Senior Propulsion Development Engineer
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Astro-mechanica · San FranciscoYour profile and resume will be shared with the employer.
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Astro Mechanica is a vertically integrated aerospace company building a faster, more connected future. Our mission is to democratize high-speed flight by making supersonic travel flexible, accessible, and sustainable. We believe that rapid, on-demand, point-to-point global mobility will become the new standard for moving people and goods across the planet. To achieve this, we are integrating our advanced airframe and engine technologies-which include Duality™, our proprietary dual-use propulsion system-with a new flight operations model to make supersonic transport as efficient and economical as commercial air travel is today. In the near term, we are developing adaptable, high-speed systems to close aircraft performance gaps for the United States government. We're a team of passionate engineers dedicated to advancing aerospace. We're generalists with specialist depth, united by a flat structure and a shared obsession with building things that work well. We move fast, stay pragmatic, and let engineering excellence speak louder than hierarchy.
Responsibilities
- Create test plans, objectives, methodologies, and establish operational ranges
- Define instrumentation placement with understanding of measurement limitations
- Analyze data for characterization hardware behavior and performance
- Diagnose hardware/software problems efficiently and perform corrective actions
- Hold data reviews communicating test results while highlighting anomalies
- Maintain data processing scripts, develop automation to increase test throughput and reliability
- Analyze test data and integrate findings into system-level performance models and next-gen hardware design cycles
- Utilize propulsion cycle models (GasTurb, NPSS) to predict engine performance from analytical maps and operating conditions
- Continually improve facility capabilities to increase test throughput and reliability
Requirements
- 5+ years hands-on experience with fluidic and propulsion systems, test operations, and data analysis
- Experience with hazardous environments (flammables, high voltage, pressurized systems) and safety mitigations
- Knowledge of fluid systems and instrumentation hardware (pressure, temperature, load cells, relays, solenoids, regulators, pneumatics)
- Knowledge of rotating machinery operation and instrumentation (natural frequencies, vibration and high-speed data acquisition)
- Familiarity with data acquisition and control systems, PLC hardware, communication protocol, data structures, and software interfaces
- Familiarity with test instrumentation, data reduction, and anchoring analysis with experimental results
- Skilled in engine cycle modeling tools (GasTurb, NPSS) and scripting tools (Python, Matlab) for analysis automation and data processing
- Takes initiative for continuous improvement (not just completing assigned tasks)
- Flexibility to work in fast-paced environment
- Attentive to detail and maintain a high level of quality in all work
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