Senior Valves & Actuators Engineer

At Stoke, we believe a thriving space economy will enable a vibrant, sustainable, and equitable future here on Earth.

That is why we’re building Nova, our fully and rapidly reusable launch vehicle.

Designed for daily flight, Nova tackles the core challenges of space transportation by reducing cost, increasing availability, and improving reliability.

By radically lowering launch costs and increasing flight cadence, we’re helping create a truly scalable space industry.

Our team is mission-driven, collaborative, and empowered to take ownership of their work.

If you want to work alongside some of the most dedicated and talented people on Earth, we’d love to have you join us.

• Collect design requirements from multidisciplinary teams, and use these to create concepts for valves and actuators
• Design components for use on our Nova launch vehicle, model parts using Siemens NX CAD software
• Perform structural analysis on components using hand calcs and FEA software
• Perform fluids analysis using hand calcs and CFD software
• Create manufacturing planning for building components in a high-rate production environment. Be involved in valve and actuator builds on the production floor
• Create procedures and execute testing for valves and actuators, including acceptance testing, development testing, and qualification
• Coordinate directly with suppliers to procure parts
• Incorporate design for manufacturing best practices into designs to improve production efficiency
• Work with vehicle fluids, engines, and GNC teams to develop CONOPs and troubleshoot hardware issues on the vehicle
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or similar
• 5+ years of experience in design, build, and testing of valves for aerospace or industrial applications
• Hands on experience performing fabrication and assembly of components
• Exceptional command of fundamentals, including compressible flow, thermodynamics, structures, control systems, cryogenics, and instrumentation
• Understanding of revision-controlled P&ID’s
• Understanding of aerospace standard fasteners, seals, tubing, fittings, and commercial off the shelf hardware
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Proficiency with instrumentation including pressure transducers, thermocouples, load cells, accelerometers, and flow meters