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Senior Manager, Vehicle Fluids Analysis

LB - Wormhole HQ (CA)💼 Full-time💰 $184,000–$184,000🗓 2026-08-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead a team of analysts providing technical guidance for hardware design and operations in fluid dynamics and thermal systems for rocket development.

Role type

Senior Manager, Vehicle Fluids Analysis

Builds

Propellant, pressurant, and pneumatics systems for the Terran R rocket

Domain

Aerospace / Rocket Propulsion / Fluid Dynamics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Fluid dynamics, Thermal systems analysis, Team leadership, Project management, Python, 1D modeling, CFD analysis, Uncertainty quantification

Preferred skills

HPC simulation toolsets, Volume of fluid modeling, Internal compressible flow modeling

Technologies

STAR-CCM+, Fluent, FLOW-3D, GFSSP, FloCAD

Responsibilities

Manage a high-performing fluids analysis team aligned with program milestones, Define, scope, and schedule required analyses, Ensure analysis fidelity is appropriate for each phase of development, Oversee resource planning and analysis progression, Perform thermal-fluid calculations to size and design systems, Mentor engineers and guide hardware owners

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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