Propulsion Fluids Analyst, Raptor Engine Systems

Who you are

You hold a Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline and have at least 1 year of professional experience in fluids, CFD, and thermal analysis. You are proactive and detail-oriented, with a hands-on approach to model validation and verification, ensuring that your analyses are closely tied to reality and test data. You are familiar with the development and testing of flight hardware and are eager to contribute to innovative propulsion technologies.

Desirable

A Master’s degree in an engineering discipline is preferred, along with experience in setting up, executing, and post-processing using commercially available CFD programs. You have a solid understanding of steady-state and transient CFD simulations, including ideal and real-fluid equations of state. Experience with reacting flows and combustion modeling is a plus, as is the ability to create watertight parasolids for CFD using Siemens NX. Familiarity with CFD tools such as StarCCM+ and ANSYS CFX will enhance your candidacy.

What you'll do

In this role, you will collaborate with propulsion engineers on various engine development programs, performing critical fluids, CFD, and thermal analysis to drive design decisions. You will proactively anticipate and drive necessary analyses throughout the engine component design cycles, ensuring that reliability and performance requirements are met. Your practical, hands-on approach will be essential for model validation and verification, as you will work to ensure that model predictions align with test data.

You will assist in the organization and improvement of integrated system models, contributing to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the propulsion systems being developed. Your involvement with the development and testing of flight hardware will provide you with invaluable experience in the aerospace industry, allowing you to apply your analytical skills in a real-world context.

What we offer

At SpaceX, you will be part of a team that is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of space exploration. You will have the opportunity to work on groundbreaking technologies that aim to enable human life on Mars. The environment is collaborative and innovative, where your contributions will directly impact the future of space travel. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, as we value diverse perspectives and backgrounds in our team.