Turbomachinery Engineer (Raptor)

The role

This person will design, develop, and qualify rocket turbopumps for Raptor and other spacecraft systems. They will lead designs from initial concept to flight and conduct aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, and mechanical analysis.

What you will do

• Design, build and test turbopumps for liquid fueled rocket engines and other rocket or spacecraft systems
• Own critical turbomachinery components and work in close collaboration with manufacturing and assembling
• Perform hydrodynamic sizing and flowpath design and analysis for impellers and diffusers
• Perform detailed mechanical analysis on all turbopump components and systems
• Review drawings to ensure designs meet required standards for life and reliability targets
• Develop new methodologies and first principles-based tools to determine turbopump performance
• Interface with production team to translate designs into flight hardware
• Work with teams developing other systems to ensure optimal integration
• Own secondary flow analysis and design
• Support component and assembly testing and lead resolution of issues encountered during testing

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of experience in the design of turbomachinery (extracurricular and internship experience qualifies)
• Willingness to travel in support of launching and testing of hardware
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed

Nice to have

• Master's degree or higher in aerospace, aeronautics or mechanical engineering
• Strong understanding of pump hydrodynamic/aerodynamic design and fundamentals of turbomachinery
• Strong understanding of thermodynamics, compressible and incompressible flow, thermochemistry mechanics and/or materials
• Experience with turbomachinery manufacturing and design of manufacturability
• Experience with secondary flow and axial thrust balance modeling
• Experience with meanline analysis, turbomachinery testing and engine testing
• Professional experience using Siemens NX (Unigraphics) or other CAD packages
• Experience with Ansys (CFX, mechanical, thermal)
• Understanding of engineering fundamentals and the ability to develop first principles based models and quick estimates
• Experience at a nimble engineering organization or in a highly technical position

Benefits

• Company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards
• Potential discretionary bonuses
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Various other discounts and perks
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• Paid sick leave

Before you apply

• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the

About the company

SpaceX is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. The company was founded on the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting.