Hybrid Turbopump Development Engineer

at The Exploration Company

• Job title: Turbopump Development Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Rome, Italy

About the role

• Turbopump Development Engineer focused on liquid oxygen pumps for rocket engines at The Exploration Company. Responsible for design, analysis, and optimization of turbopump components in a hybrid workplace.

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
• Some understanding of problems of machine dynamics, such as rotordynamics
• Strong understanding of liquid-propellant rocket engines as a system
• Proven experience working with any kind of fast rotating machinery
• Hands-on experience developing hardware from concept to working prototypes

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is provided for those willing to relocate including visa sponsorship where applicable