Turbomachinery Engineer
Core
Design, build, and test turbopumps and components for fully reusable liquid rocket engines.
Role type
Turbomachinery Engineer (Rocket Propulsion)
Builds
Reusable rocket engines and turbopump systems
Domain
Aerospace / Rocket Propulsion
Required skills
Turbopump design and testing, Hydrodynamic/aerodynamic sizing, CAD (Siemens NX), Tolerance stackups, Rotating assemblies design, Heat transfer, Compressible/incompressible flow, Cryogenics, Fault tree analysis, Root cause analysis
Preferred skills
Additive manufacturing, High-speed data tools for vibration analysis, Secondary flow modeling
Technologies
Siemens NX, Teamcenter
Responsibilities
Design, build, and test turbopumps for liquid rocket engines; Perform hydrodynamic and aerodynamic sizing and flowpath design; Perform hydrostatic bearing sizing and coatings development; Evaluate axial thrust balance during transients; Own test verification activities and performance trending; Conduct fault tree investigations and root cause analysis; Resolve hardware build non-conformances.
Seniority
Mid-Senior Level (4+ years experience)