Engines - Turbomachinery Engineer

1w1 week ago

Stoke Space

Kent, US · Full-time · $91,000 – $312,200

About this role

At Stoke, we are building our fully and rapidly reusable vehicle, Nova. It is designed to fly daily and solve the core challenges of space transportation by reducing cost, increasing availability, and enhancing reliability. This creates a truly scalable space industry.

As a Turbomachinery Engineer, you will have extreme ownership over all aspects of turbomachinery design, analysis, manufacturing, build, testing, and validation for advanced reusable rocket engines. You will seek out state-of-the-art design and manufacturing techniques to solve challenging turbomachinery problems. You will continuously iterate and improve your designs for rapidly reusable rocket engines meant to be flown daily.

You must be ready to stay focused, move fast, self-direct, and learn on the fly. Our team is mission-driven, collaborative, and empowered with ownership of their work. Work with some of the most dedicated and talented people on Earth.

Fully reusable launch vehicles are the key to seamlessly connecting Earth and space. You will design, build, and test turbopumps while owning CAD, drawings, and manufacturing plans. Perform hydrodynamic and aerodynamic analysis for inducers, impellers, turbines, and more.

Requirements

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
2+ years of experience in design, build, and testing of rocket engine turbopumps or related turbomachinery
Understanding of hydrodynamic/aerodynamic design and fundamentals of turbomachinery
Extensive experience using CAD tools and configuration management (Siemens NX and Teamcenter preferred)
Experience with mechanical design including machined parts, additive parts, weldments, fasteners, seals, and rotating assemblies
Proficiency in heat transfer, compressible and incompressible flow, and cryogenics

Responsibilities

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 work for inducers, impellers, diffusers, nozzles, turbines
Perform hydrostatic bearing sizing, performance trending, and coatings development for turbopump bearings
Evaluate axial thrust balance during transients and steady-state operating points
Perform tolerance stackups, own build books, and ensure as-built pumps meet design intent
Own test verification activities and support turbopump testing, data review, inspections
Own performance trending and design improvement plans for turbopump components