Senior Manager, Fluid Systems Design

What you'll do

• Lead design teams and component-level practices for propulsion, TCS, and ECLSS systems; manage team development and resource allocation.
• Coordinate vehicle integration, design validation, test equipment development, design tools, risk tracking, and manufacturing challenges with internal teams.
• Manage technical interfaces with external partners and government agencies on propulsion requirements and supplier qualification.

What they ask for

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or another technical discipline.
• 8+ years of system design experience, including component-level design authority on flight hardware; propulsion, thermal, or ECLSS experience preferred.
• 2+ years of hands-on engineering experience followed by 2–5 years in aerospace systems engineering, technical project management, or customer-facing program roles.
• 2+ years managing a technical engineering team; expertise in fluid system design and experience with high-pressure fluid systems including fracture criticality.

Nice to have

• Experience building in-house design team capability; mission operations background in propulsion, thermal, or ECLSS systems.
• Component and HITL testing, fast-paced or startup development, electric propulsion interfaces, tubing assembly/design for manufacturing, fracture mechanics, or composite overwrap pressure vessel certification.

Pay

$164,000 — $232,800 USD (base salary)

Tools

P&IDs, CDR, PDR, HITL, PPU, GNC, ECLSS, TCS