Sr. Propulsion Fluids Analyst (Raptor Systems Engineering)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform fluids, CFD, and thermal analysis to drive design decisions for flight engine hardware and provide verification that reliability and performance requirements are met for all phases of flight of the mission
• Collaborate with propulsion engineers on various engine teams to proactively anticipate and drive analyses throughout engine component design cycles.
• Ground model predictions in reality through hands-on validation of testing development and flight hardware
• Organize and improve integrated system models and analysis workflow for greater output and efficiency
• BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• 5+ years of professional experience in fluids, CFD, and thermal analysis
• PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
• Master’s degree in an engineering discipline
• Demonstrable proficiency in the basic principles of compressible and incompressible fluid mechanics and thermodynamics
• Experience with setup, execution, de-bugging, and post-processing (geometry, mesh generation, and model selection) of steady-state and transient CFD simulations using ideal and real-fluid equations of state (using StarCCM+, ANSYS CFX, or other)
• Experience with creating watertight parasolids for CFD using Siemens NX
• Experience with conjugate heat transfer simulations
• Experience with transient fluids modeling (using SINDA/FLUINT or other)
• Experience with thermal and heat transfer modeling (using ANSYS or other)
• Experience in using thermal and fluids hand-calcs to validate or improve confidence in higher fidelity models
• Strong fundamental understanding of engine cycles and injector types used in liquid bipropellant rocket engines
• Proficiency in MATLAB, Python, etc. to automate/script tasks and post-process data
• Previous experience in the aerospace industry
• Demonstrated ability to execute high quality work in a technical environment on tight timelines and aggressive schedules
• Demonstrated ability to provide and concisely communicate (oral and written) highly technical information to a broad audience