Nyx Crew Vehicle Design Principal

Here at The Exploration Company, we are developing, producing, and operating Nyx, a modular and reusable space orbital vehicle that can eventually be refuelled in orbit and that can carry cargo - and potentially humans in the longer run.

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Vehicle Design Principal to drive the development of next-generation space vehicles for crewed spaceflight applications. This individual will be responsible for leading the vehicle mechanical design development effort from early concept and architecture definition through qualification and flight readiness, ensuring the successful delivery of safe, reliable, and high-performance hardware.

As a key technical leader within the Engineering organization, the Vehicle Design Principal will play a central role in shaping strategy, developing team capabilities, mitigating technical risks, and ensuring mechanical systems meet demanding performance, reliability, schedule, and cost objectives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Technical Leadership

- Lead the creation and development of detailed CAD models, assemblies, and technical drawings of the vehicle, primary and secondary vehicle structural elements, and mechanical systems.

- Lead the development of the overall system layout, including component accommodation and interface definition, applying a top-down design approach and managing complex, large assemblies.

- Ensure compliance with industry standards, human-rating requirements and quality processes throughout the product lifecycle.

- Vehicle Architecture

- Establish vehicle design, layout, structural elements, and drive key design decisions.

- Conduct trade studies, mechanical simulation, and analytical assessments to optimize performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost.

- Review and perform preliminary mechanical analysis including first order sizing and specification of structures, and structural Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
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