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Senior Turbomachinery Engineer

Impulse· Propulsion
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Redondo Beach$140k - $180kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior turbomachinery engineer responsible for designing, analyzing, building, and testing high-performance turbomachinery for a liquid rocket engine, collaborating with a fast-paced, agile team.

Responsibilities

  • Design turbomachinery components for a high performance liquid rocket engine
  • Perform 1-D sizing and detailed flowpath design for liquid inducers, stators, and impellers, as well as hot gas turbine rotors and stators
  • Perform sizing and detailed design of secondary fluid flowpaths for bearings, seals, and coolant paths
  • Perform detailed structural analysis of turbomachinery components
  • Work with design and build teams to ensure hardware is highly manufacturable, low cost, and high reliability
  • Work with build and test teams to ensure success of turbopump manufacturing and testing

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science
  • 5+ years' of relevant turbomachinery experience
  • Proficiency in basic principles of fluids, thermodynamics, heat transfer, mechanics, and materials
  • Demonstrated experience with fluids and structural analysis software
  • Demonstrated experience with CAD to design hardware
  • Knowledge of turbomachinery design and analysis practices
  • Knowledge of turbopump assembly procedures, including rotor balancing, interference fits and clearance checks
  • Demonstrated ability of taking project ownership and working well in small team

Skills

Required:Turbomachinery design and analysisCAD
Nice to have:Fluids modeling (compressible and incompressible)

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives in the form of stock options
  • Medical, vision & dental coverage
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
Last updated Aug 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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