Capture Strategist (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Washington, D.C. or Torrance, California. Candidates must be able to work in person in Los Angeles or Washington, D.C. and meet U.S. government export-control eligibility requirements.

Salary: $121K–$156K plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is a space infrastructure company developing a global network of phased-array ground stations for real-time satellite communications and missions including national security, global connectivity, and disaster response.

What you will do

• Own capture strategy for priority U.S. Government, international government, and commercial opportunities from identification through award.
• Build customer relationships before formal solicitations to understand mission needs, procurement timelines, and decision criteria.
• Assess competition and develop win themes, teaming strategies, and differentiated positioning.
• Lead black hat assessments, price-to-win analysis, and go/no-go recommendations.
• Author and project-manage proposals while coordinating contributions from business development, engineering, product, mission management, legal, and finance.
• Maintain capture playbooks, competitive intelligence, and reusable proposal infrastructure.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in capture, business development, or proposal strategy within aerospace, defense, government technology, or another complex technical industry.
• Experience shaping opportunities before an RFP, including customer engagement, competitive positioning, and teaming strategy.
• Experience leading or supporting RFI, RFP, or similar solicitation responses.
• Ability to work on-site in Los Angeles or Washington, D.C.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations under ITAR regulations.

Nice to have

• Space-industry experience, including SATCOM, RF, or communications infrastructure.
• Experience capturing U.S. Government opportunities for defense, civil, or national security agencies.
• Commercial or international customer capture, strategic bids, or partnership-development experience.
• Familiarity with federal acquisition processes and evaluation criteria.
• Experience using AI tools for proposal development and content reuse, or working in an early-stage startup.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on vertically integrated systems deployed for real-world space missions.
• Collaborate across growth, engineering, mission, product, leadership, legal, and finance functions.
• Equity included in the compensation package.
• Equal opportunity employment and reasonable-accommodation support are provided.