Turbomachinery Engineer, Thermofluids

Required

• The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
• 10+ years of experience in turbomachinery design, including aerodynamic design, CFD, rotordynamics, and taking machines through build and test.
• You’ve designed a radial or axial turbomachine that got built and ran, and you were standing next to it when it did.
• You’ve taken a stage from mean-line through CFD and back, and you know the conditions under which your CFD is lying to you.
• You’ve worked a rotordynamics problem through to resolution on a real shaft with real bearings, not just in a report.
• You’ve made an architecture call early with incomplete data, stage count or speed or bearing type, and lived with it through build and test.
• You read a test map and change the design, rather than explaining why the map is wrong.
• You’ve worked somewhere the next article was already in the shop before the last one came off test, and you preferred it that way.
• You're comfortable with regular travel: expect 25% or more, depending on business needs.
• Most of our engineering team, stakeholders, and work are based in Austin, TX, and we value working in person. We have a strong preference for Austin and run a hybrid model, but we're open to other locations for the right role and candidate.
• Bonus: Turbopumps, gas turbines and cryogenic turbomachinery (launch vehicles, APUs, aero engines). High-speed motor-driven compressors (magnetic bearings, hermetic, oil-free machines). Transcritical and supercritical working fluids (R744, sCO2 cycles). Real-gas property libraries (CoolProp, REFPROP). Vapor-compression machine design (chillers, heat pumps, industrial refrigeration).
• We are committed to pay equity and transparency.