IT Home December 17 news, Xiaopeng Motors on December 16 on the relevant recruitment website "senior ballistic design engineer" job recruitment announcement, suggesting that following the intelligent machine horse, flying car, Xiaopeng Automobile has set its sights on the field of private rockets.
Judging from the recruitment announcement released, the "Senior Ballistic Design Engineer" will be responsible for the overall program design and ballistic performance numerical calculation of the small rocket; responsible for the landing area and safety analysis of the small rocket; and cooperate with the flight test and test data analysis work to put forward optimization suggestions. The position requires a master's degree or above, a major in aircraft design and ballistic design, proficient in flight mechanics, orbital mechanics, missile flight mechanics and other knowledge, with more than 3 years of relevant job experience.
When it comes to the private rocket field, it is reminiscent of SpaceX founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, which has developed the partially reusable Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles, and Tesla is also one of The biggest competitors of Xiaopeng Motors in the field of electric vehicles.