CAD Architect

A thriving economy in space is needed to make life on Earth more vibrant, sustainable, and equitable. Space technology will enable global access to information, solutions to climate change, answers to global food security, products that transform healthcare, clean energy production, and more. Today, rocket launch options are slow, expensive, and unreliable. Stoke is building the world’s most efficient fully and rapidly reusable rocket designed to fly daily that will radically increase access to space and open up the space economy to safeguard our precious home, Earth.

Description

Reusable systems are the key to seamlessly connecting Earth and space. Defining and designing that system is most efficiently done with a well understood, robust, and flexible CAD infrastructure. As the Stoke CAD Architect, it is your responsibility to design, develop, build, maintain, and improve the CAD and PLM infrastructure that allows the rest of the Stoke team to design and build rockets as efficiently as possible. In this role you will own building and honing one of the most important tools our team relies on. You must be ready to stay focused, move fast, self-direct, and learn on the fly.

Qualifications

• Exceptional understanding and experience with NX infrastructure (e.g. config files, modeling practices, reuse library, material databases)
• Exceptional understanding and experience customizing Teamcenter interface to improve a team’s workflow and execution
• Strong knowledge of BMIDE and how to use it to customize a Teamcenter implementation
• Skilled at NX modeling with both solids and surfaces
• Ability to learn, test, and implement new tools and methods for improving the CAD and PLM infrastructure
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Have previously architected an NX installation from the ground up
• Have written and deployed custom macros, features, or tools for use in NX
• Still working in NX at least once a week (we want our CAD Architect to be able to have the same experience in the software that the users have)
  
  
  

Responsibilities

• Understand how NX/Teamcenter fit into the workflow of Stoke’s rocket building process
• Review and update existing NX infrastructure (e.g. config files, reuse library, material databases) after providing recommendations on how to improve it to match Stoke’s ideal workflow
• Customize and maintain a Teamcenter interface that improves Stoke’s ability to design and produce rockets (requires use of BMIDE).
• Build, maintain, and constantly improve the reuse library of common parts at Stoke (you will do all the modeling for this to ensue you are engaged with the tools you are architecting)
• Collaborate with designers to develop and maintain custom tools, features, and tool ribbons to accelerate Stoke’s design process
• Work with IT to ensure the correct number and type of licenses are maintained
• Own all NX and Teamcenter upgrades. You will work closely with the IT team to accomplish this.
  
  
  

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance
• 401(k) match
• Paid time off
• Flexible scheduling
• Equity
  
  
  

Compensation

Target Level: $127,200 - $190,800

Our job posts are intentionally written to attract a wide variety of experience levels, and we make decisions about the right fit on a per-candidate basis.

Your actual level and base salary will be decided based on your specific experience and skill level.

Equal Opportunity

The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including with respect to disability and veteran status. It is committed to compliance with all equal opportunity laws, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and Title VII. It does not discriminate on the basis of nationality, race, citizenship, immigration status, or any other protected class when it comes to employment practices, including hiring.

Employment at the Company is contingent upon satisfactory completion of reference and background checks, and on your ability to prove your identity and authorization to work in the U.S. for the Company. Employees must comply with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services employment verification requirements, and, therefore, they must complete an Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 at the start of employment and re-verify authorization to work periodically.

Separate from this I-9 process, this position entails access to certain technology and technical data that is restricted under U.S. export control laws and regulations. Employment or continued employment may be conditioned on your legal authorization to work with or have access to export control materials as necessary to perform your job.