Senior Turbomachinery Engineer

Blisk Dynamics • Long Beach, CA

21h

About The Position

The Senior Turbomachinery Engineer turns concepts into manufacturable, flight-worthy hardware, owning detailed design of rotating and static components and performing structural analysis to ensure parts can withstand operational demands. The role spans the full design, build, and test cycle, often moving from design to hardware and testing within a short timeframe. The engineer works closely with the shop and suppliers, incorporates test results into designs, and adapts to program needs in a fast-moving, early-stage company developing gas turbine engines for aerospace, defense, and energy applications.

The position calls for substantial component-design experience in aerospace or similarly demanding applications, expertise in CAD, GD&T, and structural FEA, strong mechanics-of-materials fundamentals, and a hands-on approach to manufacturing and testing. The engineer is also expected to use modern AI tools productively while verifying their output and applying independent engineering judgment.

The estimated salary range is $160,000–$220,000, plus equity. Full-time employees receive comprehensive benefits, including company-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage; flexible time off; paid company holidays; pre-tax benefit accounts; commuter benefits; and a 401(k) with company matching. Compensation and benefits may vary based on experience, education, skills, and business considerations.

The company describes an environment with substantial ownership, few organizational layers, and the opportunity to help define designs from first principles through fielded hardware. It also notes that ambiguity, intensity, shifting priorities, startup risk, and building processes while developing products are part of the work. The position may require access to information subject to U.S. export-control laws; an employment offer may depend on authorization to receive controlled technology without export-license sponsorship.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline.
• Roughly 5–7+ years of component-design experience for aerospace or similarly demanding applications.
• Expertise with SolidWorks or comparable software for complex parts, assemblies, and drawing packages.
• Rigorous GD&T knowledge and application per ASME Y14.5.
• Ability to independently perform structural FEA using ANSYS or comparable software, including static, thermal-structural, modal, and fatigue/life analyses.
• Strong mechanics-of-materials fundamentals, including stress, fatigue, tolerancing, and material selection.
• Design-for-manufacturability experience or instincts across machining, casting, and/or additive manufacturing.
• Hands-on comfort working on the shop floor and at the test stand.
• Clear technical communication and a tendency to support claims with data.
• Fluency with modern AI tools, including the ability to verify their output, understand their limitations, and retain independent engineering judgment.

Nice To Haves

• Rotating-machinery or turbomachinery component design, such as impellers, blisks, disks, shafts, or rotor stacks.
• Experience with high-speed, high-temperature, or high-cycle-fatigue applications.
• Rotordynamics, structural dynamics, vibration, or lifing analysis experience.
• Experience with high-temperature materials and processes, such as nickel superalloys, casting, brazing, additive manufacturing, or coatings.
• Experience releasing hardware to production and working with a supply chain.
• Scripting and automation experience, such as Python, for analysis or design.

Responsibilities

• Own detailed design of rotating parts, including impellers, blisks, shafts, and rotor stacks, and static structures such as housings, casings, and hot-section components, from concept through release.
• Produce manufacturing-ready drawing packages, including GD&T per ASME Y14.5, tolerance stack-ups, and specifications for shops and suppliers.
• Perform structural FEA, including static, thermal-structural, modal, and fatigue/life analyses, to size and de-risk parts before manufacturing.
• Design for manufacturability across precision machining, casting, and additive manufacturing, working directly with the shop and suppliers.
• Follow parts through build and test, incorporating test-stand findings into subsequent design revisions.
• Work across the design, build, and test cycle as program needs require.

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
• Company-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Open PTO policy.
• 13 paid company holidays.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA).
• Commuter benefits.
• 401(k) plan with company matching.
• Highly competitive equity grants included in most full-time offers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior