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Blue Origin · 3 days ago

Hall Thruster Development Engineer

Greater Seattle Area

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$111K/yr - $155K/yr

5+ years exp

Blue Origin is focused on developing reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems. The Hall Thruster Development Engineer will lead the development of a low-cost Hall thruster and manage a dedicated team, while collaborating with various subsystem engineers to advance electric propulsion technologies.

AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Creates the overall plan for the development of a low-cost Hall thruster

Establishes and leads the Hall thruster development team

Responsible for the overall design architecture of a Hall thruster

Manages the Hall thruster test facility development

Develops the Hall thruster verification and validation plan, including any additional model development required

Develops the manufacturing and test plans to produce a low-cost Hall thruster

Supports the propulsion system in the development of a Hall thruster subsystem

Collaborates with other subsystem team members, in particular feed system and power electronics engineers, for the development of other Hall thruster subsystem components

Develops the roadmap and plans for future In Space Systems electric propulsion developments

Qualification

Electric propulsion systemsHall thruster developmentDesign architectureManufacturingTestingLeadership experienceWritten communicationVerbal communication

Required

Minimum of a master's degree in engineering or equivalent technical field

3+ years of related experience (including graduate work) in the design, development, and flight of electric propulsion systems, and at least 5 years specifically related to Hall thrusters

Established member of the electric propulsion technical community

Domain expert in one or more areas of electric thruster development

Proven experience in the electric thruster development lifecycle

An understanding of low-cost electric thruster manufacturing and acceptance testing

Leadership or management experience as well as a history of mentoring

Excellent written and verbal communication skills