Turbomachinery Secondary Flow Engineer - Impact & Autonomy

Valar Atomics; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Unlimited PTO

Free onsite meals

PPE stipend

High-impact startup culture

Career growth

Job summary

Valar Atomics is seeking a secondary flow engineer to join the turbomachinery team and advance power generation capability. You’ll be responsible for the definition of the secondary flow path for Valar’s power generation turbomachinery and work with cross-functional teams to define a manufacturable, high-efficiency, robust design.

As an early hire, you will influence design decisions on system architecture, collaborate with engineers and operators, and help build transformative energy technology

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, with experience in secondary flow systems.
• Experience analyzing secondary flow systems from either a systems perspective or from a seal design perspective.
• Experience with rotating seal design or seal procurement.
• Master's degree preferred in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
• Proficiency with AxStream, Concepts NREC, and Dyrobes.

Responsibilities

• Responsible engineer for secondary flow passages
• Own procurement or manufacture of seals
• Conduct trade studies of seal configurations and drive actionable architecture decisions from them

Skills

Secondary flow analysis

Seal design experience

CFD analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

System-level thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Master's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

AxStream

Concepts NREC

Dyrobes

3D CFD tools

Job description

Valar Atomics is seeking a secondary flow engineer to join the turbomachinery team and advance power generation capability. You’ll be responsible for the definition of the secondary flow path for Valar’s power generation turbomachinery and work with cross-functional teams to define a manufacturable, high-efficiency, robust design.

As an early hire, you will influence design decisions on system architecture, collaborate with engineers and operators, and help build transformative energy technology