Jobs at Dawn Aerospace

Own flight safety analysis for a remotely operated reusable spaceplane, including Part 450 methodology, trajectory and debris modeling, risk analysis, software verification, mission assessments, and Part 102 certification support. Lead aircraft system safety activities such as FHA, FTA, common-cause and reliability analysis. Define flight termination and abort behavior, support system qualification, and collaborate across engineering teams and regulators.

Coordinate European flight authorization activities for Dawn Aerospace’s spaceplane. Responsibilities include interpreting regulations, preparing approval and safety documentation, conducting technical and operational risk analyses, defining mitigations, coordinating flight-readiness activities, managing regulatory actions and project milestones, participating in technical reviews, and collaborating with engineering teams, flight operators, regulators, partners, and test-site operators.

Coordinate supply chain activities for aerospace manufacturing, including purchase orders, supplier deliveries, inventory, material traceability, serialisation, configuration control, and production hardware movement. Monitor supplier performance, maintain accurate procurement and manufacturing records, escalate risks, and improve supply chain processes. The role requires experience in regulated or high-reliability manufacturing environments and collaboration with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Finance.

Own certification and operational safety for a remotely piloted, rocket-powered spaceplane. The role develops UAS operational risk assessments and safety cases, defines mitigations, manages certification deliverables and external aviation stakeholders, supports flight operations and systems engineering, monitors flight safety, manages human factors and emergency response, and ensures compliance with aviation and launch safety requirements.

Build and maintain internal web applications, APIs, data visualizers, testing infrastructure, and engineering tools. Own application quality, reliability, roadmaps, and feature development while gathering requirements from internal users. Develop backend services and user interfaces, simplify complex engineering workflows, and collaborate across software, aerospace, propulsion, and manufacturing teams. The role is onsite in Delfgauw, Netherlands, with occasional evening meetings to support colleagues in New Zealand.

Design, test, qualify, and support production of high-reliability mixed-signal, power, and embedded electronics for space propulsion systems. Responsibilities include schematic capture, PCB layout, component selection, hardware bring-up, debugging, root-cause analysis, verification and qualification testing, manufacturing support, and collaboration with multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the flight-hardware lifecycle.

Leads end-to-end development of custom spacecraft propulsion systems, including requirements definition, architecture, technical budgets, detailed design, integration, testing, and delivery. Acts as the customer technical contact and collaborates with project managers and multidisciplinary engineering teams. The role requires aerospace hardware development experience, engineering analysis using MATLAB or Python, CAD proficiency, and familiarity with propulsion systems and aerospace standards.

Build and maintain full-stack business-critical software supporting engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and operations. Responsibilities include frontend and backend development, database and infrastructure management, cloud deployment pipelines, user experience improvements, and ownership of internal business-system roadmaps. The role requires close stakeholder collaboration, autonomous project delivery, and end-to-end product ownership.

Performs component and subsystem testing of satellite propulsion hardware in workshop and cleanroom environments. Responsibilities include leak, pressure, environmental, and hot fire testing; operating test equipment and measurement instruments; following test procedures; analyzing test data; preparing reports; and collaborating with engineering and quality control to maintain accurate production records.

Leads export control and trade compliance while building governance, risk, information security, audit, and regulatory compliance frameworks. Develops policies, procedures, controls, registers, reporting, training, and corrective actions; coordinates audits, due diligence, customer and supplier assurance, and international regulatory obligations. Partners across engineering, operations, IT, legal, finance, commercial, and people teams to translate complex requirements into practical business processes and advise senior leaders on risk.

Own and improve electrical systems engineering methods for spacecraft propulsion products. Develop scalable architectures, requirements, verification, documentation, configuration-control, and engineering-tool processes. Translate customer needs into system requirements and test procedures, collaborate with R&D teams, and support propulsion operations by investigating anomalies, assessing non-conformances, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions.

Lead Dawn Aerospace’s transition from prototype-focused R&D to scalable serial production of reusable spaceplanes. Develop production strategy, operating models, manufacturing processes, readiness criteria, planning and scheduling systems, documentation standards, and continuous improvement initiatives. Partner with engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and leadership to improve manufacturability, remove bottlenecks, strengthen supplier readiness, and establish repeatable, data-driven production systems supporting multiple spaceplanes annually.