Senior Spacecraft Propulsion Systems Engineer

Telemetry Today LLC; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company stock

Onsite fitness centers

Employee discounts

Merchandise discounts

Job summary

Rocket Lab, a leading space company in the United States, seeks a Senior Spacecraft Propulsion Systems Engineer I to own propulsion development and lead end-to-end programs for civil, commercial, and defense customers in Long Beach, CA. You’ll perform system-level design, modeling, testing, and risk-based decisions while mentoring teammates and shaping engineering standards.

Base Pay Range in California: $115,200 — $172,800 USD, with comprehensive benefits and stock compensation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (aerospace, mechanical, mechatronics, or other technical discipline)
• 5+ years of propulsion system development, or other high-performance field
• US citizenship is required, due to program requirements
• Expertise in propulsion system modelling, static and transient analysis, and model validation using test data software such as Amesim, EcosimPro, Simulink, or Simscape
• Experience with end-to-end development process, including gathering requirements, detailed design, qualification, production, and acceptance testing
• Experience with all steps in the Systems Engineering V and risk-based decision making
• Experience working on propulsion systems utilizing different storable propellants, such as electrical and chemical
• Nice-to-have: hands-on engineering experience, comfort with ambiguity, Python data manipulation, NX CAD, GD&T, Teamcenter/Windchill usage, testing and troubleshooting flight hardware, Master’s or PhD

Responsibilities

• Own development of new or existing propulsion products or systems, acting as technical lead to guide team through end-to-end development process
• Conceptual and detailed performance calculations, systems modelling, analysis, and system designs
• Requirements gathering, definition, and management
• Systems engineering activities and leadership within the team
• Test planning, setup, instrumentation, execution, and data analysis
• Communicating with project stakeholders internal and external to the team
• Technical risk-based decision making to the right/best solution when faced with an engineering challenge
• Project management including schedule building and maintenance, identifying top priority items, tasking of other engineers and technicians, and communication of status to leadership and other teams
• Mentorship and coaching of people within the team on technical and professional development
• Defining and maintaining standard of excellence for their team through documentation, training, coaching, and review of others’ work
• Contributing to engineering process development and documentation at Rocket Lab related to areas of experience

Skills

Propulsion modelling

Static analysis

Transient analysis

Model validation

Systems engineering

Python data manipulation

Education

Bachelor’s in engineering

Master’s or PhD (nice to have)

Tools

Jama

Teamcenter

Windchill

NX CAD

Simulink

Simscape / Amesim / EcosimPro

Job description

Rocket Lab, a leading space company in the United States, seeks a Senior Spacecraft Propulsion Systems Engineer I to own propulsion development and lead end-to-end programs for civil, commercial, and defense customers in Long Beach, CA. You’ll perform system-level design, modeling, testing, and risk-based decisions while mentoring teammates and shaping engineering standards.

Base Pay Range in California: $115,200 — $172,800 USD, with comprehensive benefits and stock compensation.