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Blue Canyon Technologies

Sr. Propulsion Systems Engineer

Lafayette, CO, United States

Pay Range: $108,000 - $165,000 · Full-time

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Pay: Pay Range: $108,000 - $165,000
Job type: Full-time
Experience: 7+ years of relevant experience
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 4, 2026

Original job description

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more. Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future.

Title: Sr. Propulsion Systems Engineer

Position Type: Full Time

Pay Range: $108,000 - $165,000

(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

On-site position at our Lafayette, CO location (work locations are subject to change based on business need).

Benefits:

Employer sponsored health, dental, and vision benefits effective the first of the month following hire date
Life insurance
401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution)
Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

Job Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain spacecraft delta-v and/or propellant budgets, given mission-level requirements
Create/confirm propulsion subsystem designs
Develop and manage propulsion subsystem and component requirements and verification techniques
Develop tools for propulsion subsystem performance analyses
Oversee propulsion component and/or subsystem development, design, qualification, and verification efforts
Develop interface specifications, CONOPS definition, subsystem description documents, and other design documents related to propulsion subsystems
Author and manage propulsion hardware vendor specifications, requests for information, and statements of work
Assist with customer meetings and facilitate technical exchanges with customers and vendors
Assist with proposals and facilitate technical exchanges with the engineering team
Manage subcontract vendors to ensure high quality and timely product delivery
Support program design reviews
Collaborate closely with technical program leads across diverse domain expertise
Support the allocation of driving requirements (both cost and technical)
Support key trades (both cost and technical)
May include personnel management responsibilities
Other responsibilities as assigned

Required Qualifications/Education:

7+ years of relevant experience
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science discipline, or equivalent
Experience with all phases of the program life cycle (business development, mission formulation, requirements flow-down, manufacturing, integration and test, and on-orbit operations)
System design experience, balancing performance, cost, power, emerging technologies, etc.
Ability to perform trade studies and parametric analyses
Ability to develop procurement documents (specification, SOW) and manage subcontracts
Good documentation and communication skills
Ability to work rapidly with some supervision on projects involving both small and large engineering teams
Experience and skills in project definition, simulation, implementation, lab integration and test
Must be able to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment with emphasis in rapid prototyping and fielding of capabilities
Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education

Working Conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines. BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the application window.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time. The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Blue Canyon Technologies is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected factor. Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. Blue Canyon Technologies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Melissa Po at HR@bluecanyontech.com.

We recommend applying directly via the Blue Canyon Technologies website, careers page:

https://www.bluecanyontech.com/careers

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Communication skills
Office equipment
Tolerate sitting for long periods

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