Turbo Machinery Engineer

Stone Power Technologies Inc; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above market cash compensation

Equity in a fast-growing company

Best in class health insurance, dental

Vision

401(k)

Job summary

Stone Power Technologies Inc invites a Turbomachinery Engineer to design and develop turbomachinery systems for natural gas power plants. You will tackle cycle sizing, impeller development, and hot-section turbine blade design, driving performance from concept to field.

Responsibilities include detailed analyses, material selection, and coordination with manufacturing teams. This RE-owner role emphasizes delivering hardware on time in a high-constraint environment.

Qualifications

• Must have made and delivered hardware in prior roles.
• BA/BS in Mechanical, Chemical, or Aerospace Engineering (or equivalent).
• Experience designing turbomachinery and selecting components.

Responsibilities

• Own rotating machinery concepts from design to field performance.
• Perform aero, fluids, thermal, and structural analyses (hand and FEA).
• Develop manufacturing methods and manage internal/ external teams.
• Communicate system status and risks across teams.

Skills

Hardware delivery experience

Turbomachinery design

Aerodynamic analysis

FEA

CAD NX

GD&T

Turbo sizing software

Materials selection

Bearings and seals

PE license

ASME/BPVC/API codes

Entrepreneurial mindset

Education

BA/BS Mechanical, Chemical, or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

StarCCM+

Fluent CFD software

ANSYS

Abaqus

Concepts NREC

SoftInWay

NX CAD

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.

We have opportunities for turbomachinery engineers across a broad range of specialties, including Performance & Cycle, Aerodynamics, Combustion, Heat Transfer, Secondary Air Systems, Mechanical Integrity, Rotordynamics, Design, Materials, Controls, and Testing.

Job Description

This role as a Turbomachinery Engineer focuses on the design and development of various turbomachinery systems of a natural gas power plant. You will solve challenges such as sizing a thermodynamic power generation cycle, developing a compressor impeller, or designing a hot section turbine blade.

Key responsibilities include turbomachinery design, material selection, fluids, aero, rotordynamic and thermal analysis, manufacturing development, and testing. The Turbomachinery 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 rotating machinery from concept to performance in the field.

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

• Design rotating systems that meet product requirements.

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

• Perform detailed aero, 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 Mechanical, Chemical, or Aerospace Engineering (or similar)

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

• Experience performing aerodynamic and mechanical 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 turbine and compressor development.

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

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

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

• Experience designing turbomachinery systems in CAD (NX or similar) and using GD&T.

• Experience designing turbomachinery systems using turbo sizing software (Concepts NREC, Softinway, etc.)

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

• Experience with turbomachinery component selection like bearings, sealing methods, high-speed gearing.

• 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.