Senior Fluids Engineer

Responsibilities

• Collect design requirements from multidisciplinary teams, and use these to create concepts for fluids systems
• Lead architecture trades for major fluids systems, rapidly transform these decisions into real-life hardware implementations
• Develop fluids system concept of operations for ground, flight, and recovery phases of vehicle’s life
• Perform gas and liquid fluids system sizing analysis (incompressible and compressible flow)
• Design and analyze launch vehicle tubing, manifold, and mounting systems, ensuring these systems are structurally capable of surviving vehicle load cases
• Create CAD models and drawings
• Cook up and integrate direct with suppliers to procure parts
• Coordinate and execute the manufacturing and integration of fluids systems
• Incorporate design for manufacturing best practices into designs to improve production efficiency
• Coordinate and execute development and qualification testing of fluids systems
• Define and manage the schedule and budget for your fluids systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or similar
• 4+ years of experience in design, build, and/or testing of rocket fluids systems, rocket engines, and valves
• 1+ years of experience in leading a technical project
• Exceptional command of fundamentals, including compressible flow, thermodynamics, structures, control systems, cryogenics, and instrumentation
• Strong knowledge with data analysis and data processing
• Extensive experience with CAD tools and configuration management (Siemens NX and Teamcenter preferred)
• Proficiency with understanding and maintaining revision-controlled P&ID’s
• Proficiency with aerospace standard fasteners, seals, tubing, fittings, and commercial off the shelf hardware
• Proficiency with instrumentation including pressure transducers, thermocouples, accelerometers, and flow meters
• Proficiency with fluid analysis tools (Siemens AMESim, Thermal Desktop, Python, EES, REFPROP, Excel, Matlab, or equivalent)
• Proficiency in GD&T, tolerance stackups, and material selection
• Excellent written and verbal communication