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Voyager Technologies is a space, defense, and national security technology company developing mission-critical solutions for advanced propulsion and defense systems.
The Mechanical Engineer V (Team Manager) provides senior-level mechanical design engineering leadership for controllable solid propulsion systems while managing and developing a team of approximately 10 engineers. This role reports to the Director of Engineering and is part of the Controllable Solid Propulsion department.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead complex mechanical design challenges for solid rocket motor systems, specialized igniters, pressure vessels, actuators, hot gas valves, and rocket thrusters; perform trade-off analyses and drive multidisciplinary design optimization.
- Develop detailed 2D and 3D CAD models, technical drawings, and apply complex Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) and statistical tolerance analysis.
- Set up and validate structural, dynamic, thermal, and combustion simulations to address thermal management and structural optimization challenges.
- Apply expertise in advanced metals, refractory metals, ceramics, insulators, composites, and additive manufacturing to support design for manufacturability, welding, molding/casting, and assembly planning.
- Contribute to propellant chemistry evaluation, grain design optimization, advanced ballistics modeling, and combustion/transient response prediction.
- Provide technical direction and programmatic oversight across the mechanical engineering discipline, ensuring alignment of design, performance, and risk with mission and contractual requirements.
- Mentor and develop engineering team members through coaching, feedback, training, and growth opportunities while fostering innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing.
- Support resource planning, staffing allocation, annual operating plan and budget inputs, engineering best practices, performance appraisals, and recruitment and hiring; team management duties represent approximately 20% of total job duties.
- Travel approximately 10% of the time.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline from an accredited college/university with at least 10 years of mechanical design experience.
- Advanced technical and organizational leadership skills, with the ability to manage ambiguity and competing priorities.
- Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage executive and customer audiences.
- Strong experience with CAD modeling and technical drawing creation in SolidWorks, including complex GD&T and tolerance analysis.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience in the design, development, testing, or manufacturing of controllable solid propulsion systems.
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop diverse, high-performing engineering teams.
- Able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance at the appropriate level.
- Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3)) and eligible to obtain export authorizations.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Controllable Solid Rocket Propulsion Systems Design experience.
- Experience with functional management of small, highly technical teams.
