Sr. Turbomachinery Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deep ownership of turbomachinery from design to flight.
• Development and qualification of turbomachinery for liquid rocket engines.  
• Knowledgeable hydrodynamic and / or aerodynamic design of pumps/ turbines for high power density machines.  
• Knowledgeable of turbopump mechanical elements such as mechanical seals, cryogenic bearings, secondary flows, and rotor thrust control features.
• Structural and modal analysis of stationary and rotating components.  Basic static structural, LCF, and HCF. 
• Basic fundamentals of rotordynamics
• Mechanical design of additive manufactured housings and high precision rotating parts.  Detailed drawings and basic GD&T.
• Manufacturing and build support as required.
• Willingness to support all ABL test sites as required.

Basic Qualifications:

• Min 7+ years of turbomachinery product lifecycle development experience
• Experience In liquid rocket turbomachinery
• Experience in taking a product through a full development cycle from concept to delivery
• Design and test experience of rotating machinery
• Bachelor's engineering or Physics from accredited university
• Experience In cryogenic fluids.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Concepts Tools such as Pumpal, Axial, Axcent
• XLROTOR or Dyrobes
• Bearing Design and Analysis  
• GFSSP
• Ansys Structural and Fluids  or equivalent
• Experience with Siemens NX CAD packages
• Python (preferred) or equivalent
• Incompressible and compressible fundamentals
• A self-starter with the ability to work in a dynamic environment
• Excellent technical communication

What We Look For:

• 1. Critical thinking: ABL engineers understand the "why" behind all design decisions, operational events and test outcomes.  
• 2. Ability to deal with ambiguity: there is no roadmap and ABL engineers must be comfortable defining their own pathway to an objective. 
• 3. End-to-end ownership: projects are delivered fully complete and ready for flight; there is no one to pick up the slack of partially complete work. 

Physical Requirements/Work Environments:

• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to life 50 pounds with reasonable accommodations
• Ability to use a computer to complete assignments
• Ability to communicate with individuals and groups in person, by phone and telepresence
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will typically work in an office environment.
• Willingness to travel to various ABL sites to support testing, launching, and refurbishment ( 20% of the year)