Propulsion Engineer
About the role
Propulsion Engineer role at Turion Space focusing on designing, building, testing, and operating propulsion systems (cold gas and electric) for spacecraft, with opportunities to contribute to system modeling, testing, and team growth.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, and operate cold gas and electric propulsion systems
- Perform component and system-level design, analysis, and trade studies
- Develop and execute component and system-level test plans
- Work closely with other teams to model, simulate, and control the propulsion systems
- Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree in a technical discipline (e.g. engineering, physics)
- Experience with full development lifecycle of gridded ion thrusters
- 3+ years of industry experience with fluid systems or spacecraft propulsion design, test, or both
- A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and doing hands-on design/development
- Demonstrated ability to personally design, build, and test hardware and/or software from scratch
- Must be able to work extended hours and weekends as needed
Skills
About Turion Space
Moving Things Around in Space, Imaging Space Objects When We're Not
Turion Space is building spacecraft to move things around in space and image space objects when they’re not, and focused on developing the dual-use technology required to ensure a sustainable future in space. They aim to build a strong foundation selling space domain awareness imagery data while advancing their technology towards an affordable solution for orbital debris removal and eventually asteroid mining. The founding team originates from SpaceX, and after going through the Y-combinator accelerator in summer 2021 went on to raise a $6.2M seed round and is launching their first DROID satellite in early 2023.
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