Principal Propulsion Test Engineer
Lead a team of 3–8 propulsion test engineers running rocket motor static fire tests at Voyager's Pueblo, CO facility. You own test strategy, safety governance, and anomaly investigations for major motor programs, and serve as approving authority for procedures and reports. Requires deep propulsion test and DoD clearance experience.
- Compensation
- $128K–$160K / yr
- Location
- Pueblo, CO
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Principal
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Qa
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering with 10 years progressive rocket motor static fire test experience, OR Master's with 8 years, OR 14 years experience in lieu of degree
- Prior technical lead, team lead, or supervisory role in a propulsion or test engineering environment
- Experience across at least two motor classes (solid, liquid, hybrid, or gas generator)
- Demonstrated ability to manage test resources against program schedule and cost constraints
- Familiarity with DoD acquisition standards, range safety regulations, and Acceptance Test Requirements (ATR) processes
- Ability to hold and maintain an active DoD Secret security clearance
- 10 years of experience leading projects or programs of increasing scope and responsibility
- 3 years of experience leading high-performing engineering teams of 3 or more
- Must be a U.S. person or eligible to obtain required export authorization (ITAR)
- Able to lift/move/carry items up to 25 pounds
- Periodic travel to customer sites or partner facilities up to 15%
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering
- Experience with DoD program milestone reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR) and formal qualification test planning
- TS/SCI eligibility
Full description
Voyager is an innovative defense, national security and space technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space.
Forge the Future: Join Voyager Technologies
The future belongs to those who build it. At Voyager Technologies, we’re building technologies that protect lives, expand frontiers and prepare us for what’s next. And we’re doing that with people who are wired to solve, build, adapt and lead. These roles are not for the faint of heart.
You’ll help lay the foundation for humanity’s future. Join a culture where innovation thrives, curiosity is rewarded, and impact is real. We’re a company of doers, thinkers and builders, united by purpose and grounded in reality.
If you want to put your skills to work where the stakes are real and the mission is bigger than any one person, forge the future with Voyager.
The Principal Propulsion Test Engineer for Propulsion Systems is responsible for leading multi-engineer test teams, owning the technical direction of major motor programs or test facility operations, and driving organization-wide improvements to test strategy, process, and safety governance.
The position reports to the Director of Propulsion Test & Evaluation and is part of Propulsion Test & Evaluation. This role is onsite based in Pueblo, Colorado.
In this role, the essential functions are:
- Direct a team of 3–8 propulsion test engineers across one or more active motor programs, managing workload, development, and technical quality.
- Own the overall test strategy, resource allocation, and schedule for key program milestones and qualification events.
- Represent test engineering in integrated product teams, program reviews, and customer or government authority briefings.
- Establish, review, and continuously improve facility test procedures, data standards, and safety governance frameworks.
- Lead multi-discipline investigations for anomalous test events, driving timely and technically rigorous findings.
- Contribute to test facility capability roadmaps and capital investment planning for new motor classes or enhanced instrumentation.
- Support proposal development and business development activities with technical content and level-of-effort estimates.
- Serve as the approving authority for test procedures, safety packages, and post-test technical reports.