Propulsion Systems Engineer II — Spacecraft Propulsion

Blue Canyon Technologies; Lafayette (CO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

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