpaceWire and message structures, and managing the non-recurring engineering required to onboard a new bus, satellite manufacturer, or mission profile.
Lead multidisciplinary delivery across cyber, software, hardware, artificial intelligence, and systems by unblocking teams, ensuring implementation consistency across bus types and mission profiles, and bridging research to production.
Translate compliance frameworks such as NIST, CNSSP-12, ATO, and STIGs into executable delivery controls and compliance-ready designs consistent across Deloitte-owned and customer-owned deployments.
Own system-level test strategy and execution, including FlatSat and hardware-in-the-loop integration testing, security validation, mission readiness, and operational acceptance across host platforms; own system failures and root-cause resolution.

Desired Qualifications

A master's degree or PhD in engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, or a related technical field is preferred.
A cyber technical skill set is preferred.
Experience with satellite mission operations, telemetry/tracking/command, or aerospace delivery environments is preferred.
Background in embedded systems integration across multiple bus protocols, including CAN bus, MIL-STD-1553, SpaceWire, and real-time protocols, is preferred.
Experience working with satellite manufacturers or bus partners on payload integration, radiation qualification, or SWaP-constrained design is preferred.
Familiarity with artificial-intelligence/machine-learning model deployment pipelines in constrained environments, such as ONNX, is preferred.
A background in SPARTA threat frameworks is preferred.
Working fluency across the platform technology stack sufficient to guide design decisions in each domain is preferred, including embedded and space technologies such as C, POSIX, CAN bus, and real-time operating systems; artificial intelligence and machine learning tools such as Python, ONNX, PyTorch, Isolation Forest, and autoencoders; ground-segment tools such as Docker, Grafana, MQTT, and Node.js; and CI/CD and DevOps tools such as GitHub Actions, automated security scanning, containerized deployments, Prometheus, and Fluent Bit.

Our Deloitte Cyber team understands the unique challenges and opportunities businesses face in cybersecurity. Join our team to deliver powerful solutions to help our clients navigate the ever-changing threat landscape. Through powerful solutions and managed services that simplify complexity, we enable our clients to operate with resilience, grow with confidence, and proactively manage to secure success.

The Lead Product Engineer is the senior technical owner for one of Deloitte’s product lines as a hands-on lead spanning across spacecraft hardware, embedded software, AI/ML, ground systems, and cyber operations. This role holds final technical authority over what ships and release readiness, while defining and evolving the system architecture, including how the Deloitte product integrates into new spacecraft buses and mission profiles, so it remains scalable, coherent, and strategically aligned across a growing set of host platforms and customer programs.

Recruiting for this role will end on November 30, 2026.

Work You’ll Do

As a Lead Product Engineer on the Enterprise Security team, you will be responsible for…

Serving as the senior technical owner for a Deloitte product line across spacecraft hardware, embedded software, AI/ML, ground systems, and cyber operations.
Defining and evolving system architecture, integration patterns, and technical standards to support deployment across new spacecraft buses, mission profiles, and host platforms
Making release readiness decisions and owning final technical authority over product quality, system integrity, and what is approved for shipment
Leading technical tradeoff decisions for adaptation to unfamiliar bus architectures, interfaces, and orbital environments while maintaining schedule, performance, and mission outcomes.
Partnering with product, engineering, manufacturers, bus partners, and government and commercial customers to drive technical vision, delivery, and interoperability of Deloitte’s products.
Lead integration engineering for each new host platform: define interface control documents (ICDs), adapt Silent Shield to mission-specific bus protocols (e.g., CAN, MIL-STD-1553, SpaceWire) and message structures, and manage the non-recurring engineering required to onboard a new bus, satellite manufacturer, or mission profile.
Lead multidisciplinary delivery across cyber, software, hardware, AI, and systems: unblock teams, ensure implementation consistency across bus types and mission profiles, and bridge research to production.
Translate compliance frameworks (NIST, CNSSP-12, ATO, STIGs as applicable) into executable delivery controls and compliance-ready designs, consistent across Deloitte-owned and customer-owned deployments.
Own system-level test strategy and execution, including FlatSat and hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) integration testing, security validation, mission-readiness, and operational acceptance across host platforms; own system failures and root-cause resolution.

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
Effective technical written and verbal communication skills
Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
Strong leadership skillset.
Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
Strong technical acumen
Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
Ability to lead projects or workstreams
Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Strong grasp of security architecture.
Ability to lead and influence without direct authority.
Ability to meet deadlines

The Team

Deloitte’s Government & Public Services (GPS) practice – our people, ideas, technology and outcomes – is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Enterprise Security offering embeds security in all aspects of digital transformation by securing a client’s technical backbone while enabling secure digital transformation. Includes security architecture, secure development and deployment, end-to-end cyber cloud capabilities, application security, and security for emerging technologies and connected products.

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor’s degree
Active TS/SCI or SCI eligibility is required.
8+ years of experience in product engineering, systems engineering, software engineering, or embedded systems engineering.
8+ years of experience working in the space industry with a strong understanding of systems architecture.
5+ years of experience with spacecraft systems, embedded software, cyber operations, ground systems, or artificial intelligence/machine learning-enabled products.
Proven leadership capabilities delivering complex, multidisciplinary cyber and/or space systems through production and operations.
Deep experience designing secure architecture across cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and space/embedded constraints, with strong systems-thinking and integration background (interfaces, bus protocols, constraints, failure modes).
Demonstrated experience integrating a payload, subsystem, or capability across multiple satellite bus architectures or host platforms, including interface definition (ICDs), non-recurring engineering, and acceptance testing with external manufacturers or bus partners.
Experience defining system architecture and technical requirements for integrated hardware and software products.
Experience supporting technical integration with external partners, manufacturers, or customers
Experience operating under compliance constraints (NIST, ATO, STIGs, as applicable) and translating them into executable delivery controls and compliance-ready designs.
Expertise in Cyber Governance and Policies and Product Management.
Ability to travel 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Preferred:

Master’s degree or PHD in engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
Cyber technical skillset.
Experience with satellite mission operations, telemetry/tracking/command (TT&C), or aerospace delivery environments.
Background in embedded systems integration across multiple bus protocols (CAN bus, MIL-STD-1553, SpaceWire, real-time protocols).
Experience working with satellite manufacturers or bus partners on payload integration, radiation qualification, or SWaP-constrained design.
Familiarity with AI/ML model deployment pipelines in constrained environments (e.g., ONNX).
Background in SPARTA (Space Attack Research and Tactic Analysis) threat frameworks.
Working fluency across the platform tech stack, enough to guide design decisions in each domain: embedded/space (C, POSIX, CAN bus, real-time OS); AI/ML (Python, ONNX, PyTorch, Isolation Forest, autoencoders); ground segment (Docker, Grafana, MQTT, Node.js); CI/CD and DevOps (GitHub Actions, automated security scanning, containerized deployments, Prometheus, Fluent Bit).

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $151,500 to $252,200.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Deloitte is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the recruiting process, please direct your inquiries to the Global Call Center (GCC) at [email protected].

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Professional development

From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to build new skills, take on leadership opportunities and connect and grow through mentorship. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career.

As used in this posting, "Deloitte" means Deloitte & Touche LLP, a subsidiary of Deloitte LLP. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting.

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Qualified applicants with criminal histories, including arrest or conviction records, will be considered for employment in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, City of Los Angeles’s Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. See notices of various fair chance hiring and ban-the-box laws where available. Fair Chance Hiring and Ban-the-Box Notices | Deloitte US Careers

Requisition code: 369508

Job ID 369508

About the Company

Deloitte

Audits companies and advises on tax and technology

Deloitte audits companies and advises businesses and governments on tax, technology, and risk, and it is one of the Big Four, the world's four largest accounting firms. In 1849 its founder became the first independent auditor of a public company, Britain's Great Western Railway. Its auditors check companies' financial reports for errors and fraud before investors rely on them, while its consultants design strategy, install business software, and defend clients against cyberattacks. Clients pay fees for each audit or project, and each country's Deloitte firm is a separate business owned by its local partners. Deloitte was founded in London in 1845 and is based in New York.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Late Stage VC
Total funding: $17.1M
Headquarters: New York, NY
Founded: 1845

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