SpaceX Senior Propulsion Thermal Analyst responsible for thermal reliability analysis of Raptor rocket engine components. Conducts thermal design, validation, and collaborates across disciplines to ensure engine performance.
Responsibilities
Conduct, document, and present thermal analyses on Raptor hardware through FEA and first principles to inform design decisions and ensure reliability and performance requirements are met for all phases of flight
Own thermal design of Raptor hardware, from initial high-level analysis down to validation of performance with ground tests, flight, and orbital data
Collaborate with engineers and technicians across a range of disciplines including design, production, development test, launch, reliability and more to develop hardware that meets high-level engine and vehicle objectives
Take a practical, hands-on approach to model validation/verification, ensuring that model predictions are representative of design criteria and tied firmly to test data
Support ongoing design, manufacturing and reliability improvements to the engine, and ensure changes and new designs are properly analyzed and qualified
Qualification
Master’s degree in mechanical
Required
Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline, or physics
4+ years of academic or professional experience related to thermal analysis (extracurricular and internship experience qualifies)
Preferred
Master’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, or materials engineering, or physics
6+ years of academic or professional experience related to thermal analysis
Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software and post-processing
Experience with Thermal Desktop and/or ANSYS Workbench
Experience with 0-D and 1-D thermal/fluid networks
Hands-on experience with rocket engines/motors, automotive engine design, dynamic or complex static fluid systems
Able to perform hand calculations to validate and improve models
