Propulsion Manager

4 days ago

Cedar Park, Texas, United States Firefly Space Systems Full time

ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE

As an end-to-end space transportation company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the surface of the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

SUMMARY

The Manager of Fluid Systems will directly lead our fluids systems engineers through the full lifecycle of hardware, including requirements definition, design, analysis, development, test, and qualification of the launch vehicle and spacecraft fluid systems. In this role you will serve as a technical contributor responsible for reviewing the team's output and interface across other cross-disciplinary teams within Firefly. We are looking for someone who can apply both their technical expertise and leadership skills to mentor and grow our team.

RESPONSIBILITIES


• Direct and supervise the activities of the Fluids Systems team across launch vehicle and spacecraft programs


• Implement initiatives to identify market opportunities, mitigate business risks, and maximize core strengths


• Strategically plan projects and allocate resources, including both budget and personnel management, to achieve fluid system requirements supporting company goals


• Identify core competencies and define operational goals for fluids personnel


• Provide guidance around the design, analysis, and operations of vehicle fluid systems


• Work closely with our analysis team to develop automation, analytical, and test data reduction tools


• Develop test and launch processes for fluid systems and assist the launch and test teams with troubleshooting during operations


• Provide mentorship and training opportunities to team to improve performance and career development

QUALIFICATIONS

Required


• Bachelor's Degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or equivalent


• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, developing, and operating fluid systems


• 2+ years of proven experience leading and managing technical teams in both technical deliverables and career development


• Deep understanding of fluid dynamics, heat transfer, thermodynamics, structural analysis, and control theory


• Solid understanding of fluid components such as valves, tubing, pressurized hardware, seals, bearings, and instrumentation (RTDs, pressure transducers, level sensing, flow measurement, etc.)


• Track record of identifying and driving improvements for vehicle performance related parameters


• Working knowledge of manufacturing, fabrication, integration processes & quality control relevant to fluid components (valves, flex hoses, tubing, bellows, etc.)


• Demonstrated ability in clean sheet pressurization, propellant systems, or other complex multidisciplinary systems designs


• Coordinate and execute development, qualification, and acceptance testing of flight hardware


• Experience using fluids analysis tools such as REFPROP, GFSSP or other computer-based fluid dynamic modeling

Desired


• Experience in aerospace flight production programs


• History of developing solutions with partially defined requirements and changing criteria


• Programming experience with at least one compiled computer language (preferably FORTRAN or C/C++) and one interpreted language (preferably Python or MATLAB) for model development and scripting


• Proficient with 3D & 2D CAD software packages such as Siemens NX

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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