3D-printed rocket engines and thrusters with integrated hot-fire testing
Agile Space Industries manufactures hypergolic propulsion systems—thrusters and rocket engines—using additive manufacturing and in-house testing. The stack is almost entirely CAD/simulation (SolidWorks, Creo, CATIA, ANSYS, LabVIEW) with National Instruments instrumentation for test telemetry, reflecting a hardware-first, test-validated design culture. Engineering dominates hiring (23 of 34 active roles), concentrated at senior and mid-level, with active friction on contract compliance and scaling manufacturing processes—typical for a defense contractor pivoting toward civil-space repeatability.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Technology Officer, Director of Operations
Agile Space Industries designs, manufactures, and hot-fire-tests in-space propulsion engines and thrusters in-house. Founded in 2019 and based in Durango, Colorado, the company focuses on hypergolic propellants and additive manufacturing to compress the typical aerospace development cycle. The product roadmap spans rocket engine development, material qualification, new test facility build-out, and expansion into civil-space markets. The 51–200-person organization is engineering-heavy, with documented pain around federal acquisition compliance, contract risk, and scaling both engineering processes and procurement.
SolidWorks, Inventor, Creo, and CATIA for design; ANSYS for finite-element simulation; LabVIEW and National Instruments instrumentation for engine test data acquisition and real-time monitoring.
A new rocket propulsion test facility, multiple rocket engine development and test programs, material life-cycle qualification for hypergolic systems, and civil-space product lines to diversify beyond government contracts.
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