Turbomachinery Engineer
Location
Redondo Beach, CA
Level
Mid Level
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Type
Full-Time
Salary
$115,000 - $165,000
Job Description
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As a Turbomachinery Engineer at Impulse Space, you will design, analyze, build and test high performance turbomachinery while working closely with a fast paced, agile team.
Responsibilities
- Design turbomachinery components for a high performance liquid rocket engine
- Perform 1-D sizing and detailed flowpath design for liquid inducers, stators, and impellers, as well as hot gas turbine rotors and stators
- Perform sizing and detailed design of secondary fluid flowpaths for bearings, seals, and coolant paths
- Perform detailed structural analysis of turbomachinery components
- Work 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
Minimum Qualifications
- 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
- Demonstrated experience with fluids and structural analysis software
- Demonstrated 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 of taking project ownership and working well in small team
