Space Propulsion Designer

Overview

As a System Architecture professional in Thales Alenia Space, you will define and validate architectures for propulsion-related solutions, aligning with stakeholder needs and the tech roadmap. You will influence design choices through trade-offs, while coordinating with cross-functional teams and customers. Your work enables robust, co-engineered space propulsion concepts that meet performance, cost, and schedule targets. This is a high-impact role at an international leader shaping next-generation space systems.

Responsabilità

Define and recommend candidate architectures to meet stakeholder expectations and policy constraints

Establish and justify solution architectures, documenting trade-offs and artefacts

Assist in solution development and define co-engineering approaches

Manage level requirements, interfaces, and performance evaluation across the project lifecycle

Perform technical negotiations among stakeholders and approve lower-level specifications

Document design artefacts and support integration, verification, and qualification activities

Requisiti fondamentali

Significant experience in architecture and engineering systems

Leadership experience and ability to develop a team

Customer-facing experience and strong communication skills

Familiarity with co-engineering approaches and Lean Thinking

Understanding of MBSE and modelling tools for system engineering

Experience with Integration, Verification, Validation, and Agile methods

Leadership

Communication

Initiative

MBSE and modelling tools

Concept, Design, Experimentation and Simulation tools

System architecture trade-off analysis