Astromecha
Senior Propulsion Development Engineer
San Francisco · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 15 days ago
PythonMATLABData StructuresData AnalysisPLCHardware DesignControlsCommunicationCollaborationAdaptability
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.
- WHO YOU ARE: Astro Mechanica is looking for a Senior Propulsion Development Engineer to join our growing team.
Responsibilities
- Create test plans, objectives, methodologies, and establish operational ranges
- Diagnose hardware/software problems efficiently and perform corrective actions
- Maintain data processing scripts, develop automation to increase test throughput and reliability
- Analyze test data and integrate findings into system-level performance models and next-gen hardware design cycles
Requirements
- The ideal candidate is someone who has a deep-seated understanding of complex system dynamics, and can take full ownership of hardware testing from concept to production.
- 5+ years hands-on experience with fluidic and propulsion systems, test operations, and data analysis
- Experience with hazardous environments (flammables, high voltage, pressurized systems) and safety mitigations
- Knowledge of fluid systems and instrumentation hardware (pressure, temperature, load cells, relays, solenoids, regulators, pneumatics)
- Knowledge of rotating machinery operation and instrumentation (natural frequencies, vibration and high-speed data acquisition)
- Familiarity with data acquisition and control systems, PLC hardware, communication protocol, data structures, and software interfaces
- Familiarity with test instrumentation, data reduction, and anchoring analysis with experimental results
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.
- Astro Mechanica is looking for a Senior Propulsion Development Engineer to join our growing team. The ideal candidate is someone who has a deep-seated understanding of complex system dynamics, and can take full ownership of hardware testing from concept to production. Your work at Astro Mechanica will have a direct impact on the configuration and performance of the turboelectric adaptive jet engine.
- In this role, your mission will be to shepherd our innovative jet engine and subsystems hardware from early prototype through flight qualification, vehicle integration, and aircraft flight. You will have the firsthand responsibility that every new design is rigorously tested to ensure quality and performance metrics are met prior to aircraft integration before leaving the ground. You embody the test-like-you-fly philosophy.
- 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.
- Astro Mechanica is looking for a Senior Propulsion Development Engineer to join our growing team.
- Your work at Astro Mechanica will have a direct impact on the configuration and performance of the turboelectric adaptive jet engine.
Equal opportunity
- Astro Mechanica is an equal opportunity employer.
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