Careers
About Arkadia Space
Arkadia Space is an in-space propulsion company, developing and commercializing the most performing chemical systems using green propellants, the real alternative to traditional storable propulsion. Both HQ offices and Rocket Test Center are located at Castellón Airport, in Spain.
We have an agile and bold approach to propulsion, and we want proactive and multidisciplinary professionals that help us shape a company capable of fulfilling our ambitious vision:
To enable mobility and exploration anywhere on the solar system
We want people that understand problems and can adapt to new challenges, that have the necessary humility that helps them and the company to improve every day, and that can thrive on a team built on trust.
Sales Engineer
Responsibilities:
This position will require a high level of autonomy and responsibility. This role will be a hybrid position between business and technical skills and focused on leading the end-to-end process to fly our products into space; from understanding the client’s needs and requirements, as well as leading the contract negotiation, to coordinating with our technical team managing the AIT activities and preparing the launch campaign.
Required competences:
- MSc. in Aerospace Engineering / Mechanical Engineering with 5+ years relevant industry experience; other STEM disciplines may be considered based on experience.
- Hands-on experience on hardware projects, especially when related to rocket propulsion and satellites.
- Basic understanding of propulsion, mission analysis, GNC, and their interactions in a spacecraft and its operation.
- Basic working knowledge of aerospace qualification and acceptance testing defined by SMC-S-016, ECSS and other aerospace standards
- Basic understanding of Payload User Guides and Spacecraft Interface Control Documentation (ICD)
- Experience in spacecraft’s system or subsystem AIT
- Great interpersonal skills
- Willing to travel frequently
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Fluent in English
Desired competences:
- Basic experience with spacecraft trajectory analysis and simulations and with the use of ASTOS, GMAT, STK or similar software.
- Industry experience in business development activities / sales
- Fluent in Spanish
Salary and benefits:
- Salary to be agreed based on experience
- Full time work with some remote work flexibility
- Flexible working hours
Starting date:
- As soon as possible
Rocket Propulsion Engineer
Responsibilities:
This position will require a high level of autonomy and responsibility, and the initial works will be focused on the development of a market-oriented monopropellant engine based on HTP. Starting from an already working prototype, the selected engineer will be responsible of improving key aspects of the design and to bring it to a flight ready product status. This position combines design and testing tasks, constantly in contact with the hardware, for an iterative maturation process.
Required competences:
- MSc. in Aerospace Engineering / Mechanical Engineering
- Hands-on experience on hardware projects, especially those related to rocket
propulsion - Good knowledge of rocket engine design and analysis
- Experience working with FEA / CFD software
- Experience in testing and data analysis
- Coding experience in math environments (MATLAB/Simulink and/or Python)
- Fluent in English
Desired competences:
- Previous experience in development of liquid thrusters and apogee engines for the industry (monopropellant and bipropellant)
- Experience in AIT of liquid propulsion systems
- Skilled in CAD modelling (Siemens NX is a plus)
- Fluent in Spanish
Salary and benefits:
- Salary to be agreed based on experience
- Full time work with some remote work flexibility
- Flexible working hours
Starting date:
- As soon as possible
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