Propulsion Systems Engineer II — Spacecraft Propulsion

Blue Canyon Technologies

Lafayette (CO)

On-site

USD 80,000 - 130,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits
Dental & Vision
401k plan
PTO + holidays
Parental leave
Life insurance

Job summary

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer, seeks a Propulsion Systems Engineer to develop and manage spacecraft propulsion budgets and subsystem designs from mission concept through verification. This on-site role in Lafayette, CO offers a path spanning requirements, procurement, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

You will work with customers and vendors to define interfaces, perform trade studies, and enable rapid prototyping and fielding of capabilities in a fast-paced

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of relevant experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or equivalent.
  • 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, and emerging technologies.
  • Ability to perform trade studies and parametric analyses.
  • Ability to develop procurement documents (SOW) and manage subcontracts.
  • Good documentation and communication skills.
  • Ability to work rapidly with some supervision on projects involving both small and large teams.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain spacecraft delta-v and/or propellant budgets from 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 subsystem development, design, qualification, and verification.
  • Develop interface specifications and related design documents for propulsion subsystems.
  • Author/manage propulsion hardware vendor specifications and statements of work.
  • Assist with customer meetings and technical exchanges with customers and vendors.
  • Assist with proposals and with the engineering team.
  • Manage subcontract vendors for quality and timely delivery.
  • Support program design reviews.
  • Collaborate with technical program leads across domains.
  • Support allocation of driving requirements (cost and technical).
  • Support key trades (cost and technical).
  • Other duties as assigned.

Skills

System design
Trade studies
Requirements flow-down
Procurement docs
Collaboration
Rapid prototyping

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science

Job description

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer, seeks a Propulsion Systems Engineer to develop and manage spacecraft propulsion budgets and subsystem designs from mission concept through verification. This on-site role in Lafayette, CO offers a path spanning requirements, procurement, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

You will work with customers and vendors to define interfaces, perform trade studies, and enable rapid prototyping and fielding of capabilities in a fast-paced

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