Rocket Materials & Process Engineer

Industrious Ventures; Kent (WA); On-site; USD 129,150 - 252,105; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity program

Health benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental leave

Wellness stipend

Dog-friendly offices

Job summary

Stoke Space in the United States is seeking a Materials & Process Engineer to lead strategy, testing, characterization, and qualification of Stoke’s material systems for Nova. You will collaborate with design, analysis, and manufacturing to ensure reliability, producibility, and performance across the product lifecycle.

The role demands hands-on ownership, fast learning, and impactful decisions. Candidates should have a strong background in materials engineering, including selection,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in materials science, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, aerospace engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of professional experience in materials engineering, with demonstrated expertise in material selection, characterization, qualification, testing, and failure analysis.
• Background working across metals, soft goods, coatings, powder metallurgy, welding, and heat treatment.
• Proficiency with material characterization techniques and tools - metallography, microscopy, mechanical testing.
• Track record of material and process decisions validated through flight or high-reliability hardware programs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the responsible M&P engineer for Stoke's engines, structures, mechanisms, coatings, and adhesives.
• Trade, evaluate, and select appropriate materials for a variety of hardware systems, considering performance requirements, cost, and sustainability factors.
• Design and execute material characterization programs: mechanical testing, environmental exposure, fatigue, and failure analysis, generating original properties data.
• Author, implement, and maintain M&P requirements, material specifications, testing protocols and engineering work standards related to Stoke material systems.
• Lead failure analysis and root cause investigations for material-related anomalies, establishing corrective action processes that feed back into design iteration.
• Evaluate, qualify, and manage material suppliers, including receiving inspection criteria, lot acceptance requirements, and supply chain risk mitigation.
• Define the strategy and qualification philosophy for materials at Stoke.
• Collaborate with engines, structures, analysis, avionics, valves, welding, additive, and manufacturing to create a robust system level material property database.
• Own and build out Stoke's materials characterization lab, testing protocols, and development workflows.

Skills

Materials engineering

Material selection

Material characterization

Failure analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in materials science, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, aerospace engineering, or related

Job description

Stoke Space in the United States is seeking a Materials & Process Engineer to lead strategy, testing, characterization, and qualification of Stoke’s material systems for Nova. You will collaborate with design, analysis, and manufacturing to ensure reliability, producibility, and performance across the product lifecycle.

The role demands hands-on ownership, fast learning, and impactful decisions. Candidates should have a strong background in materials engineering, including selection,