Manager, Stage Materials & Processes Engineering

About the Team: 

About the Role:

• Build, lead, and develop the Stage Materials and Processes Engineering team as the accountable M&P leader for development, design, manufacturing, and reuse of Terran R stage systems
• Collaborate with key partner teams across the product lifecycle, including Vehicle Engineering, our Materials Lab, Weld Development, NDE, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain
• Fight to keep Terran-R on track through manufacturing dispositions, appropriate risk mitigation, and root cause/corrective action
• Set the bar for both leadership and technical excellence across the team
• Support annual operating plan and organizational activities (budget, headcount, staffing)
• Foster an empathetic, supportive, accountable, honest, and communicative team culture

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in materials science or engineering, or related field
• 6+ years of relevant materials & process engineering experience
• Proficiency in general materials and processes activities such as M&P qualification, failure analysis, experimental design, and allowables development
• 2+ years of demonstrated ability to lead with technical excellence, empathy and inclusivity in an applicable role
• Accountable, collaborative, and biased towards action

Nice to haves but not required:  

• Experience across the full launch vehicle product lifecycle
• Experience with launch vehicle stage products (primary structures, mechanisms, fluid systems, avionics)
• Experience with launch vehicle materials and processes (aluminum, nickel-based, stainless steel, friction stir welding, arc fusion welding, structural composites, etc.)
• Experience with stage M&P engineering disciplines (fatigue and damage tolerance, corrosion, tribology, oxygen compatibility, etc.)