Chief Systems Engineer / Partner
Fully Remote-first, EU hours, Riga/Mangaluru, Equity/revenue share, Adaptable schedule.

Interplanetary Studios is building a patent-pending colonization architecture for the Moon, Mars and Venus, centered around a crewed multi-setting spaceplane, invented by Frederic Eger.

Inventor Frederic Eger is looking for the head of engineering who turns the design into one controlled baseline, a department structure and a funded path from sub-scale demonstrators to the full vehicle.

This is a Partner/Co-Founder role, not an employee job.

It is a multi-decade commitment, but not a 9-to-5:

keep other work if it never conflicts with ours, and we measure output, not hours.

The project must matter to you regardless of the money.

What you'll do:
Own the engineering baseline: requirements, data sheets, interface documents, change control;
Own vehicle mass, power, thermal, volume and propellant budgets;
Lead architecture trades and build the engineering departments;
Drive verification and certification, from analysis to flight;




Be our technical voice with investors, partners and regulators;

What we're looking for:
• Master's or higher in aerospace, mechanical or systems engineering;
• 12+ years in systems engineering, with a complete vehicle or safety-critical system taken through first flight, certification or field operation;

Requirements:
• MBSE (SysML), trade studies, failure analysis, safety cases;
• Founded or led a venture where your own money or reputation was at risk;
• Persistence: when the plan collapses, you come back with the next one;

What you get:
A founding-team seat with authority over the whole engineering organisation

Pre-funding: revenue share and/or ownership, agreed individually, plus a modest monthly expense allowance. No conventional salary until funding closes.

How to apply:

Send your Resume/CV along with cover letter here and answer the screening questions.

Selection Process:
2 x short ~20min vi

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