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Sr. Responsible Engineer - Turbomachinery (Starship)

This role focuses on the development of turbomachinery for Starship's fluid systems, with the goal of creating high-performance and highly manufacturable interplanetary vehicles. You will design, analyze, and build advanced turbopumps that manage pressurization for Starship throughout all phases of travel to the Moon and Mars, including in-space propellant transfer.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of turbomachinery and manufacturing engineers, driving rapid development and execution of designs for Starship's propulsion system turbomachinery
• Design, build and test turbopumps for Starship
• Own turbomachinery product families as primary hardware owner, from acceptance testing through in-flight performance
• Size turbomachinery components, perform detailed mechanical design, and conduct structural and fluid analysis
• Oversee manufacturing and assembly of turbomachinery parts and systems
• Develop and train teammates to support empowered product ownership utilizing risk-conscious decision-making skills under pressure
• Interface with the production team to ensure designs are successfully translated into manufacturing
• Work collaboratively with commercial and governmental customers to ensure mission success

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 5+ years of professional experience in turbomachinery design and analysis (structural and/or fluid)
• Professional experience with 3D CAD modeling, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), manufacturing process and machine setup

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Master's degree in an engineering discipline
• Experience in a highly technical position requiring a scrappy, entrepreneurial approach to accomplish tasks with tight time or budget constraints
• Management experience leading a technical team and cooperating with cross-functional groups
• Demonstrated leadership qualities through cross-functional teamwork on challenging problems
• Deep understanding of thermodynamics, compressible and incompressible flow, thermochemistry mechanics, structural design in demanding environments, and/or materials
• Professional experience using Siemens NX (Unigraphics), ANSYS or Fluent
• Strong desire to mentor and grow employees

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed to resolve critical technical or timing issues
• Ability to perform hands-on work in all environments (heat, cold, rain), in tight quarters or at heights
• Ability to focus while working in hazardous conditions and wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.