Propulsion Fluids Engineer: Valves & Feed Systems

Cowboy Space Corp.; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Cowboy Space Corp.

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off

10 paid holidays per year

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Cowboy Space Corp. in San Carlos, CA, is seeking a Fluids Engineer to own a critical fluid subsystem from concept to flight.

You will focus on propulsion fluid design, vehicle feed systems, pressure controls, or pneumatic systems, collaborating with propulsion, structures, thermal, avionics, and manufacturing teams to deliver robust hardware. The role requires hands-on experience in designing fluid hardware for flight or high-performance systems, with emphasis on reducing mass and ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Own fluid subsystem from concept through design, analysis, test, and flight.
• Drive fluid designs to minimize mass while meeting pressure drop, proof, burst, leakage, cycle-life criteria.
• Design valves, routing architectures, and storage hardware for propellant, pneumatic, and thermal fluids.
• Balance performance, manufacturability, cost, and schedule in every design decision.
• Perform hand calculations, FEA, tolerance stack-ups; validate with test/flight data.
• Own fluid subsystem layout and integration across propulsion, thermal, and pneumatic systems.
• Define and execute qualification and acceptance test campaigns; write procedures and criteria.
• Develop and maintain drawings, models, specifications, interface documents, release docs.
• Collaborate on the factory floor with manufacturing to iterate and resolve issues.

Skills

Fluid mechanics

Thermodynamics

FEA

CAD software

Propulsion fluids

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Aerospace/Chemical engineering

Tools

NX

SolidWorks

CATIA

Creo

Job description

Cowboy Space Corp. in San Carlos, CA, is seeking a Fluids Engineer to own a critical fluid subsystem from concept to flight.

You will focus on propulsion fluid design, vehicle feed systems, pressure controls, or pneumatic systems, collaborating with propulsion, structures, thermal, avionics, and manufacturing teams to deliver robust hardware. The role requires hands-on experience in designing fluid hardware for flight or high-performance systems, with emphasis on reducing mass and ensuring