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About Arkadia Space
Arkadia is an in-space propulsion company developing and commercializing chemical systems using green propellants. Founded in 2020, we operate a privately managed orbital engine Test Center at Castellón Airport in Spain - the first of its kind in Europe.
The Role
As a Systems Engineer for Propulsion Systems, you will define and mature propulsion products and technologies from concept to qualification and flight. You will own the cross-product and cross-project tools and technologies that enable design engineers to build propulsion systems for commercial contracts. Your decisions influence real hardware, campaigns and missions across our entire product range.
Your Responsibilities
- Define and maintain design rules for all propulsion systems
- Define and maintain the high-level requirements system, including cross-project applicability and flow-down to products
- Ensure compliance with launch and range safety authorities
- Manage high-level technical budgets (mass, power, performance, margins)
- Coordinate product assurance tasks and documentation
- Create operations manuals and system-level documentation such as FMEA or RAMS
- Define interfaces across internal products for system-level compatibility
- Coordinate and own system design tasks to comply with commercial contracts
- Support manufacturing, integration and test campaigns
- Identify and mitigate technical risks throughout the development lifecycle
- Contribute to customer technical discussions and design reviews
What You'll Need
- MSc in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or similar
- 3 years of experience in systems engineering for space systems
- Strong organizational skills
- Understanding of design rules, sizing, budgets and margins
- Knowledge of product management and development cycles
- Knowledge of launch manuals and/or range safety
- Familiarity with documentation and review processes
- Experience working in multidisciplinary development environments
- Comfortable taking ownership in fast-paced, iterative teams
- Experience with requirements management
- Advanced English (spoken and written)
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with ECSS standards, NASA GEVS or similar frameworks
- Familiarity with SpaceX and Ariane launch manuals
- Experience with product testing
- Hands-on experience in system design
- Knowledge of US Range Safety requirements
- Spanish language skills
What We Offer
- Real technical ownership and visibility across disciplines
- Stay close to hardware and test campaigns
- Flexibility and collaborative atmosphere
- Onboarding and accommodation support if relocating
- Access to university campus facilities and ecosystem