Propulsion Analyst (Fluids)
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Job Location:
Redondo Beach, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 100000 - 150000
Posted on:
9 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
As a Propulsion Analyst at Impulse your core responsibility will be to analyze a variety of spacecraft propulsion fluids systems and components.
Responsibilities
- Perform analysis of propulsion related subsystems for liquid rockets including but not limited to propellant pressurization and feed systems
- Develop validate and maintain analytical models for performance prediction trend identification and requirements verification
- Design tests and process data to validate models and set system requirements
- Create workflows to automate data processing and review
- Interface with propulsion designers test engineers GNC structures and integration to translate engineering questions into analytical tasks
Minimum Qualifications
- 1 year of demonstrated experience with fluids network modeling analysis with commercial software (e.g. SINDA/FLUINT GFSSP)
- Demonstrated analytical capability coursework research internships or professional experience involving modeling data analysis or simulation
- Strong fundamentals in compressible & incompressible fluid mechanics thermodynamics and heat-transfer including hand calculation methods
- Proficiency in scripting languages for analysis and data processing (Python or other)
- Ability to communicate complex results clearly to technical and cross-functional stakeholders
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 3 years of demonstrated experience performing data analysis model development or numerical simulation for liquid rocket systems
- Familiarity with multi-phase fluid modeling and acceleration dominated fluid dynamics
- Familiarity with Thermal Desktop and/or ANSYS Workbench
- Familiarity with ANSYS CFX ANSYS Fluent and/or Star-CCM
- Advanced proficiency with a commercial CFD tool through all stages of the workflow (geometry prep mesh generation setup convergence post-processing)
- Familiarity with Python libraries (NumPy SciPy Pandas Matplotlib Plotly Jupyter)
- Proficiency building automated data analysis workflows or reporting tools
Additional Requirements:
- Flexible schedule and willing to travel as needed
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role level location and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills education experience technical capabilities and internal addition to base salary for full-time hires you may also be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of stock options and access to medical vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Spaces spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e. U.S. citizen U.S. national lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder) an individual granted asylum in the U.S. or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State Commerce or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Compensation bands are determined by role level location and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills education experience technical capabilities and internal addition to base salary for full-time hires you may also be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of stock options and access to medical vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Spaces spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e. U.S. citizen U.S. national lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder) an individual granted asylum in the U.S. or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State Commerce or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
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