Technical Marketing & Communications Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

IRPI develops the hardware that sustains life and enables exploration beyond Earth. We design and test flight hardware for spacecraft, habitats, and suits—covering everything from CO₂ removal and air revitalization to condensate management, filtration, and thermal-fluid systems.

We’re seeking a Technical Marketing & Communications Specialist to help share IRPI’s story. This role blends engineering curiosity with clear communication, turning technical work into compelling stories that attract top engineering talent, strengthen relationships with NASA and commercial partners, and showcase our growing impact in space hardware development.

You'll embed with our engineers and leadership, serving as the in-house expert who extracts technical precision and translates it into marketing content that clearly conveys the creativity, purpose, and significance of our mission.

Responsibilities

• Strategize, develop, and execute high-impact marketing content (e.g., case studies, white papers, blog posts, web copy) that clearly articulates the significance of IRPI's engineering projects, prototypes, and testing activities.
• Own and maintain the company website's content, ensuring it is a dynamic, up-to-date hub of fresh stories, compelling imagery, and project summaries that reflect our ongoing progress.
• Act as the primary technical translator , closely collaborating with internal subject matter experts to gather technical details and transform them into concise, accurate, and audience-specific marketing copy.
• Assist with strategy and manage IRPI's professional social media presence (primarily LinkedIn ), planning and executing 1–2 high-quality, targeted posts per month to amplify key milestones, new hires, and hardware achievements.
• Ensure a consistent brand voice, technical accuracy, and visual cohesion across all external and internal communication channels.
• Manage the entire lifecycle of basic photo and video production, collaborating with vendors and engineers to create high-impact visuals that document our work, prototypes, and tests.
• Design and develop engaging recruiting content (e.g., compelling job introductions, employee spotlight stories, short video scripts, lab photo narratives) that specifically targets and attracts mission-driven engineering talent .
• Support critical business development, proposal, and outreach efforts by rapidly generating high-quality project summaries, informational graphics, and clear capability statements.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

Benefits

Equal Opportunity Employer

IRPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected category.