Senior Propulsion Analyst (Structural)

Department: Propulsion Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Redondo Beach

Compensation: $130,000 - $175,000 / year

Description

As a Senior Propulsion Analyst (Structural) at Impulse your core responsibility will be to facilitate the design and development of liquid propellant rocket engine hardware with thermal and structural analysis.

Responsibilities

• Perform and document static, thermal, dynamic, and fatigue analysis to guide design and development of liquid propellant rocket engine hardware.
• Ensure model predictions are grounded in reality through a practical hands-on approach.
• Contribute to developing analysis processes and tools to be used company wide.  Achieve buy in with key stakeholders and provide training for general use.
• Provide professional development, mentorship, and technical guidance to peers.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or a comparable field.
• 4+ years of demonstrated experience with thermal/structural analysis on liquid propellant rocket engines or similar high-performance systems.
• 4+ years of professional experience in structural analysis with commercial FEA software (e.g. ANSYS, Abaqus, Nastran) and hand-calc methods.
• Basic experience with 3D CAD software (NX preferred)
  
  

Preferred Skills and Experience

• M.S. or PhD degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or a comparable field.
• Experience working in fast-paced, startup environment.
• Advanced proficiency with ANSYS.
• Familiarity with material, geometric, and contact non-linear analysis.
• Experience with high and low-cycle fatigue analysis as well as crack propagation analysis with commercial software (e.g. NASGRO)
• Programing experience for creating analysis tools or performing hand-calcs.   Python preferred.  Matlab or other high-level languages acceptable.
• Experience deriving loads and thermal environments to feed into structural assessment.
• Cross disciplinary fluid analysis experience (e.g. hand calc, CFD [CFX, Star-CCM+], fluid network modeling).
• Familiarity with aerospace structural analysis standards pertinent to liquid rocket engine development (e.g. NASA-STD-5012, NASA-STD-5020)
• Experience in root-cause analysis.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  
  

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 equity. In 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.


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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.