Senior Spaceflight Propulsion Engineer - Hardware & Testing

Astrion; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrion seeks a Mid Career Spaceflight Hardware Propulsion Engineer to join the team at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. The candidate will apply fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer to propulsion and spacecraft pressure systems, and will lead analyses and model development.

The role requires strong communication, independence, and the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams, with travel to supplier, test, and launch locations as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering; 5–10 years of related experience.
• Experience in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics.
• Knowledge of heat transfer, materials, mechanical systems, structures, or machine design.
• Experience analyzing propulsion, pressure, fluid, or thermal systems.
• Experience with hardware development, testing, integration, or operation.
• Ability to review technical drawings, test plans, verification evidence.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to coordinate multiple activities.
• Willingness to travel and adapt to branch assignments.

Responsibilities

• Apply propulsion and spacecraft pressure-system principles to design and analyze systems.
• Independently perform or lead propulsion and pressure-system analyses.
• Develop and validate fluid-flow, pressure-system, thermodynamic, and thermal models.
• Develop engineering analysis tools using Python, MATLAB, or similar tools.
• Evaluate system architectures and lead technical trade studies.
• Prepare and communicate results, assumptions, and limitations.

Skills

Fluid mechanics

Thermodynamics

Written communication

Verbal communication

Independence

Travel readiness

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Risk communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Creo

Thermal Desktop

Job description

Astrion seeks a Mid Career Spaceflight Hardware Propulsion Engineer to join the team at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. The candidate will apply fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer to propulsion and spacecraft pressure systems, and will lead analyses and model development.

The role requires strong communication, independence, and the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams, with travel to supplier, test, and launch locations as needed.