Senior Staff Engineer, Propulsion Systems Product Lead

🔥 24 minutes ago

💵 $156k - $210k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Agile Space Industries

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2019

🚀 Aerospace

🏭 Manufacturing

Aerospace • Manufacturing

Agile Space Industries is a developer and manufacturer of in-space chemical propulsion systems. They design, 3D-print, and hotfire thrusters and rocket engines—operating on hydrazine and hydrazine-based constituents—bringing design, qualification, and delivery together under one roof. The company emphasizes rapid development and fast turnaround of propulsion capabilities tailored to mission requirements.

📋 Description

• Drive product definition and roadmap planning for in-space propulsion systems • Lead technical activities related to business development and proposal efforts • Define and maintain product-level technical requirements • Lead requirements definition activities from contract award through SRR • Develop technical execution plans with support from engineering and manufacturing teams • Lead the technical transition of programs from business development into execution • Serve as a technical liaison between customers, programs, suppliers, and internal engineering teams • Establish technical relationships with customers to align products with mission needs • Participate in gated product development reviews and provide technical guidance for product evolution activities • Support trade studies, anomaly investigations, and product improvement efforts • Coordinate across multidisciplinary teams to ensure alignment between technical, schedule, and product objectives • Develop propulsion system architectures and advance spacecraft propulsion capabilities • Own the integrated systems product line, product definition, roadmap planning support, and technical coordination • Own technical volumes for proposals and technical product details used in marketing and sales, such as fly sheets • Oversee initial product requirements from proposal award through SRR and ensure handoff to the program systems engineering team • Provide direct customer support and technical assistance, including occasional travel and burst capacity to satisfy customer needs

🎯 Requirements

• B.S. in Engineering or related technical field (or equivalent experience) • 10+ years of experience in aerospace or related technical field • Proven experience with hypergolic rocket engine propulsion systems, including architecture, design, integration, test, and qualification • Knowledge of propulsion feed systems, valves, regulators, catalyst beds, thermal management, structural considerations, and pulsed thruster operation • Familiarity with propulsion system requirements development, verification, manufacturing, and qualification activities • Familiarity with propulsion component supply chain partners • Experience supporting proposal development and customer technical discussions • Experience supporting gated design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) • Experience with spacecraft propulsion interfaces, mission integration, trade studies, anomaly investigations, and technical risk reduction efforts • Strong systems engineering including understanding mechanical, fluid, and thermal systems and interactions with control electronic architecture • Experience working across multidisciplinary engineering teams and with customers to define mission objectives, CONOPS, and system requirements • Experience with product development processes and technical decision-making for propulsion systems • Experience developing strategic technical relationships with customers • Experience with developing hardware in a manufacturing production environment • Familiarity with requirements management tools • Experience supporting failure investigations and root cause analysis • Familiarity with NASA and/or other aerospace industry standards • Clear and concise presentation and communication skills • Experience with project management tools and techniques

🏖️ Benefits

• Stock option plan eligibility, subject to executive review and approval under the Company's equity plan • Health coverage • Dental plan • Vision plan • Flexible Time Off • Parental leave • 401(k) with 100% company match up to 4% • Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace commitment • Reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process

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