Lead Launch Vehicle Development Engineer
HyImpulse Technologies
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of the SL1 Launch Vehicle
- Define technical resource requirements for successful project execution
- Maximise team performance
- Lead technical reviews
- Assess Cost benefit trade-offs of design solutions
- Assess risks across a product/program
- Assess and approve technical completion and compliance
- Develop technology road-map with leadership
- Mentor key engineers and identify areas for skill development
- Work closely with project managers, design team leaders and executives to deliver the vehicle design
Basic Qualification:
- Degree (M.Sc/Meng/CEng,PhD) in engineering with minimum 15 years of experience in the related field
- Experience in design/development of flight systems
- Experience in developing mission and safety-critical environments
- Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to engage, negotiate and manage key stakeholders and suppliers
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills with the ability to optimise team performance and development
- Strong knowledge of standards, as well as system engineering best practices
- Resilient, self motivated and able to work well under pressure
Desired Experience:
- Experience with launch systems or launch vehicles
- Strong Experience in a specialized field such as: fluid systems, propulsion, guidance and control, aerodynamics, flight structures, thermal engineering
- Demonstrated ability to balance system performance optimization, with production and operations business requirements
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