Technical Fellow
Agile Space
Company & Mission:
Located in Durango, CO, (Headquarters) and Mount Pleasant, PA (Additive Manufacturing Center) and now expanding into Tulsa, OK. Agile Space Industries, Inc. (AGILE) designs, builds, and tests in-space propulsion systems for satellites and spacecraft. AGILE uses state of the art 3D metal alloy printing techniques to rapidly design, manufacture, and test new engine designs in our purpose-built propulsion test facility. With over a decade of experience testing rocket engines, and engineers who have worked at industry leaders like Blue Origin, SpaceX, NASA, and Rocketdyne, AGILE is a rapidly growing company with many exciting Defense, Civil and Commercial programs.
Primary Responsibilities:
Strategic Technical Development:
- Mentor an industry leading propulsion engineering team, expanding technical capability and technical prowess.
- Foster and maintain a productive engineering culture.
- Contribute to Agile’s Technology Roadmap, internally and externally, creating a clear technical vision.
- Support the business development process by ensuring convergence on the best technical baseline and programmatic solution (or no-bid decision) for each opportunity and a sufficient engineering definition.
- Work with COO to prioritize budgeting and planning of Internal Research and Development (IRAD) investments.
- Support the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with return on investment (ROI) analysis for the business area’s strategic products, programs, and IRAD
- With the CEO and CCO, identify and support the pursuit of new technology funding opportunities with government customers and strategic partners.
- Assess market information, projections, shifts, and competition in coordination with CCO and CEO
- Support CCO in the formulation and maintenance of product and services marketing collateral.
- Support the BD Team with technical support for white papers, RFIs, and RFPs, including Cost, Schedule and Risk review
- Develop and cultivate relationships with academic, government, and industry technical thought leaders and partners.
Operations/Programmatic:
- Provide oversight/technical buyoff at independent programs peer reviews for key program milestones (SRR, PDR, CDR, IRR, etc.) for customer and IRAD programs
- Similar to the technology and product road-mapping, work with the COO and CCO to maintain product life cycle plans driving such decisions as continued project support investment and retirement.
- Refine and manage Agile’s product definition and technical requirements process from proposal creation through product delivery
- Assist with Agile intellectual property process; creating and maintaining the IP strategy, prioritization, process, preparation and submission.
- Work with Director of Engineering to identify key technical advisors and consultants to augment engineering team skillsets
Qualifications:
Basic:
- Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, or related field (Note: Bachelors’ Degree and relative work experience may substitute for required education.)
- 20+ years’ experience in aerospace industry, NASA, DoD, or other government agencies in the space domain with accompanying wide contact network.
- Specific experience with propulsion technologies
- Experience with commercial and government contracting
- Broad knowledge of Engineering, Quality Assurance, Safety, Manufacturing, Testing, Operations, and Business Development
- Experience managing space flight hardware programs
- Frequent and experienced speaker at aerospace conferences
- The ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance
Preferred:
- Experience with chemical propulsion product and/or systems
- PhD in Engineering, Science, or related technology field
- Experience in obtaining and holding technical patents
- Experience leading an engineering organization
- Experience developing engineering processes, systems, and tools
- Experience with design, fabrication, test, and operation of chemical propulsion
- Experience with additive manufacturing
- Experience with start-ups and commercial financing
- Current Security Clearance
Location & Travel Requirements:
The ideal candidate would be permanently located in Durango, CO; hybrid arrangements with an ability and willingness to travel regularly to Durango and to customers, meetings etc. will be considered for the right candidate.
Salary Range: $175,000 - $250,000
Eligibility for bonuses and company equity depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or temporary status. Contact HR for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Employment Type: Full-Time
The salary ranges provided in this job posting are indicative and may be adjusted for individual candidates commensurate with experience or technical capabilities. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee's salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.
AGILE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.
- Please note that if the position is covered by federal international trade regulations, it is a requirement of the position that the individual be eligible to obtain any required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.