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Salary: USD 116,000 - 160,000 / annual
Agile Space Industries is a rapidly growing supplier of propulsion hardware and engineering services for the space industry. The company designs, builds, and tests in-space propulsion systems for spacecraft maneuvering, with applications ranging from lunar landings and resource utilization to national defense, human exploration, and commercial space transport. The company has achieved 40%+ year-over-year growth for three consecutive years and is expanding operations across Durango, Colorado; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Seattle, Washington.
You will serve as a Senior Systems Engineer leading systems engineering across rocket engine and thruster development programs. This role drives the complete thread from customer mission and CONOPS through requirements, architecture, design, verification, qualification, and delivery. You will work directly with customers and internal teams to translate mission needs into requirements and ensure systems are designed, built, and tested to meet them.
Key responsibilities include: working directly with customers to define mission objectives, CONOPS, and system success criteria; translating mission needs into clear, testable system requirements with end-to-end traceability; leading system architecture development and trade studies (performance, risk, cost, schedule); ensuring consistency and integration across propulsion, structures, avionics, thermal, fluids, and manufacturing; leading definition, planning, and execution of verification and validation approaches including qualification plans and acceptance test procedures; leading gated product development reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, etc.); identifying, tracking, and driving closure of technical risks and interface issues; independently analyzing system performance and recommending design changes; facilitating communication between customers, internal teams, and suppliers; supporting failure investigations and root cause analysis; and contributing to process improvements across programs.
This is a full-time, exempt position with <25% travel. The role is onsite in Seattle, WA or Durango, CO. Eligible candidates participate in the company's stock option plan.
REQUIREMENTS:
Senior Engineer I (minimum):
- B.S. in Engineering or related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- 6+ years of experience driving systems development in aerospace or related technical field
- Experience with liquid propellant rocket engine or thruster hardware development programs
- Strong understanding of propulsion systems, fluid systems, and system integration challenges
- Demonstrated experience in requirements definition, decomposition, and management
- Experience leading or supporting verification and validation planning and execution through hardware development lifecycles
- Experience supporting gated design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR, TRR) and product lifecycle
- Experience working with customers (government or commercial)
- Ability to drive system-level decision making and cross-functional alignment
- Experience with requirements management tools (e.g., JAMA or similar)
Senior Engineer II (advanced):
- All Senior Engineer I qualifications, plus:
- 8+ years of experience driving systems development in aerospace or related technical field
- Demonstrated experience leading advanced technical efforts across teams with deep system-level understanding
- Demonstrated ability to define roadmaps and simplify complexity for others while ensuring high-quality execution
Preferred qualifications: Experience developing space flight hardware with comprehensive understanding of space design best practices; experience with test plan development and hot fire testing of rocket engines (monopropellant and bipropellant liquid rocket engines); experience leading failure investigations and root cause analysis; familiarity with NASA or other relevant industry standards; familiarity with Range Safety requirements (AFSPCMAN 91-710) and specification tailoring; experience leading teams and working with Government customers; propulsion systems engineering expertise; clear presentation skills; demonstrated experience with risk and opportunity management.
