Cryogenic First Stage Tank Design Engineer
Job description
MaiaSpace is a European space tech company, designing, manufacturing and operating competitive and sustainable solutions for space mobility. We are driven by the belief that access to space is a major enabler for a better and more sustainable life on Earth, addressing the challenges faced by humanity: climate, resources, connectivity, and data. Our aim is to successfully design and test a cost-effective and reusable mini-launch vehicle by 2026.
Cryogenic First Stage tank Design Engineer
We are looking for a mechanical designer to join one of our Cryogenic Stage Teams working on the tank structure. Our teams design, manufacture and test the cryogenic stages.
Broadly speaking, you will contribute to the tank design within the First Stage, inside the Tank and structure team. You will rely heavily on a general mechanical background and on facilitating and communication skills.
In more detail, you will:
Propose designs in agreement with high level technical requirements defined for the structure
Perform trade-offs in order to identify best technical solutions to meet mass and cost targets
Contribute to the 3D CAD modelling of the different pressurized and non pressurized structures of the tank, deliver the corresponding detailed design
Exchange with other teams in order to understand their constraints and their needs, and negotiate with them if necessary
Contribute to the choice of final design, taking into account the different constraints (cost, performance, lead time of parts to manufacture, integration, …)
Compute functional cotation, taking into account low cost approach and simplification of manufacturing operations
Contact different suppliers and perform the choice taking into account previous constraints
Follow parts manufacturing and accompany methods and integration teams, in interaction with the industrialization team leader
Manage tank interfaces with the stage in interaction with Propulsion, System and Lay-out First Stage team
Contribute to the management of the definition in Solidworks PDM
Communicate and help each other in a dynamic team
Also, consistently with the Agile way of working, you may be asked to contribute more generally to mechanical design activities of the stage in collaboration with other members of the team, in particular its architect.