Jake Teufert

Senior Director of Propulsion

Co-founder

Tesseract· Summer 2017🇺🇸 Long Beach, California, United States

2026Senior Director of Propulsion· Vast

Founder · since 2017

Company

Vast

Role

Senior Director of Propulsion

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

Long Beach, California, United States

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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Tesseract

Tesseract builds better thrusters for modern satellites

Experience

Career

Vast
Senior Director of Propulsion · Long Beach, California, United States · 2026 – Present
2026
Vast
Senior Director of Propulsion Development · Long Beach, California, United States · 2025 – 2026
2025
Benchmark Space Systems
Chief Technology Officer · Pleasanton, California, United States · 2023 – 2025
2023
Benchmark Space Systems
Chief Engineer · Pleasanton, California, United States · 2020 – 2023
2020
Tesseract
Co-founder
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer · San Francisco Bay Area · 2017 – 2020
2017
Masten Space Systems
Lead Propulsion Engineer · Mojave, CA · 2014 – 2017
2014
Orbital Sciences Corporation is now Orbital ATK!
Propulsion Engineer · Chandler, AZ · 2012 – 2014
2012
Aerojet Rocketdyne
Propulsion Engineer · Redmond, WA · 2011 – 2012
2011
United Space Alliance
Pyrotechnic Systems Engineer · Kennedy Space Center, FL · 2008 – 2010
2008
Florida Institute of Technology
Research Assistant · Melbourne, Florida · 2007 – 2008
2007