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About the Role

ispace is seeking a Senior Propulsion Systems Engineer to design and develop lunar landers and other space platforms. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the first stage of ispace’s lunar resource prospecting plans, working within a small, international team on detailed design and qualification of missions.

Responsibilities

• Support the definition of a product baseline, creating standard requirements, system architecture, ICDs, design and analysis goals, test plans and operations concepts.
• Perform system level trade-offs, coordinating inputs from various disciplines to evaluate proposed design baseline changes.
• Take ownership of technical budgets, including mass, propellant, and pointing/landing accuracy.
• Ensure internal interfaces between various spacecraft subsystems are maintained.
• Contribute to requirements management, ensuring all requirements are closed-out at planned project landmarks.
• Contribute to risk assessments during spacecraft development and support the Project Manager in defining risk mitigation plans.
• Support Propulsion/AIT/Flight&Test Operations Groups and subsystem leads in defining test plans and specifications.
• Coordinate efforts between relevant subsystems and Operations Team in defining a spacecraft operational concept.
• Contribute to the maintenance of Model-Based Systems Engineering tools, especially developing Propulsion-related models.

Requirements

• Bachelor or Masters degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in at least two of the following: design, implementation, integration, V&V or operations of Propulsion subsystem.
• Experience with programming languages such as Matlab, Python, or equivalent.
• Self-motivated and comfortable making key decisions within a fast-paced environment.
• High sense of accountability and ownership.
• Excellent presentation skills, both verbally and written.
• Enthusiastic attitude and team player.
• Working level in English.
• Experience with design, analysis or testing of at least one other subsystem: Structure, Thermal, Avionics, GNC, Communications, on-board software.
• Experience with requirement decomposition (mission all the way to unit level).
• Experience performing FMECA, reliability analysis, and/or hazard analysis.
• Experience with system level testing such as hardware-in-the-loop testing, waterflow testing, etc.
• Experience with spacecraft operations.
• Working level Japanese.

Skills

• Propulsion design
• Spacecraft subsystems
• System engineering
• Matlab
• Python
• Model-Based Systems Engineering

Location

• Japan

Work Type

• Full-time
• Onsite

Experience Level

• Senior
• 5+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree

Salary/Compensations

• Compensation aligned with local market benchmarks in Japan, based on role's level, scope, and prevailing industry standards.

About the Company

• ispace is responsible for the design and development of lunar landers and other transportation and/or communication/navigation platforms.
• ispace's plans include performing resource prospecting on the moon.

Equal Opportunity

• We will prioritize candidates currently in Japan with valid working visa.
• For overseas candidates, please note that you choose to proceed, this role requires relocation to Japan upon acceptance of the position.