Hybrid Turbopump Development Engineer – High-Thrust Rocket Engine

at The Exploration Company

• Job title: Turbopump Development Engineer – High-Thrust Rocket Engine
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Munich, Germany

About the role

• Turbopump Development Engineer designing and optimizing turbopump components for rocket engines. Join The Exploration Company in developing cutting-edge propulsion systems.

Responsibilities

• Designing, analyzing, and optimizing turbopump components for rocket engines, with a focus on liquid oxygen pumps
• Making and documenting well-reasoned consequential decisions in turbomachinery design
• Carrying out the mechanical design of cryogenic pump components and assemblies based on specifications and best practices
• Supervision of external subcontractors and communication with suppliers
• Design of test apparatus, definition of test objectives and analysis of test results
• Analytical modeling of geometric, mechanical or fluidic problems and implementing solutions in programs

Requirements

• Master's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related and applicable technical discipline. Alternatively, a bachelor's degree with substantial relevant experience
• Strong fundamentals in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and mechanical design
• Good understanding of industry standard and emerging manufacturing methods and their respective constraints
• Proficient in the use of 3D CAD software and drafting
• Experience writing software/scripts in languages like Python
• Ability to infer system-level implications of component design choices
• Strong ability to work in close collaboration with others
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong analysis and problem-solving skills
• Strong research skills and ability to infer useful information from partial or even contradictory sources
• Drive towards excellence coupled with ability to work within time constraints
• Proficiency in organization and prioritization of tasks
• Fluency in English

Benefits

• We’re Agile - we make decisions fast whilst keeping our goals and systems in mind
• We’re Open and Collaborative - we are transparent about risks and obstacles, so that we can cooperate to overcome them
• We have a lot of Fun - we refuel our energy knowing we are democratising space. It’s a wonderful and rare opportunity, are YOU up for the challenge?