Flight-Ready Hall Thruster Engineer — Equity & Unlimited PTO

Viridian Space Corporation; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Paid unlimited vacation

Employee equity options

Job summary

Viridian Space Corporation in El Segundo, California, is seeking an Electric Propulsion (EP) Engineer to redesign our Hall Effect Thruster prototype, build a new air-run version and test it in a third-party vacuum chamber, and drive toward a flight-qualified thruster. The role requires hands-on experience with plasma physics, thruster hardware, and flight hardware development, plus Python and SolidWorks.

You will collaborate with the Electrical Engineer on the Power Processing Unit and with the

Qualifications

• You should know how to build and test a Hall thruster.
• Understanding thruster failure modes.
• Experience building flight hardware.

Responsibilities

• Redesign our early Hall Effect Thruster prototype
• Build the new version of the thruster that can run on air and test it in a third-party vacuum chamber
• Achieve performance necessary performance metrics (thrust, isp, efficiency, lifetime)
• Perform rapid iteration to create a flight qualified version of the thruster
• Work with our Electrical Engineer on the design and test of the Power Processing Unit (PPU)
• Work with our Electromechanical Engineer on the design and test of the Flow Control System (FCS)

Skills

Plasma Physics

Magnetic field simulator software

Designing and building flight hardware

Python

Solidworks

Job description

Viridian Space Corporation in El Segundo, California, is seeking an Electric Propulsion (EP) Engineer to redesign our Hall Effect Thruster prototype, build a new air-run version and test it in a third-party vacuum chamber, and drive toward a flight-qualified thruster. The role requires hands-on experience with plasma physics, thruster hardware, and flight hardware development, plus Python and SolidWorks.

You will collaborate with the Electrical Engineer on the Power Processing Unit and with the