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Nyx Crew Vehicle Design Principal

The Exploration Company · Houston, Texas · On-site

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About The Exploration Company

We build accessible, sustainable, and cooperative space worlds. Backed by Bessemer.

About the role

Lead the creation and development of detailed CAD models, assemblies, and technical drawings of the vehicle, primary and secondary vehicle structural elements, and mechanical systems. Ensure compliance with industry standards, human-rating requirements and quality processes throughout the product lifecycle.

More about this role

Here at The Exploration Company, we are building innovative aerospace technologies that advance the future of space transportation.

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Vehicle Design Principal to drive the development of next-generation space vehicles for crewed spaceflight applications. This individual will be responsible for leading the vehicle mechanical design development effort from early concept and architecture definition through qualification and flight readiness, ensuring the successful delivery of safe, reliable, and high-performance hardware.

As a key technical leader within the Engineering organization, the Vehicle Design Principal will play a central role in shaping strategy, developing team capabilities, mitigating technical risks, and ensuring mechanical systems meet demanding performance, reliability, schedule, and cost objectives.

Technical Leadership

Lead the creation and development of detailed CAD models, assemblies, and technical drawings of the vehicle, primary and secondary vehicle structural elements, and mechanical systems.

Ensure compliance with industry standards, human-rating requirements and quality processes throughout the product...

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