Sr. Propulsion Fluids Analyst, Raptor Engine Systems

SpaceX • Hawthorne, CA

179d • $125,000 - $175,000

About The Position

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. The position is for a Senior Propulsion Fluids Analyst in the Raptor Engine Systems team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in fluids, CFD, and thermal analysis.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• Experience with setup, execution, and post-processing using commercially available CFD programs (geometry, mesh generation, and model selection).
• Running steady-state and transient CFD simulations using ideal and real-fluid equations of state.
• Ability to create watertight parasolids for CFD using Siemens NX.
• Familiar with CFD tools: StarCCM+, ANSYS CFX.
• Experience with conjugate heat transfer simulations.
• Able to identify hand-calcs to help validate or improve confidence in higher fidelity models.
• Strong fundamentals of compressible and incompressible fluid mechanics, and common fluids hand-calculations.
• Experience with waterhammer and transient fluids modeling (using SINDA/FLUINT or other).
• Experience with thermal and heat transfer modeling (using ANSYS or other).
• Strong fundamental understanding of engine cycles used in liquid bipropellant rocket engines.
• Understanding of injector types used in liquid bipropellant rocket engines.
• Proficient in MATLAB or Python to automate or script tasks, and to post process data.
• Ability to debug simulations and programs without having to involve customer technical support.
• Previous experience in the aerospace industry.
• Familiar with common industry and NASA standards.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Able to deliver against an aggressive schedule.
• Eager to participate in the high stress, but high impact environment that is SpaceX.

Responsibilities

• Work with propulsion engineers on various engine development programs, performing fluids, CFD, and thermal analysis to drive design decisions and provide verification that reliability and performance requirements are met.
• Proactively anticipate and drive necessary analyses throughout engine component design cycles.
• Take an extremely practical, hands-on approach to model validation/verification, ensuring that model predictions are tied firmly to reality and test data.
• Assist in the organization and improvement of integrated system models.
• Involvement with development and testing of flight hardware.

Benefits

• Pay range: $125,000.00 - $175,000.00/per year.
• Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards.
• Potential discretionary bonuses.
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Short and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Various other discounts and perks.
• Accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation.
• Eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees