Propulsion Systems Engineer II — Spacecraft Delta-V & Analysis

Blue Canyon Technologies; Town of Montana (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision benefits

Life insurance

401k with matching

Generous PTO and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Blue Canyon Technologies is seeking a Propulsion Systems Engineer to join our on‑site team in Lafayette, CO. You will develop and maintain spacecraft propulsion budgets, create subsystem designs, and drive requirements and verification across the lifecycle.

You will collaborate with customers and vendors, prepare technical documents, and guide subcontractors to deliver high‑quality propulsion hardware on schedule. A BS in engineering or related field is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science discipline, or equivalent.
• Good documentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work rapidly with some supervision on projects involving both small and large engineering teams.
• Experience with all phases of the program lifecycle (business development, mission formulation, requirements flow‑down, manufacturing, integration and test, and on‑orbit operations).
• System design balancing performance, cost, power, emerging technologies, etc.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain spacecraft delta‑v and/or propellant budgets, given mission requirements.
• Create/confirm propulsion subsystem designs.
• Develop and manage propulsion subsystem and component requirements and verification techniques.
• Develop tools for propulsion subsystem performance analyses.
• Oversee propulsion component and/or subsystem development, design, qualification, and verification efforts.
• Develop interface specifications, CONOPS, subsystem description documents, and other propulsion design documents.
• Author and manage propulsion hardware vendor specifications, RFIs, and SOWs.
• Assist with customer meetings and facilitate technical exchanges with customers and vendors.
• Assist with proposals and facilitate technical exchanges with the engineering team.
• Manage subcontract vendors to ensure high quality and timely delivery.
• Support program design reviews and cross‑domain collaboration.

Skills

System design

Trade studies

Communication

Teamwork

Rapid prototyping

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or sciences

Job description

Blue Canyon Technologies is seeking a Propulsion Systems Engineer to join our on‑site team in Lafayette, CO. You will develop and maintain spacecraft propulsion budgets, create subsystem designs, and drive requirements and verification across the lifecycle.

You will collaborate with customers and vendors, prepare technical documents, and guide subcontractors to deliver high‑quality propulsion hardware on schedule. A BS in engineering or related field is required.