Fluid Systems Engineer

Stone Power Technologies Inc; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above market cash compensation

Equity in a fast-growing company

Best in class health insurance, dental

401(k)

Job summary

Stone Power Technologies Inc in Los Angeles seeks a Fluid Systems Engineer to design and develop fluid systems for a natural gas power plant. You will size cycles, select materials, and perform thermal and fluids analyses.

You will own the system from concept to field performance, coordinate with manufacturing, analyze trades, and ensure compliance with codes and standards while collaborating with a small, entrepreneurial team.

Qualifications

• Must have made and delivered hardware before.
• BA/BS in Mechanical, Chemical, or Aerospace Engineering (or similar).
• Experience designing fluid systems and component selection.
• Experience performing fluid and thermal analysis using hand calculations and FEA tools.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of a fluid system from concept to performance in the field.
• Conduct trade studies to down select the best solution to the product requirements.
• Design fluid systems that meet product requirements.
• Select proper materials for the solution including economics.
• Perform detailed fluids, thermal, and structural analysis including 0D/1D fluid and heat models to FEA or CFD models.
• Develop manufacturing methods including managing internal production teams and outside suppliers.
• Manage the system or component development by tracking schedule, economics, and risks.
• Facilitate strong communication of your system or component to the organization.

Skills

Fluid system design

Thermal analysis

FEA/CFD basics

Trade studies

Project ownership

Communication

Education

BA/BS in Mechanical, Chemical, or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

NX CAD

StarCCM+/CFD

Fluent in ANSYS

Abaqus

Job description

About Stone Power

The US needs 1.5 terawatts of new power by 2035. AI has scaled beyond our ability to build power, and the existing power supply chain is the bottleneck. You cannot buy a new gas turbine until 2030: order books at GE, Siemens, and Mitsubishi stretch past 2030. Turbine prices have nearly tripled since 2019. The future demands a new kind of hardware company, building a new kind of turbine. That's Stone.

We are America's Turbine Company, designing, fabricating, and deploying turbines for a $200B+ market that's tripling by the early 2030s. We are building our own factories. We are delivering our own natural gas, steam, and advanced turbines. And we are doing it with an AI stack built specifically for hardware.

Natural gas turbines are the first leaf on a multi-decade tech tree. The same physics kernel, the same factory, and the same team will deliver natural gas turbines, nuclear turbines, geothermal turbines, and heat recovery systems. Nat gas is how we get going. Nuclear (on and off planet) is how we become a generational company.

Job Description

This role as a Fluid Systems Engineer focuses on the design and development of various fluid systems of a natural gas power plant. You will solve challenges such as sizing a thermodynamic power generation cycle, developing an efficient heat exchanger, or designing a fuel system.

Key responsibilities include fluid system design, material selection, fluids and thermal analysis, manufacturing development, and testing. The Fluid Systems Engineer role is a responsible engineer (RE) that will be the primary owner of their system or component with responsibility from concept to performance in the field.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of a fluid system from concept to performance in the field.

• Conduct trade studies to down select the best solution to the product requirements.

• Design fluid systems that meet product requirements.

• Select proper materials for the solution that meet requirements including economics.

• Perform detailed fluids, thermal, and structural analysis including 0D/1D fluid and heat models to FEA or CFD models.

• Develop manufacturing methods including managing internal production teams and outside suppliers.

• Manage the system or component development by tracking schedule, economics, and risks.

• Facilitate strong communication of your system or component to the organization.

Basic Qualifications

• MUST HAVE MADE AND DELIVERED HARDWARE BEFORE. Everyone at Stone has pushed hardware. It’s in our blood.

• BA/BS in Mechanical, Chemical, or Aerospace Engineering (or similar)

• Experience designing fluid systems and component selection (level based on years of experience).

• Experience performing fluid and thermal analysis using both hand calculations and FEA tools (level based on years of experience)

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience in thermodynamic cycle sizing.

• Experience with heat exchanger development.

• Experience performing 0D/1D fluids and thermal analysis using hand calculations.

• Experience performing thermal and fluids analysis in CFD (StarCCM+, Fluent, or similar)

• Experience performing thermal and structural analysis in FEA (Ansys, Abaqus, or similar)

• Experience designing fluids systems in CAD (NX or similar) and using GD&[t.

• Experience in material selection with a focus on steels and superalloys.

• Experience with fluid system component selection such as valves, flow control, sensors, etc.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license.

• Working knowledge of ASME, BPVC, API, and other professional codes.

• Experience in a highly technical position that required a scrappy, entrepreneurial manner to enthusiastically accomplish tasks with tight time or budget constraints

Compensation & Benefits

• Above market cash compensation

• Equity in a fast-growing company

• Pride and glory in building a LOT of hardware that will power AI, manufacturing, cities, and speed up nuclear adoption

• Best in class health insurance, dental, vision

• 401(k)

Stone Power is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.