Lead Electric Propulsion Engineer, Amazon Leo, GNC

Key job responsibilities

• impact and influence the full scope of propulsion system design, development, and production including: propellant storage and delivery; thruster magnetic circuit design; cathode design; overall system architecture trades; Propulsion avionics requirements; thermal management; system integration; and propulsion embedded software
• perform detailed system performance and risk analyses to support design trades, risk assessments, and risk mitigation plans
• act with delegated design authority to approve: production non-conformances; changes in design, test, and systems engineering artifacts; and Concepts of Operations for the Amazon Leo Propulsion system
• identify and assess technical risks based on data and outcomes in development, production, and flight operations
• lead or support test execution for development, validation, and risk assessments - especially for integrated tests across multiple large vacuum chambers suitable for testing Hall effect thrusters
• define test plans & test requirements to meet development and production test objectives
• define procedures for in-flight responses to novel off-nominal scenarios, and directly support flight operations as needed
• lead root-cause and corrective-action investigations supported by multidisciplinary engineering teams (e.g. design, manufacturing, test, quality)

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics or equivalent, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of professional or military experience
• 5+ years of experience with electric propulsion technologies through design or test

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or above in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• 7+ years of developing electric propulsion technologies through design & test cycles
• Experience with Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Familiarity with electric circuit design
• Experience with finite element analysis for electromagnetic fields and/or fluid flow