Propulsion Engineer (Valves) at Firefly Aerospace
Cedar Park, TX 78613, USA -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

30 Nov, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

31 Aug, 25

Experience

3 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Pet Insurance, Manufacturing, Design, Itar, Firefly, Color

Industry

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Description

ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE

As an end-to-end responsive space company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. Our small-to-medium lift launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles allow us to service the entire lifecycle of government and commercial missions from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. We utilize carbon composite structures, patented propulsion technologies, and common components across our vehicles to iterate quickly, improve reliability, and deliver payloads at a lower cost.

SUMMARY

At Firefly, we believe that building a reliable and inexpensive launch vehicle requires the most reliable, production efficient valves available. On the fluid components team, we design, build, test, and qualify high-performance, precision fluid components tailored to the specific needs of our Alpha launch vehicle, Eclipse launch vehicle, Blue Ghost lunar landers, and Elytra spacecraft. Our team of responsible engineers own their products for the entire product lifecycle; from initial conception through qualification and handoff to the production team.

FIREFLY OFFERS OUTSTANDING BENEFITS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING GENEROUS HEALTH, DENTAL AND VISION PLANS WITH LOW PLAN DEDUCTIBLES, PARENTAL LEAVE, EDUCATIONAL REIMBURSEMENT, SHORT TERM DISABILITY, PET INSURANCE, AND FLEXIBLE PTO OPTIONS.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status

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Responsibilities
  • Demonstrate extreme ownership of hardware
  • Conceptualize, design, develop and deliver propulsion components to high performance systems
  • Responsible for entire development lifecycle and production support as the technical expert.
  • Own a combination of Firefly developed and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTs) valves, regulators and actuators
  • Prepare content for and lead CoDRs, MRR, PDRs, TRRs, data reviews and CDRs
  • Author and execute qualification, and acceptance test plans with hands on hardware problem solving
  • Work to standardize solutions across programs and product lines
  • Improve mission cadence by identifying and implementing cost saving and risk reduction measures
  • Lead cross-functional teams of analysts, manufacturing engineers, quality engineers, supply chain representatives, and test engineers to deliver tested hardware on time
  • Resolve non-conformances and implement design changes to improve product yield and manufacturability
  • Work with the program teams to develop hardware upgrades in alignment with ambitious performance and cost goals
  • Develop simulation-based design methods and validate using subscale and full-scale testing
  • Lead failure investigations to determine root cause and implement mitigations
  • Qualify existing and new product lines following guidance from SMC-S-016 and S-080 as applicable
  • Manage multiple projects and competing priorities
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