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Built for the nation’s most critical missions.\nRocketdyne has powered American launch and national security missions for generations. Today we build the propulsion, power, and communications that get this country’s most important systems where they need to go - and keep them there. If it flies, we power it. If it protects the nation, we deliver it. Real hardware. Real stakes. Start your career with the team that the nation depends on.\nThe Role\nAt Rocketdyne, this role gives an early-career engineer the chance to step directly into real spacecraft hardware work. You will help move chemical propulsion hardware through production, test, and delivery for spaceflight programs, while building the product knowledge and cross-functional judgment that lead to broader technical ownership over time. This is a strong fit for an engineer with strong fundamentals, high motivation, and a desire to learn by working closely with customers, manufacturing, test, quality, and senior engineers on real hardware problems. You will also work across engineering disciplines to support the reviews, inputs, and technical alignment needed to keep hardware and customer deliverables moving. Your impact will be visible in completed hardware, successful hot-fires, and propulsion systems that reach space, the Moon, and Mars. If you want close teamwork, rapid growth, and the opportunity to turn hard work into thrusters that power real spacecraft, we encourage you to apply.\nProfessional Development Opportunities with Rocketdyne\nProject-based, direct professional experience in your field of study.\nWorking under guidance of experienced engineering and design professionals, with both manager and mentor relationships to build your skillset and prepare for your future career.\nRocketdyne-wide learning and development opportunities, includingInformation sessions for both technical and business topics spanning all Rocketdyne businesses and programs\n\nKey Responsibilities\nSupport day-to-day technical execution of in-space chemical thruster projects through production and test for development, qualification, and commercial programs. Work in close coordination with program management, manufacturing, and test to help accelerate issue resolution.\nHelp drive closure of nonconformances, production issues, and test anomalies with sound engineering judgment and growing product knowledge. Maintain effective working relationships with quality and other support functions.\nSupport work across engineering disciplines such as systems, structures, thermal, and drawing development. Help track inputs, reviews, and document completion needed to support customer deliverables and program commitments.\nAuthor the technical documentation required to move hardware forward. This includes test plans, procedures, reports, and anomaly documentation.\nProvide clear and timely technical responses to customer technical questions, with guidance from more senior engineers as needed. Topics may include hardware status, issue resolution, and test results.\nPrepare technical recommendations, trade studies, and issue summaries. Support formal presentations and reports for customer communication and gated product reviews.\nSupport proposal efforts by developing technical inputs and helping review scope assumptions for applicable engines or hardware efforts.\nAnalyze and review hotfire test data to help ensure thrusters conform to product line standards and customer specifications. May support testing in-person.\nNo routine travel is expected for this role.\nBasic Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Engineering or Physics and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience; or a Graduate Degree with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience; or in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.\nPrior experience supporting development, production, integration, qualification testing, or delivery of complex hardware in aerospace, marine, or similar high-reliability engineering environments.\nPrior experience in at least one of the following areas is required: production support or qualification/development testing. Experience in both is preferred.\nPrior experience owning assigned technical work and driving closure with strong cross-functional relationships.\nFoundational technical understanding and ability to communicate across engineering disciplines. This may include engaging with technical inputs from areas such as systems, structures, thermal, and design documentation.\nPrior experience authoring technical documentation such as procedures, reports, data packages, dispositions, or engineering presentations.\nAbility to work effectively under moderate supervision, set objectives for assigned work, and determine next steps needed to move hardware or decisions forward.\nAbility to assess technical problems, adapt to evolving requirements, and contribute effectively in a fast-paced, technically complex setting.\nPreferred Qualifications\nStrong technical communication with customers, leadership, and cross-functional teams in a fast-moving hardware environment.\nPrior experience with propulsion development or hot-fire testing.\nExperience with anomaly investigation, nonconformance disposition, and root cause analysis. 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