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Lead planning, execution, and ownership of rocket engine and propulsion component testing, including facility/equipment management, instrumentation, automation/DAQ, test setup, hot-fire operations, data analysis, reporting, and mentoring. Apply systems engineering and risk-based decision making to improve reliability, manufacturability, and testability across development and production.

Serve as program authority for advanced RF payloads and communications systems from concept through flight qualification and high-rate production. Lead multiple programs, make architectural trade-offs with engineering, manage suppliers and subcontracts, synchronize cross-functional teams, serve as primary customer contact, and drive proposals and technical roadmaps for national security, civil, and commercial missions. Requires active TS/SCI.

Lead a high‑stakes space program from concept through flight and responsive production. Own technical roadmap, P&L, cross-functional execution, supplier relationships, and customer engagement for national‑security missions while developing program leaders and mitigating technical, schedule, and supply‑chain risk.

Lead integration and test campaigns for spacecraft systems. Define requirements and verification plans, develop acceptance/qualification/R&D tests, operate environmental test systems (vibe, TVAC, thermal, EMI), maintain ground support equipment, interface with flight and HIL test software, investigate anomalies, and produce technical documentation.

Lead design, development, and qualification of propulsion system components. Perform CAD modeling, design reviews, test planning/execution, data analysis, stakeholder communication, technical risk decisions, project management, and mentorship while contributing to engineering processes and documentation.

Lead planning, execution, and analysis of rocket engine and propulsion component tests. Own test facility, equipment, and operations; mentor engineers; review test plans/reports; ensure instrumentation, automation, and data acquisition; integrate testing with systems engineering and risk-based decision making.

Lead design, development, testing, and production of propulsion and fluidic components. Provide technical leadership, CAD design, test planning/execution, data analysis, design reviews, project management, mentorship, and process documentation for flight hardware.

Own and lead high-volume satellite production from concept through qualification and full-rate manufacturing. Manage rate, yield, unit cost, suppliers, cross-functional teams, technical roadmaps, and customer relationships while resolving production threats and developing program leaders.

Lead system- and component-level propulsion and fluidic development: modeling and analysis, requirements and systems engineering, test planning and execution, project management, stakeholder communication, technical decision-making, mentorship, and process documentation for space systems.

Lead and own a sensitive next-generation space systems program from concept through flight and responsive production. Drive technical roadmaps, synchronize cross-functional teams (hardware, software, GNC, mission assurance), manage suppliers and P&L on firm-fixed-price programs, mitigate technical/schedule/supply-chain risks, and serve as primary U.S. government customer contact.