Vast Lead Propulsion Engineer at Vast responsible for pressure vessels design and qualification for human-rated space stations. Manage the pressure vessel team and oversee technical direction and product lifecycle.
Responsibilities
Lead the pressure vessel team: set technical direction, review the work, and develop the responsible engineers and analysts under you
Serve as technical authority over the Haven Station COPV and metallic tank designs, reviewing and approving releases from the responsible engineers
Set the analysis and test approach for the team: composite layup analysis, stress and fracture, proof, burst, cycle, and stress rupture testing
Lead failure investigations on prototype and qualification hardware and carry the findings into the next design iteration
Own tank requirements and interfaces with Propulsion, ECLSS, and Structures
Support the responsible engineers with the liner supplier, the winder, and the metallic fabrication shops on specifications, deviations, inspection, and acceptance
Work with the matrixed manufacturing engineers on producibility, inspection methods, and a plan to bring winding in house
Write and defend the qualification and fracture control approach for crewed flight
Qualification
4+ years of experience designingTitanium tank fabricationPropellant management device designAnalysis in Ansys
Required
Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials science, or equivalent experience
4+ years of experience designing, analyzing, or testing pressure vessels or composite structures for flight or other high consequence use
Experience carrying hardware from design through build and test
Preferred
Composite overwrapped pressure vessel design, analysis, or test, for propulsion, life support, or any other application
Design and qualification to AIAA S-081 or S-080
Fracture control for crewed spacecraft per NASA-STD-5019
Filament winding pattern design and composite manufacturing
Titanium tank fabrication: forgings, superplastic forming, welding, heat treatment, and inspection
Propellant management device design
Type IV hydrogen or CNG tank development
Analysis in Ansys, Abaqus, or Femap/Nastran, including laminate analysis. WoundSim or similar winding simulation is a plus
