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Design Engineer

Frontier Aerospace · Newbury Park, California · On-site

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About Frontier Aerospace

Frontier Aerospace Corporation was incorporated in 2014 and was formerly Frontier Engineering, founded in 1997 by Jim McKinnon. Backed by Space Capital.

About the role

Our customers are hungry for a propulsion supplier who can reliably meet their requirements and who is responsive to their needs. Frontier's mission is to do just that, by advancing breakthrough propulsion technologies and providing industry-leading customer responsiveness. Ultimately, it's our fantastic team of dedicated professionals and hard-working tradespeople who make this a reality. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
  • 2+ years of professional product design experience, or a master’s degree with product design experience. 3D CAD design experience (Creo Parametric and Windchill PLM preferred)
  • Functional knowledge of aerospace material, treatments, and processes
  • Able to generate strong design solutions for components, assemblies, tooling, and test fixtures necessary to build propulsion system hard hardware
  • Strong knowledge and practical ability to implement and analyze GD&T per (ASME Y14.5)
  • Dynamic team player who can work effectively and proactively on cross-functional teams
More about this role

Frontier Aerospace Corporation

Frontier Aerospace Corporation conceptualizes, designs, proves and additively manufactures in-space and launch system rocket propulsion thrusters. From concept ideation to product development to qualification testing to customer delivery, we have a proven philosophy and the in-house resources necessary to design, build, test, and deliver reliable, high-performance liquid propellant thrusters for our nation's critical in-space, commercial, civilian, and defense applications. Whether they are used for attitude control, orbit transfer, lunar and exo-moon landing, deep-space missions, or high-thrust divert systems, Frontier's thrusters meet the most demanding requirements.

Our customers are hungry for a propulsion supplier who can reliably meet their requirements and who is responsive to their needs. Frontier's mission is to do just that, by advancing breakthrough propulsion technologies and providing industry-leading customer responsiveness. Ultimately, it's our fantastic team of dedicated professionals and hard-working tradespeople who make this a reality. As a small, but rapidly growing company, there are many opportunities for our team members to...

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