Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead

Description

Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead

Cape Canaveral, FL | Full-Time | Onsite

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead to drive the development, integration, qualification, and production of advanced spaceflight hardware and mission systems. This individual will serve as the technical leader responsible for aligning engineering execution, program objectives, and customer requirements across the full product lifecycle.

The IPT Lead will oversee multidisciplinary teams spanning systems, electrical, mechanical, software, manufacturing, integration, test, supply chain, and quality functions to ensure successful delivery of spaceflight products from concept through launch readiness.

This role requires a strong combination of technical depth, engineering leadership, systems thinking, program execution, and customer engagement experience within highly regulated aerospace, defense, or space environments.

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Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Program Execution

• Lead cross-functional Integrated Product Teams responsible for the design, development, verification, qualification, and production of spacecraft subsystems and mission-critical hardware.
• Own technical execution, schedule performance, risk mitigation, and cost objectives throughout the program lifecycle.
• Establish and manage engineering priorities, ensuring alignment between customer requirements, technical performance, and business objectives.
• Drive systems engineering activities, including requirements management, architecture development, interface definition, trade studies, verification planning, and validation execution.
• Lead technical decision-making and design reviews, including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR, and production readiness reviews.
• Ensure all products meet performance, reliability, safety, manufacturability, and launch-readiness requirements.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Coordinate activities across electrical, mechanical, software, manufacturing, integration & test, quality, procurement, and program management organizations.
• Serve as the primary engineering focal point for internal stakeholders, customers, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Support supplier selection, technical evaluations, and subcontractor performance management.
• Drive issue resolution across technical, schedule, supply chain, and manufacturing domains.

Business Development & Customer Engagement

• Support proposal development efforts, including technical volumes, solution architectures, ROM estimates, risk assessments, and resource planning.
• Contribute to white papers, RFIs, RFP responses, customer presentations, and technical strategy discussions.
• Participate in customer reviews, technical interchange meetings, and program status briefings.

Team Development & Continuous Improvement

• Mentor and develop engineers across multiple disciplines.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Lead process improvement initiatives that increase engineering efficiency, product quality, and program execution effectiveness.
• Promote knowledge sharing and engineering best practices throughout the organization.

Skills

Systems Engineer, Spacecraft, Hardware, Embedded, DOORS, Jira, Agile

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• Exceptional technical and organizational leadership.
• Ability to influence teams and stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong decision-making skills in fast-paced development environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with customers and executive leadership.
• High attention to detail and ownership mentality.
• Ability to balance technical excellence with schedule and business objectives.
• Proven capability managing multiple competing priorities while maintaining product quality and team effectiveness.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Merritt Island, FL.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $84.00 - $91.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Merritt Island,FL.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 11, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner for both client and talent service.

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