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Agile Space Industries · Durango, CO · Space Systems · first seen 2026-07-17
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About Agile Space Industries

Agile Space Industries designs, builds, and tests in-space propulsion systems for spacecraft maneuvering. Headquartered in Durango, Colorado, with operations in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and upcoming growth in Seattle, Washington, Agile has achieved more than 40% year-over-year growth for the past three years.

The Role

You will lead systems engineering across rocket engine and thruster development programs, driving a clear, executable thread from customer mission and CONOPS through requirements, architecture, design, verification, qualification, and delivery. Working directly with customers and internal teams, you will translate mission needs into requirements and ensure the system is designed, built, and tested to meet them.

This role owns technical coherence across disciplines and drives system-level decisions throughout the program lifecycle. You will take ownership, drive decisions, and align teams, customers, and suppliers to deliver a working, testable system in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with customers to define mission objectives, CONOPS, and system success criteria
  • Translate mission needs into clear, testable system requirements and maintain end-to-end traceability through delivery
  • Lead system architecture development and trade studies, including evaluation of performance, risk, cost, and schedule impacts
  • Ensure consistency and integration across propulsion, structures, avionics, thermal, fluids, and manufacturing interfaces
  • Lead the definition, planning, and execution of the verification and validation approach, including qualification plans and acceptance test procedures (ATP)
  • Ensure verification is tied directly to requirements and planned early in the development lifecycle
  • Lead and support gated product development reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, etc.)
  • Identify, track, and drive closure of technical risks, interface issues, and system gaps
  • Independently analyze system performance and recommend design or architecture changes as needed
  • Facilitate communication between customers, internal teams, and suppliers, ensuring clear understanding of system intent, constraints, and decisions
  • Support failure investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions
  • Contribute to improving systems engineering processes, tools, and execution across programs

Required Qualifications - Senior Engineer I

  • B.S. in Engineering or related technical field (or equivalent experience)
  • 6+ years of experience driving systems development in aerospace or related technical field
  • Experience with liquid propellant rocket engine or thruster hardware development programs
  • Strong understanding of propulsion systems, fluid systems, and system integration challenges
  • Demonstrated experience in requirements definition, decomposition, and management
  • Experience leading or supporting verification and validation planning and execution through hardware development lifecycles
  • Experience supporting gated design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR, and TRR) and product lifecycle
  • Experience working with customers (government or commercial)
  • Ability to drive system-level decision making and cross-functional alignment
  • Experience with requirements management tools (e.g., JAMA or similar)

Required Qualifications - Senior Engineer II

  • All qualifications listed above, plus:
  • 8+ years of experience driving systems development in aerospace or related technical field
  • Demonstrated experience leading advanced technical efforts across teams with a deep system-level understanding
  • Demonstrated ability to define roadmaps and simplify complexity for others while ensuring high-quality execution

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience developing space flight hardware with a comprehensive understanding of space design best practices
  • Experience with test plan development and hot fire testing of rocket engines, especially monopropellant and bipropellant liquid rocket engines
  • Experience leading failure investigations and root cause analysis
  • Familiarity with NASA or other relevant industry standards
  • Familiarity with Range Safety requirements, such as AFSPCMAN 91-710, and process of tailoring industry standard specification to a specific application
  • Experience leading teams and working with Government customers
  • Experience with Propulsion Systems Engineering
  • Clear and concise presentation skills
  • Demonstrated experience with risk and opportunity management activities and strategies

Position Details

Employment Type: Full-time, Exempt

Workplace: Onsite, Durango, CO. Candidate must be willing to relocate to Durango, CO without exception.

Travel: Less than 25%

Salary: $116,000-$160,000 annually. Individual total compensation will vary based on qualifications, skill level, and competencies.

Physical Requirements: Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

Benefits

Agile Space Industries offers generous health coverage, dental and vision plans, Flexible Time Off, parental leave, and a 401(k) with 100% company match up to 4%. Eligibility is applicable to full-time employees.