Senior Propulsion Engineer – Lunar Systems

Industrious Ventures; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Voyager Technologies in Pittsburgh, PA, seeks a Senior Propulsion Engineer to design, build, test, and operate propulsion systems for spacecraft and lunar landers. You will lead design efforts, coordinate with program management and subsystems, and ensure robust propulsion architectures for challenging missions.

You will mentor a small engineering team, drive risk-based trade studies, and contribute to mission operations while ensuring safety and quality standards are met throughout development

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or similar Engineering with 8 years of experience in spacecraft propulsion, OR a Master’s Degree with 6 years of related experience.
• Knowledge of propulsion system architecture, best practices, components, and suppliers.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate a technical team of 3 or more engineers aligned to a common goal in a multi-year project.
• Demonstrated decision making with informed risk to properly balance quality, cost, and schedule across a project that includes non-propulsion subsystems.
• Component specification, vendor management, and requirements verification for components such as valves, pressure vessels, pumps, thrusters, instrumentation.
• Ability to drive technical rigor in engineering design and verification to meet quality requirements.
• Effective verbal and written communication, including reports and technical presentations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the design, integration, testing, and operation of new propulsion systems for spacecraft and lunar landers.
• Coordinate with program management, systems engineering, and other spacecraft subsystems to assess requirements, design progress, schedule, and risks.
• Create conceptual and detailed designs of hypergol-based propulsion systems including tanks, valves, instrumentation, engines, and pressurization systems.
• Perform supplier management support including developing specifications for vendor supplied components, providing technical review of manufacturing processes, and assuring requirements are met via test and/or analysis.
• Create integration instructions, and provide support during spacecraft assembly in the cleanroom.
• Contribute to technical readiness and safety reviews for testing activities of propulsion system components, including on-site support of vendor-supplied hardware when necessary.
• Write mission operations procedures and provide real time mission operations support.

Skills

Aerospace Eng

Propulsion Systems

Team Leadership

Decision Making

Vendor Management

Technical Rigor

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering

Master’s Degree in related field

Tools

Thermal Desktop

Amesim

Job description

Voyager Technologies in Pittsburgh, PA, seeks a Senior Propulsion Engineer to design, build, test, and operate propulsion systems for spacecraft and lunar landers. You will lead design efforts, coordinate with program management and subsystems, and ensure robust propulsion architectures for challenging missions.

You will mentor a small engineering team, drive risk-based trade studies, and contribute to mission operations while ensuring safety and quality standards are met throughout development