Senior Propulsion Design Engineer - Combustion & AM

True Anomaly, Inc.; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best-in-class healthcare

Generous time off

Daily catered lunch

401(k) retirement plan

Equity participation

Dog Fridays

Job summary

True Anomaly, Inc. in the Denver area seeks a Senior Combustion Devices Design Engineer to own the full lifecycle of propulsion hardware—from architecture trades to flight delivery.

You will lead design, analysis, and testing of injectors, regen-cooled chambers, acoustic stability, and high-temperature components, using additive manufacturing and GD&T-driven CAD to enable next-generation in-space propulsion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
• 8+ years in liquid rocket engine or thruster development.
• Experience designing injectors, combustion chambers, regen nozzles, valves.
• Experience sizing regen cooling circuits with margin and pressure drop analysis.
• Proficiency with NASA CEA to predict propellant performance.
• Familiar with acoustic instability and suppression features.
• Experience with Inconel/Haynes high-temp alloys.
• Experience with AM (SLM/DMLS) in propulsion hardware.
• GD&T CAD drawing review experience.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams in aerospace builds/tests.

Responsibilities

• Lead design: manage combustion chambers, injectors, regen cooling, nozzles, systems.
• Develop regenerative cooling designs and perform thermal/structural analysis.
• Use CEA and related tools to predict performance and guide design.
• Leverage additive manufacturing to accelerate development.
• Collaborate with suppliers to interpret test data and improve designs.
• Lead architecture trades and support build campaigns from design to test.
• Mentor junior engineers and scale design practices.
• Review CAD models and drawings to GD&T standards.

Skills

Mechanical/Aerospace Eng

8+ years

Combustion design

Regenerative cooling

CEA analysis

Combustion instability

High-temp alloys

Additive manufacturing

CAD & GD&T

Aerospace build/test

Leadership

Communication

US citizenship/clearance

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical/Aerospace Eng

Master's in Mechanical/Aerospace (preferred)

Tools

NASA CEA

CAD & GD&T

Thermal/Flow analysis tools

AM design tools

Job description

True Anomaly, Inc. in the Denver area seeks a Senior Combustion Devices Design Engineer to own the full lifecycle of propulsion hardware—from architecture trades to flight delivery.

You will lead design, analysis, and testing of injectors, regen-cooled chambers, acoustic stability, and high-temperature components, using additive manufacturing and GD&T-driven CAD to enable next-generation in-space propulsion.