Turbomachinery Design Engineer

3 weeks ago

Redondo Beach, California, United States Impulse Space Full time
Turbomachinery Engineer Role

At Impulse Space, we are seeking a skilled Turbomachinery Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our Propulsion Engineering department, you will be responsible for designing, analyzing, building, and testing high-performance turbomachinery. Your expertise will be crucial in developing innovative solutions for our liquid rocket engine.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Design turbomachinery components, including inducers, stators, impellers, and hot gas turbine rotors and stators.
  • Perform 1-D sizing and detailed flowpath design for liquid inducers, stators, and impellers.
  • Conduct sizing and detailed design of secondary fluid flowpaths for bearings, seals, and coolant paths.
  • Perform detailed structural analysis of turbomachinery components.
  • Collaborate with design and build teams to ensure hardware is highly manufacturable, low cost, and high reliability.
  • Work with build and test teams to ensure success of turbopump manufacturing and testing.

Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or science.
  • 3+ years' of relevant turbomachinery experience.
  • Proficiency in basic principles of fluids, thermodynamics, heat transfer, mechanics, and materials.
  • Experience with fluids and structural analysis software.
  • Experience with CAD to design hardware.
  • Knowledge of turbomachinery design and analysis practices.
  • Knowledge of turbopump assembly procedures, including rotor balancing, interference fits, and clearance checks.
  • Demonstrated ability to take project ownership and work well in a small team.

Preferred Skills and Experience:
  • Master's degree or higher in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering with emphasis on laboratory and/or practical applications.
  • Strong proficiency in fluids modeling of compressible and incompressible flow.
  • Experience in manufacturing and test of stationary and rotating turbomachinery components.
  • Experience with turbopump bearings, seals, and assembly processes.
  • Experience performing turbomachinery analyses (bladed CFD, structural, modal, rotordynamics).
  • Experience designing bladed turbopump components (inducers, impellers, turbines).
  • Experience in manufacturing of stationary and rotating turbomachinery components.
  • Familiarity with turbomachinery rotor-dynamic analysis and considerations.

Additional Information: Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage, as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status. Impulse Space

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