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Propulsion Engineer - Pressure Vessels Lead (COPV)
$136K–$193K
Long Beach, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years; posting welcomes applicants across a range of experience levels.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials science, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads the design, analysis, testing, and flight qualification of composite and metallic pressure vessels for Haven Station, while managing and mentoring the engineering team.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction, review and approve design releases, and mentor pressure vessel engineers and analysts.
- Define analysis and test approaches; lead failure investigations and drive design iterations.
- Own tank requirements and interfaces, supplier and manufacturing coordination, and qualification and fracture-control approaches for crewed flight.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials science, or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years designing, analyzing, or testing pressure vessels or composite structures for flight or other high-consequence use.
- Experience carrying hardware from design through build and test.
- Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends and travel occasionally to suppliers and the Mojave Test Site.
Nice to have
- Experience with COPVs, AIAA S-081 or S-080, NASA-STD-5019 fracture control, filament winding, or composite manufacturing.
- Experience with pressure-vessel analysis tools, tank fabrication, propellant management devices, or leading and mentoring engineers.
Pay
$136,120 — $193,224 USD (base salary)
Tools
Ansys, Abaqus, Femap/Nastran, WoundSim, AIAA S-081, S-080, NASA-STD-5019
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