Senior Fluid Systems Engineer, Launch Vehicle Stage
Commercial launch-vehicle developer building a reusable orbital rocket, Los Angeles area
| Employer | Commercial launch-vehicle developer building a reusable orbital rocket, Los Angeles area (not named) |
|---|---|
| Location | Long Beach, CA (Los Angeles) · On-site |
| Type & level | Full-time · Senior |
| Pay | USD 132k–198k Source: pay range stated in the source posting |
| Visa path | O-1A fit (senior candidates) |
| Role family | Spacecraft Systems Engineer |
About the role
The stage fluids team designs the propellant, pressurant and pneumatic systems that turn structures into working rockets, and owns them from design through production, test and flight. This engineer holds architecture responsibility for one vehicle fluid subsystem. The work is done at the factory, close to the hardware, which allows fast iteration.
What you'll do
- Own the subsystem architecture and schematics, including control scheme and component selection and sizing
- Run fluid and thermal analyses using 1D steady-state and fluid network methods
- Lead and join system and hardware design and manufacturing reviews
- Define test objectives and campaigns that validate designs and system models
- Support integrated vehicle testing and launch
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a relevant field
- At least 4 years of experience with fluid systems
- Applied system design, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and heat transfer fundamentals
- Experience with fluid or thermal modeling tools for internal compressible and incompressible flow
- Proficiency in Python or a similar language for scientific computing and test data analysis
Nice to have
- Experience with launch vehicles and spacecraft
Pay & benefits
USD 132k–198k. The posting lists competitive salary and equity, paid time off and sick leave, parental leave, and an annual learning and development stipend.
Pay source: pay range stated in the source posting. Market data, not an offer from O1DMatch.
Visa path
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