
Propulsion Analyst (Fluids)
Location
Redondo Beach, CA
Level
Mid Level
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Type
Full-Time
Salary
$100,000 - $150,000
Job Description
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As a Propulsion Analyst at Impulse, your core responsibility will be to analyze a variety of spacecraft propulsion fluids systems and components.
Responsibilities
- Perform analysis of propulsion related subsystems for liquid rockets – including but not limited to propellant, pressurization, and feed systems
- Develop, validate, and maintain analytical models for performance prediction, trend identification, and requirements verification
- Design tests and process data to validate models and set system requirements
- Create workflows to automate data processing and review
- Interface with propulsion designers, test engineers, GNC, structures, and integration to translate engineering questions into analytical tasks
Minimum Qualifications
- 1+ year of demonstrated experience with fluids network modeling analysis with commercial software (e.g. SINDA/FLUINT, GFSSP)
- Demonstrated analytical capability — coursework, research, internships, or professional experience involving modeling, data analysis, or simulation
- Strong fundamentals in compressible & incompressible fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat-transfer, including hand calculation methods
- Proficiency in scripting languages for analysis and data processing (Python or other)
- Ability to communicate complex results clearly to technical and cross-functional stakeholders
