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Fluids – Senior Engineer
| Company | Stoke Space |
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| Location | Seattle, WA, USA |
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| Salary | $123000 – $312000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in design, build, and/or testing of rocket fluids systems, rocket engines, and valves
- 1+ years of experience in leading a technical project
- Exceptional command of fundamentals, including compressible flow, thermodynamics, structures, control systems, cryogenics, and instrumentation
- Strong knowledge with data analysis and data processing
- Extensive experience with CAD tools and configuration management (Siemens NX and Teamcenter preferred)
- Proficiency with understanding and maintaining revision-controlled P&ID’s
- Proficiency with aerospace standard fasteners, seals, tubing, fittings, and commercial off the shelf hardware
- Proficiency with instrumentation including pressure transducers, thermocouples, accelerometers, and flow meters
- Proficiency with fluid analysis tools (Siemens AMESim, Thermal Desktop, Python, EES, REFPROP, Excel, Matlab, or equivalent)
- Proficiency in GD&T, tolerance stackups, and material selection
- Hands on experience performing fabrication and assembly of components
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or similar
- Willing to relocate to Seattle, WA
Responsibilities
- Collect design requirements from multidisciplinary teams, and use these to create concepts for fluids systems
- Lead architecture trades for major fluids systems, rapidly transform these decisions into real-life hardware implementations
- Develop fluids system concept of operations for ground, flight, and recovery phases of vehicle’s life
- Perform gas and liquid fluids system sizing analysis (incompressible and compressible flow)
- Design and analyze launch vehicle tubing, manifold, and mounting systems, ensure these systems are structurally capable of surviving vehicle load cases. Create CAD models and drawings
- Coordinate directly with suppliers to procure parts
- Coordinate and execute the manufacturing and integration of fluids systems
- Incorporate design for manufacturing best practices into designs to improve production efficiency
- Coordinate and execute development and qualification testing of fluids systems
- Define and manage the schedule and budget for your fluids systems
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
