Senior Propulsion Engineer for Cutting-Edge Spacecraft

Intuitive Machines, LLC; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health and welfare insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Intuitive Machines is seeking a propulsion systems engineer to join our Propulsion organization, supporting low Earth orbit missions and beyond with integrated propulsion solutions. You will design bipropellant, monopropellant, cold gas, and electric propulsion systems, perform subsystem analyses, specify hardware, and collaborate with power, thermal, and electronics teams to ensure requirements are met.

The ideal candidate holds a BS in engineering, has 5+ years of relevant experience (or MS

Qualifications

• U.S. citizen or permanent resident required.
• B.S. degree in Physics, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Courses/experience in electric and chemical propulsion, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics, physics.
• 5+ years of relevant experience or MS degree with 3+ years of relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Design bipropellant, monopropellant, cold gas, and electric propulsion systems.
• Perform subsystem analyses: propellant loading optimization, plume analyses, thruster alignment, on-orbit performance.
• Specify propulsion hardware performance, tank sizing, thruster selection, redundancy and fault management.
• Collaborate with power, thermal, and bus electronics engineers to meet system requirements.
• Define and capture subsystem test requirements; flow-down to unit level.
• Support qualification and testing of propulsion systems.
• Demonstrated team player and project management skills.

Skills

Propulsion engineering

Propellant systems

CAD modeling

Thermodynamics

Education

B.S. in Physics or Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Intuitive Machines is seeking a propulsion systems engineer to join our Propulsion organization, supporting low Earth orbit missions and beyond with integrated propulsion solutions. You will design bipropellant, monopropellant, cold gas, and electric propulsion systems, perform subsystem analyses, specify hardware, and collaborate with power, thermal, and electronics teams to ensure requirements are met.

The ideal candidate holds a BS in engineering, has 5+ years of relevant experience (or MS