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About the Role

ICON is seeking a Director, Off-Planet Programs to lead and own off-planet robotics, construction, and materials initiatives. This strategic role involves shaping the technical vision and execution strategy for autonomous construction beyond Earth, partnering with executive leadership and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Serve as the extreme owner of ICON’s off-planet systems and space robotics outputs across engineering, R&D, material science, and operations.
Lead and scale multidisciplinary teams spanning robotics, autonomous systems, material science, and construction technologies.
Partner closely with program management to execute complex, high-risk, multi-disciplinary initiatives.
Interface with executive leadership, internal stakeholders, customers, and government partners to align technical strategy with business objectives.
Build, operate, and continuously evolve a state-of-the-art research and operations facility supporting off-planet robotics and construction programs.
Establish and maintain strategic relationships with industry leaders, space agencies, vendors, and critical contractors.
Develop long-term R&D roadmaps and strategic plans, including resourcing, budgeting, and technical investment priorities.
Provide broad technical and strategic guidance to VP- and C-level leadership on off-planet business objectives, anticipating market, regulatory, and technological factors influencing medium- and long-term success.
Lead groups, divisions, and product teams with full accountability for delivery, performance, and outcomes.
Oversee and integrate all off-planet initiatives, developing new methods and approaches to solve company-wide technical and operational challenges in space robotics and autonomous construction.

Requirements

B.S. degree in Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Aerospace Engineering, Material Science, or a related field.
15+ years of relevant industry experience, with demonstrated focus on off-planet systems, lunar environments, materials, and/or space robotic systems.
Proven experience developing multiple products that have achieved space flight or off-planet deployment.
Demonstrated success building and leading senior-level technical and engineering teams.
Strong systems engineering expertise with experience managing complex, multidisciplinary systems.
Excellent interpersonal, executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills.
Experience with autonomous and teleoperated robotic systems in remote or extreme environments.

Skills

Robotics
Autonomous systems
Material science
Construction technologies
Systems engineering
Space robotics
Extraterrestrial construction
Spaceflight-rated software systems
Software quality processes
Spaceflight-rated hardware
Verification & validation (V&V)
Mission-critical systems
Real-time embedded systems
Electro-mechanical systems
Networked and distributed systems
Autonomy
System-level architectural frameworks

Location

Austin, TX HQ Campus

Work Type

Full-time
On-site

Experience Level

15+ years of relevant industry experience
10+ years of experience developing and shipping real-time embedded and electro-mechanical systems

Education Level

B.S. degree in Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Aerospace Engineering, Material Science, or a related field.
M.S. or advanced degree in Robotics, Systems Engineering, Material Science, or a related technical field.

About the Company

ICON is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an innovative, inclusive, diverse and discrimination-free work environment.
Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit candidates through this application. ICON does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency submissions for candidates and will not pay fees to any third-party agency without a prior agreement with ICON.

Equal Opportunity

Employment with ICON is based on merit, competence, and qualifications.
It is our policy to administer all personnel actions, including recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.
Consistent with the obligations of these laws, ICON will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
Furthermore, as a federal government contractor, the Company maintains an affirmative action program which furthers its commitment and complies with recordkeeping and reporting requirements under certain federal civil rights laws and regulations, including Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended) and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (as amended).
As part of our compliance with these obligations, the Company invites you to voluntarily self-identify as set forth below. Provision of such information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your employment or subject you to any adverse treatment. Any and all information provided will be considered confidential, will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file, and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders and regulations, including those that require the information to be summarized and reported to the federal government for civil rights enforcement purposes.
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