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Our people enjoy solving interesting technical challenges in a culture where everyone trusts each other to do the right thing. For you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.\nJob Title:\nSenior Spacecraft Propulsion EngineerReporting To:\nEngineer Sr., SystemsWork Schedule:\nHybrid - Arvada, COMoog is a world-class provider of spacecraft propulsion systems, avionics, flight software, and structures. Our depth of expertise in these subsystems positions us uniquely to develop a high-value vertically integrated space vehicle solution to our customers. We invite top performers to apply to become a part of our lean and agile team.\nThe Arvada, CO location is nestled near the foothills of the front range, just west of Denver. The office is a 10-minute drive from downtown Golden and Arvada and is an easy commute from most of the Denver Metro area. Colorado offers year-round outdoor activities and is a melting pot of cultures.\nMoog’s Space and Defense Group is seeking an experienced Senior Spacecraft Propulsion Engineer to join our Space Vehicles team in Arvada, CO. This includes all phases from conceptual design to development, integration, test, and delivery. Typical space vehicle applications include spacecraft buses, a “smart upper stage”, an in-space transfer vehicle, and a hosted payload platform. The selected candidate will be responsible for leading the propulsion subsystem and working side-by-side with other engineers in a team environment. You will report to the Systems Engineering Manager and will have a 9/80 hybrid work schedule, which provides every other Friday off!\nTo be considered for theSenior Spacecraft Propulsion Engineerrole, here’s what you’ll typically need to bring with you:\nBachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, or a closely related technical field.\n5+ years of relevant engineering experience, including substantial experience with spacecraft, launch vehicle, missile, or comparable flight propulsion systems.\nExperience designing, analyzing, integrating, or testing propulsion systems and flight hardware.\nStrong knowledge of propulsion, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, compressible flow, and pressurized-fluid systems.\nExperience with propulsion components such as thrusters, tanks, pressure vessels, valves, regulators, tubing, fittings, and instrumentation.\nAbility to perform system sizing and performance analyses, including delta-v, propellant quantity, water hammer, mass flow, pressure drop, and margin assessments.\nExperience developing requirements, verification plans, test procedures, engineering documentation, and technical risk assessments.\nExperience leading technical teams, design reviews, supplier oversight, trade studies, and anomaly investigations.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting technical information to multidisciplinary teams, leadership, customers, and suppliers.\nAbility to support occasional travel and off-shift testing and support when required.\nIt would be great if you also had:\n7+ years of direct spacecraft propulsion experience.\nMaster’s or doctoral degree in aerospace, mechanical, chemical, or a related engineering discipline.\nDemonstrated technical ownership of spacecraft monopropellant, bipropellant, gas, green-propellant, or electric propulsion systems.\nHands-on experience with propulsion hardware testing, propellant loading, hazardous operations, launch-site processing, or on-orbit support.\nExperience using propulsion, fluid, thermal, structural, or system-modeling tools.\nKnowledge of applicable NASA, Department of Defense, ECSS, AIAA, ASME, or other pressure-system and spacecraft standards.\nExperience overseeing suppliers, leading technical reviews and anomaly investigations, and resolving hardware nonconformances.\nFamiliarity with requirements-management, configuration-control, product-lifecycle, or model-based systems engineering tools.\nExperience with maneuver planning, telemetry trending, or remaining-propellant estimation.\nAs theSenior Spacecraft Propulsion Engineer, you will:\nLead spacecraft propulsion system architecture, design, analysis, integration, qualification, and on-orbit support across the full program lifecycle.\nDevelop propulsion requirements, specifications, interfaces, schematics, verification plans, and technical documentation.\nPerform system sizing, trade studies, propellant budgeting, pressure-drop and transient analyses, performance modeling, and mission maneuver assessments.\nSelect and integrate propulsion components, including thrusters, tanks, valves, regulators, lines, instrumentation, heaters, and flow-control devices.\nPlan and support qualification, acceptance, functional, environmental, leak, proof-pressure, flow, and hot-fire testing.\nSupport spacecraft assembly, integration, propellant loading, pressurization, launch-site activities, and flight operations.\nConduct reliability, safety, and failure analyses; support anomaly investigations, root-cause assessments, and corrective actions.\nEnsure compliance with pressure-system safety, hazardous-material handling, contamination-control, and applicable industry requirements.\nProvide technical oversight of suppliers, including design reviews, manufacturing support, test-data evaluation, and nonconformance resolution.\nCollaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and program teams, participate in major design and readiness reviews, and communicate technical risks and recommendations.\nDevelop operational constraints and procedures; support telemetry analysis, maneuver planning, propulsion performance trending, and remaining-propellant estimation.\nSupport new business pursuits by developing propulsion concepts, system architectures, technical solutions, cost and schedule estimates, risk assessments, and proposal content.\nParticipate in customer engagements, proposal reviews, and technical presentations; evaluate mission requirements and communicate propulsion capabilities, trade-offs, and discriminators.\nProvide technical leadership and mentorship while supporting program cost, schedule, risk, and proposal activities.\nHow We Care for You:\nFinancial Rewards: great compensation package, annual profit sharing, matching 401k and the ability to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.\nWork/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program, relocation assistance.\nHealth & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.\nProfessional Skills Development: Tuition Assistance, mentorship and coaching opportunities, leadership development and other personal growth programs.\nCollaborative and Welcoming Workplace: Inclusive culture rooted in our values, enhanced by Employee Resource Groups, and team-building activities.\nSchedule: Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week on a 9/80 schedule.\nSalary Range Transparency:\nArvada, CO $115,000.00-$170,000.00 AnnuallySalary Range Disclaimer\nThe base salary range represents the low and high end of the Moog salary range for this position in the given work location. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range(s) listed is just one component of Moog's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, employee stock purchase plan, an open paid time off policy, and many region-specific benefits.\nThis position requires access to U.S. export-controlled information.\nMoog offers an inclusive workplace, and, as such, affirms the right of every person to participate in all aspects of employment based on merit without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, contact our Human Resources department via phone at 844-367-5787.\nNo unsolicited agency submittals please. Agency partners must be invited to participate in a search by our Talent Acquisition Team and have signed terms in place prior to any submittal. 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