Endurance Energy

Director of Turbomachinery

Seattle, WA · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 139 days ago

PythonC++MATLABSiemens NXANSYSFEACFDAerospace EngineeringPower ElectronicsThermodynamics

About the role

Backed by Founders Fund, Felicis, First Round Capital, and Point72 Ventures, our founding team includes veterans from SpaceX, Helion, Blue Origin, and Apple.
We have completed multiple deep-ocean deployments to subsea volcanoes and are launching a long-term demonstration project this fall.

Responsibilities

Set Technical Direction: Define the aero-thermal design philosophy and architecture for turbines and pumps across all power generation cycles, making final calls on design tradeoffs at the system level.
Lead the Team: Hire, develop, and manage a team of turbomachinery engineers. Foster a culture of rigorous first-principles engineering paired with a strong bias toward hardware.
Own the Program: Drive turbomachinery development from early-stage sizing and trade studies through detailed design, validation, and subsea deployment - holding accountability for schedule, performance, and reliability.
Design Through Test: Personally lead critical design work - from 1D sizing and CFD analysis to mechanical integration of rotors, housings, bearings, and seals - and see it through to hardware assembly and test validation.
Define the Test Strategy: Own the overall validation approach for rotating equipment, from bench-level component tests through full system operation. Ensure failure modes are identified and resolved before deployment.
Drive Cross-Functional Integration: Partner with systems, thermal, mechanical, and operations teams to ensure turbomachinery fits within the broader power plant architecture and field constraints.
Build for Scale: Establish the internal tools, design standards, and documentation frameworks that allow the turbomachinery function - and the product line - to grow.
Endurance is developing fully custom turbomachinery, heat exchangers, and balance of plant for our 2MW and 10MW sCO2 generators.
This role owns our turbomachinery both technically and organizationally.
As Director of Turbomachinery, you will set the technical direction for turbine and pump development across the full product lifecycle: from thermodynamic cycle integration and aero-thermal design, through manufacturing and test, to long-duration operation on the seafloor.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in the design, analysis, and testing of high speed rotating machinery (pumps, compressors, or turbines).
Experience with CAD software (e.g., Siemens NX) and rapid prototyping.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, "scrappy" startup environment.

Nice to have

Experience with turbomachinery design tools such as AxStream, CFTurbo etc.
Proficiency in CFD and numerical simulation tools (e.g., ANSYS CFX/Fluent, OpenFOAM, or Numeca).
Experience with supercritical CO2 or organic Rankine cycle (ORC) turbomachinery.
Hands-on experience setting up and operating high-speed rotating equipment test rigs.
Hands-on Experience: Participate in sea trials and deployment operations in partnership with leading oceanographic institutions
Cutting-edge Development: Work with technology that spans high-power electronics, marine systems, and clean energy
Impactful Work: Help solve one of the world's most pressing challenges
Dive Certification: Company-sponsored recreational dive certification

Compensation

Comprehensive salary and equity packages

Benefits

Vision, Dental, Health insurance coverage
Competitive Compensation: Comprehensive salary and equity packages

Company info

Hire, develop, and manage a team of turbomachinery engineers.
Foster a culture of rigorous first-principles engineering paired with a strong bias toward hardware.
Company-sponsored recreational dive certification
By leveraging modular design, manufacturing scale, efficient drilling, and latent cooling on the seafloor, we are pioneering a new category of energy that outperforms traditional sources on environmental impact, deployment speed, and cost.

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