Senior Propulsion Engineer
Astranis•San Francisco, CA
•Onsite
About The Position
As our Senior Propulsion Engineer, you will be a leader in designing, building, and testing our propulsion systems. You will use your experience to improve the performance of our systems, design propulsion systems from clean sheet, and to provide mentorship to younger engineers on the team. You will be a part of the test and production of many satellites that will provide service to underserved areas.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in a technical discipline (e.g. engineering, physics) or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of propulsion industry experience in a design, test, or manufacture related role
- Experience with 3D CAD, mechanical design, fabrication, and environmental qualification
- Previous aerospace or similar product design and production experience (full product development cycle)
- Hands-on experience working with fluid or gas feed systems
- Working knowledge of in space electric and chemical propulsion systems
Nice To Haves
- Experience with propulsion or fluid component design
- Direct experience with structural or fluid analysis tools (GFSSP, ANSYS, Fluent, etc)
- Familiarity with AFSPCMAN 91-710 and other Range Safety documentation and requirements
- Experience writing Python for scientific calculation and data processing
- Familiarity with mission operations for satellites
- Specific experience with low thrust monopropellant, green monopropellant, and electric propulsion systems
Responsibilities
- Become a technical leader and help shape the future of propulsion systems at Astranis
- Design, analyze, and document in-space propulsion systems to meet existing and future mission requirements
- Define and execute on qualification campaigns for propulsion components and systems
- Establish how we fly and operate our spacecrafts for 10+ years
- Develop strong relationships with vendors, ensuring their hardware meets our flight requirements before arriving at the factory
- Support assembly integration and test processes through launch including troubleshooting issues with spacecraft propulsion system
- Work across teams to solve problems and meet goals in a highly collaborative work environment
- Mentor entry level engineers and interns and support hiring initiatives
Benefits
- Equity
- Incentive stock options
- Company-subsidized healthcare
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k) retirement planning
- Flexible PTO
- Free on-site catered meals
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
