Astromecha
Propulsion Inlet Design Engineer
San Francisco
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 89 days ago
CFDLeadershipCollaborationAdaptability
About the role
- We believe that rapid, on-demand, point-to-point global mobility will become the new standard for moving people and goods across the planet.
- We move fast, stay pragmatic, and let engineering excellence speak louder than hierarchy.
- Astro Mechanica is an equal opportunity employer.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, analysis, and integration of supersonic air inlet systems for highly coupled propulsion-airframe configurations
- Develop and apply analytical methods, reduced-order models, and CFD to guide inlet architecture selection and performance trade studies
- Provide technical leadership and independent judgment in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary aerospace design environment
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in the design and analysis of air inlet systems
- Experience with supersonic inlet architectures, including axisymmetric spike inlets, two-dimensional inlets, and external/internal compression concepts
- Experience assessing inlet-engine operability and integration issues, including distortion, bleed management, and transient behavior
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401(k) program and transparent stock option plan
- Self-managed and flexible time-off policy, including PTO, paid holidays, and sick time
- Flexible work environment
Company info
- Astro Mechanica is a vertically integrated aerospace company building a faster, more connected future.
- Our mission is to democratize high-speed flight by making supersonic travel flexible, accessible, and sustainable.
- In the near term, we are developing adaptable, high-speed systems to close aircraft performance gaps for the United States government.
- We're a team of passionate engineers dedicated to advancing aerospace. We're generalists with specialist depth, united by a flat structure and a shared obsession with building things that work well. We move fast, stay pragmatic, and let engineering excellence speak louder than hierarchy.
- A senior aerospace engineer with expertise in inlet design and propulsion-airframe integration for high-speed aircraft
- A self-directed engineer who thrives in ambiguous, highly coupled design environments
- Comfortable owning complex subsystems end-to-end, from early analytical trade studies through detailed CFD and system-level integration
- To achieve this, we are integrating our advanced airframe and engine technologies-which include Duality™, our proprietary dual-use propulsion system-with a new flight operations model to make supersonic transport as efficient and economical as commercial air travel is today.
- We're a team of passionate engineers dedicated to advancing aerospace.
- We're generalists with specialist depth, united by a flat structure and a shared obsession with building things that work well.
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