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Owns the definition, roadmap, technical requirements, and execution transition for in-space propulsion systems. Leads proposal technical efforts, customer and supplier coordination, design reviews, trade studies, anomaly investigations, and requirements development through SRR. Partners with engineering, manufacturing, program management, and business development teams to align propulsion products with mission needs, schedules, and technical objectives. The role also supports product strategy, customer relationships, qualification, and technical risk reduction.

Supports export-control and trade compliance across contracts, programs, products, technical data, suppliers, and business activities. Reviews and negotiates export-related contract terms, performs ITAR/EAR classification and authorization assessments, conducts screening, maintains compliance records, and supports Technology Control Plans, audits, training, investigations, corrective actions, and regulatory reporting. Partners cross-functionally with Legal, Engineering, Security, IT, Supply Chain, and Operations to translate regulatory requirements into practical controls and business processes.

Lead mechanical design for chemical rocket systems: create concepts, perform hand calculations and CAD designs, conduct structural/thermal/fluid analysis, coordinate design reviews, oversee vendors and manufacturing transitions, develop assembly/test instructions, execute hands-on assembly and testing, analyze data, and drive risk mitigation and cross-functional communication.

Design, analyze, prototype, manufacture, and test mechanical components and assemblies for chemical rocket engines and in-space propulsion systems. Lead design reviews, create CAD models, drawings, bills of materials, and work instructions; perform structural, thermal, and fluid analyses; coordinate vendors and cross-functional teams; support hardware assembly, testing, data analysis, risk mitigation, and customer communication.

Leads technical execution for in-space propulsion hardware and engineering programs. Coordinates multidisciplinary engineering, manufacturing, testing, supply chain, quality, suppliers, and customers while managing development plans, milestones, risks, technical baselines, documentation, reviews, and changes. Partners with program management to align technical objectives, resources, cost, and schedule, and drives complex technical issues to resolution. The role supports multiple seniority levels based on experience, leadership, complexity, and organizational scope.

Lead architecture, development, and operation of scalable cloud platforms for real-time rocket engine telemetry. Design high-throughput APIs, microservices, serverless systems, integrations, infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines using Azure or AWS. Bridge embedded test systems with enterprise platforms, modernize legacy systems, improve observability and deployment processes, and support propulsion testing and manufacturing workflows. Serve as technical owner, manage incidents and performance, collaborate with engineering teams, and mentor software engineers.

Leads technical execution for multidisciplinary development of in-space propulsion systems, engines, and components. Manages development plans, work packages, milestones, technical risks, baselines, changes, documentation, reviews, and customer deliverables. Coordinates engineering, manufacturing, testing, supply chain, quality, suppliers, customers, and program management to align technical objectives, resources, cost, schedule, and priorities. Drives technical decisions and complex issues to resolution while providing technical leadership across aerospace hardware programs.

Lead systems engineering for rocket engine and thruster development programs, translating customer mission needs into requirements, architectures, verification plans, and delivered hardware. Drive trade studies, requirements traceability, technical risk closure, system integration, gated design reviews, qualification and acceptance testing, failure investigations, and cross-functional alignment among customers, suppliers, and engineering teams.

Lead and grow a delivery organization of program managers to turn propulsion hardware programs from concept through qualification and production. Own schedule, cost, risk, quality, and customer communications across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, test, and finance while ensuring compliance with aerospace standards and contractual commitments.

Lead design, development, testing, and production support for liquid/hypergolic propulsion hardware. Own system and component design, run trade studies, support hot-fire tests, analyze data, drive root-cause fixes, mentor junior engineers, and coordinate cross-functional teams through reviews and productionization.