Senior Manager, Propulsion Design

Manage and lead a team of up to 6 analysts, including hiring, mentoring, and technical development.

Set standards for analysis methods, documentation, and best practices in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Expand company capabilities in analysis by validating and establishing methods and practices across structural, fluid, and thermal domains.

Create and maintain FEA models of propulsion components to support design and certification.

Define and review critical loads and load cases in collaboration with GNC, fluids analysis, dynamics/loads engineers and design teams.

Mentor design and analysis engineers in analysis methods and validation via testing to review/approve component drawings with feedback.

Partner with test engineering to plan and execute structural and dynamic tests, and perform associated analyses.

Oversee multiphase propellant feed system and microgravity fluid behavior modeling, including vaporization, condensation, propellant acquisition and slosh dynamics.

Guide high-pressure gas system analysis, transient flow behavior (e.g., water hammer, adiabatic compression), and thruster plume impingement studies.

Support development and validation of propulsion fluid systems using best practices

Integrate simulation results with ground and flight test data to validate models and refine designs.

Partner closely with design, manufacturing, propulsion, thermal, and GN&C teams to ensure analysis informs critical decisions.

Present technical findings at design reviews and contribute to NASA certification processes.

Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions when issues arise.