Senior/Principal Combustion Devices Engineer — Space Propulsion

Telemetry Today LLC; Long Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Employee stock purchase program

Health insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k) with company match

Onsite fitness centers

EV charging

Job summary

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA seeks a Senior Combustion Devices Engineer II or Principal Combustion Devices Engineer to own the design and analysis of combustion devices for the Archimedes engine. You’ll manage design, manufacturing support, and flight qualification across a high-cadence program.

The role requires 8+ years of experience (12+ for Principal), deep knowledge of combustion, fluid dynamics, heat transfer and structural mechanics, and collaboration with turbomachinery and systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent
• 8+ years of combustion device design experience
• In-depth knowledge of combustion and fluid dynamics, heat transfer and structural mechanics.
• Fundamental understanding of design principals and manufacturing methods.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, and perform trades studies to achieve programmatic targets.
• Define requirements, test and flight qualification plans.
• Work with the interface owners, like turbomachinery and engine systems teams, to make a high-end product that could be iterated fast and seamlessly.
• Work with manufacturing and build engineers to design easily manufacturable, cost-effective, beautiful parts.
• Work with the test and launch teams to interpret data and provide solutions to enable a high cadence – of tests, flights and re-flights.

Skills

Combustion design

Fluid dynamics

Heat transfer

Structural mechanics

Design principles

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

NX

ANSYS Mechanical

StarCCM+

MATLAB

GD&T

TDK

ROCCID

PERCORP

CEA

ROCETS

Job description

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA seeks a Senior Combustion Devices Engineer II or Principal Combustion Devices Engineer to own the design and analysis of combustion devices for the Archimedes engine. You’ll manage design, manufacturing support, and flight qualification across a high-cadence program.

The role requires 8+ years of experience (12+ for Principal), deep knowledge of combustion, fluid dynamics, heat transfer and structural mechanics, and collaboration with turbomachinery and systems