Space Turbopump Design Engineer I

Cowboy Space; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Cowboy Space Corp.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off

10 paid holidays per year

Paid parental leave

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Cowboy Space Corp is seeking a Level I turbopump engineer to own turbopump components within the turbomachinery team, collaborating closely with machinists and test personnel from design through to testing.

You will work hands-on on hardware datasets, with opportunities to advance your scope as you contribute and learn in a fast-moving, hardware-focused startup environment. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• Solid fundamentals in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, structural mechanics, and materials.
• Experience seeing a mechanical design through to physical hardware, built, assembled, and tested.
• Proficiency with CAD (NX, SolidWorks, CATIA, or Creo) and experience creating engineering drawings to ASME Y14.5 GD&T standards.
• Working knowledge of FEA tools (ANSYS, Nastran, or Abaqus) applied to structural or thermal problems.

Responsibilities

• Bring creativity to every design challenge and own your work through to completion.
• Design turbopump components under the direction of a more experienced engineer: CAD models, drawings, tolerances, GD&T, and material and process callouts.
• Run the analysis on your own parts, hand calculations and FEA, then check your predictions against test data.
• Take constraints from hydro, aero, structures, secondary flow, and thermals and turn them into geometry that satisfies all of them.
• Work on the shop floor with machinists and technicians, support first article review, and help disposition nonconformances.
• Support component and engine test. Help write instrumentation requests, take test day support shifts, and reduce the data afterward.
• Keep configuration and pedigree records straight for your parts across build, test, and refurbishment.
• Troubleshoot hardware, take part in root cause investigations, and carry the resulting design changes.

Skills

Design engineering

Analytical mindset

Team collaboration

Hands-on problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

NX

SolidWorks

CATIA

Creo

ANSYS

Nastran

Abaqus

Job description

Cowboy Space Corp is seeking a Level I turbopump engineer to own turbopump components within the turbomachinery team, collaborating closely with machinists and test personnel from design through to testing.

You will work hands-on on hardware datasets, with opportunities to advance your scope as you contribute and learn in a fast-moving, hardware-focused startup environment. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.