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Staff Stage Development Engineer, Vehicle Systems and Test

Long Beach (CA)💼 Full-time💰 $164,000–$164,000🗓 2026-07-13 → 2026-07-31

Core

Own end-to-end stage test campaigns for the Terran R rocket, including test plan development, execution at Stennis, data review, and console operations for hotfire tests.

Role type

Staff Stage Development Engineer (Vehicle Systems and Test)

Builds

Integrated vehicle testing campaigns for the Terran R rocket

Domain

Aerospace / Rocketry / Vehicle Systems Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Requirements decomposition, systems integration, risk adjudication, subsystem troubleshooting, engine analysis/simulation, trade studies, test sequence development, data review, console operations, hotfire test execution, Stennis facility operations

Preferred skills

Graduate degree in engineering, 10+ years of experience, design/manufacturing/assembly of complex aerospace systems, leadership in multidisciplinary projects

Technologies

Stennis test facility, hotfire test equipment, vehicle telemetry systems

Responsibilities

Develop test plans with product owners, execute campaigns at Stennis, write test sequences, review data, sit console for hotfire tests, perform requirements decomposition, drive systems integration, lead risk mitigation planning, support cross-functional subsystem troubleshooting

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact

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