Senior Propulsion Design Engineer

5 days ago

Auckland, New Zealand Rocket Lab USA Full time

ABOUT THE TEAM:
The Space Systems Propulsion team is responsible for developing and delivering qualified, flight-ready space vehicle propulsion systems.
The team takes on system-level and component-level ownership; from mission requirement through detailed design and qualification to integration and beyond, including pre-launch, launch, and on orbit operations support.
Most designs and hardware are developed and manufactured in-house.
Examples of past work include the Curie and Hyper Curie engines.
Currently the team is working on the whole propulsion system for ESCAPADE, a NASA science mission to Mars, as well as the propulsion system for the Victus Haze mission.
The team consists of development engineers and development technicians with a range of experience and skill sets.
Each team member is expected to be capable of owning a component or system through its development lifecycle and production implementation.
This means that the skillset of the team spans systems engineering, design, build, and test, though individuals may have their specializations.
Engineers work hands-on, often alongside technicians, with development, qualification, and flight hardware.
Team members interface regularly with stakeholders across the company, including GNC, Manufacturing Engineering, Production, Flight Software, Thermal, Structural Analysis, and others.
WHAT YOU'LL GET TO DO:


Owning development of new or existing products or systems, acting as technical lead to guide team through end-to-end development process
Conceptual and detailed designs in CAD for propulsion system components as well as calculations, analysis, and system designs.
Release of 2 D drawings and 3 D PMI specifications for flight and tooling components and assemblies
Design and drawing review and release approval
Requirements gathering and definition
Test planning, setup, instrumentation, execution, data analysis, and reporting
Communicating with internal and external project stakeholders
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


YOU'LL BRING THESE QUALIFICATIONS:

A genuine passion for engineering, curious mindset, and willingness to learn.
5+ years of experience in propulsion development, or equivalent high-performance field.
Engineering degree in mechanical, aerospace, mechatronics, or equivalent.
Strong understanding of aerospace development process from requirements to detailed design, through build, qualification, and acceptance testing.
Detailed mechanical design experience using NX (preferred) or equivalent industry standard CAD software.
Experience using Product Lifecycle Management software such as Teamcenter (preferred), Windchill, or similar.
Track record of design reviews and approving release of flight parts.
Comfortable working with high levels of ambiguity.
Makes decisions using basic engineering principles, available literature and standards, technical risk assessments, test data, and physics-based models.
Experience with end-to-end development process including gathering requirements, detailed design, qualification, production, and acceptance testing.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team environment.
Heavy emphasis on achievement and details – getting things done efficiently, effectively and to the highest quality standards.

THESE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE:

Practice in identifying the necessary steps to achieve high level technical goals, scheduling them in a plan, and managing delivery against that plan.
Experience developing requirement and verification sets, as well as writing test plans, performing testing, and writing test reports.
Capabilities using Python for data manipulation and post-processing.
Demonstrated hands on engineering skills, inside or outside the workplace.
Experience using National Instruments data acquisition systems.
Masters of Ph D.

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