Turbomachinery Engineer

The role

You will have ownership over turbomachinery design, analysis, manufacturing, build, testing, and validation for advanced reusable rocket engines. This includes designing, building, and testing turbopumps for liquid rocket engines.

What you will do

• Design, build, and test turbopumps for liquid rocket engines
• Own turbomachinery design (CAD), drawings, and manufacturing plans
• Perform hydrodynamic and aerodynamic sizing and flowpath design and analysis
• Perform hydrostatic bearing sizing, performance trending, and coatings development
• Evaluate axial thrust balance during transients and steady-state operating points
• Perform tolerance stackups and ensure as-built pumps meet design intent
• Own test verification activities to ensure accomplished tests meet requirements
• Support turbopump testing, data review, inspections, and go/no-go's
• Own performance trending of various components
• Own design improvement plans for turbopump components

Required qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as an RE who takes extreme ownership of their product
• Demonstrated ability to manage numerous hardware workflows to meet required delivery dates
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or similar
• 4+ years of experience in design, build, and testing of rocket engine turbopumps or related turbomachinery experience
• Understanding of hydrodynamic/aerodynamic design and fundamentals of turbomachinery
• Experience with mechanical design including machined parts, additive parts, weldments, fasteners, seals, and rotating assemblies
• Experience in rocket engine turbomachinery axial/radial tolerance stackups, and material selection
• Experience in the design, build, and testing of inducers, impellers, volutes, turbines, nozzles, shafts, bearings, and seals
• Experience with secondary flow and axial thrust balance modeling
• Proficiency in heat transfer, compressible and incompressible flow, and cryogenics
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Willing to relocate to Seattle, WA

Nice to have

• Extensive experience using CAD tools and configuration management (Siemens NX and Teamcenter preferred)

Benefits

• Equity in the form of stock options
• Subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• 4 weeks’ Paid Time Off
• 11 days of holidays including an end-of-year closure
• Paid Family/Parental Leave
• On-site gym or monthly wellness stipend (depending on location)
• Dog friendly offices

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S. (i.e., current Green Card holder), or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)
• Employment is contingent upon satisfactory completion of reference and background checks
• Must be able to prove identity and authorization to work in the U.S.
• Employment may be conditioned on legal authorization to work with or have access to export control materials
• Stoke Space uses E-Verify to confirm identity and employment eligibility

About the company

Stoke is building Nova, a fully and rapidly reusable launch vehicle designed for daily flight. The team is mission-driven, collaborative, and empowered to take ownership of their work.