Pumps Fluids Analyst Sr – Lunar Permanence Verified today
About this role
You are a key member of the Lunar Core Components Pumps team, performing fluids analysis on lunar vehicle pump components. You will use insights from these analyses to provide design recommendations to Responsible Engineers, helping them create optimal pump designs for their applications. You will support the full product lifecycle and see this hardware mature from initial CAD models to flight-qualified hardware installed on our lunar vehicles.
Responsibilities
- Perform fluids analysis on lunar vehicle pump components
- Provide design recommendations to guide optimal pump performance
- Apply analysis tools and methodologies to design and analyze primary flowpath performance based on product lifecycle stage
- Generate and run secondary flow analysis models and provide design feedback
- Provide test support to anchor analytical models and guide product development
- Offer expert guidance on pump design and quantify performance across various environments
- Optimize and co-develop pump designs for efficiency, power consumption, system integration, manufacturability, cost, mass, leakage, and reliability
- Provide technical leadership of a small team working on fluids analysis
- Support the complete lifecycle of pumps from definition, interfaces, conceptual design, detailed design, component development, assembly, verification, and operation
- Apply technical expertise, leadership, communication skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight
Required qualifications
- M.S. degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in thermal and/or fluids analysis and mechanical component design
- 5+ years of experience with classical hand calculations for thermal and/or fluids analysis based on common aerospace reference materials (Shigley, Bruhn, Roark etc.)
- 3+ years of experience with Ansys CFX, Ansys Fluent, Workbench or other CFD analysis software
- 2+ years of experience with Thermal Desktop, FloCAD, or other thermal analysis software
- Experience with a wide variety of manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, characterization and allowable development
Desired qualifications
- Experience analyzing cryogenic components
- Experience with script automation in Ansys Workbench
- Experience working on human-rated space hardware
- Experience working with NASA requirements
Compensation
Base Pay Range (varies by location):
- CA: $145,188.00 - $203,263.20
- CO: $133,500.00 - $186,898.95
- WA: $145,188.00 - $203,263.20
Other site ranges may differ.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with company match up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Stock options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
- Paid Time Off: up to four weeks per year based on scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Performance-based bonuses and benefits depending on role type and job level
Employment requirements
Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum. Background check required. DBIDS background check may be required if role requires access to military installations.