First Stage Propulsion Engine System Technical Leader Verified today
About the role
Within the MaiaSpace technical team, you will lead the overall first-stage engine propulsion systems for the MSP launcher. You will own engine specifications, manage supplier partnerships, and ensure technical consistency across launcher architecture and flight operations.
Your responsibilities
- Manage engine specification for the MSP launcher and ensure convergence and consistency with all launcher architects, particularly the first-stage architect (3-engine bay), with focus on optimizing business performance for both expendable and reusable launch vehicle configurations.
- Contribute to launcher development and verification plans, with strong links to test objectives, exploitation, and measurement planning.
- Support test and flight preparation activities including flight-worthiness file development, forecasting, and analysis.
- Manage the first-stage engine technical database, configuration management, and coordinate planning activities with the engine supplier.
- Define and manage technical logic and action plans for technical issues together with the engine supplier.
- Ensure consistency with upper-stage engine system design.
Design activities
- Conduct concept studies and trade-off analyses.
- Develop technical specifications and requirements.
- Prepare functional and justification files for MSP.
- Contribute to safety files.
- Define test roadmaps and verification logic.
Supplier and strategy
- Coordinate and ensure convergence with engine suppliers.
- Support the company's propulsion roadmap.
- Support industrialization and operation planning.