Analyze liquid rocket propulsion fluids systems and components, develop and validate analytical and CFD models, design tests and process data, automate data workflows, and coordinate with propulsion, test, GNC, structures, and integration teams.
As a Propulsion Analyst at Impulse, your core responsibility will be to analyze a variety of spacecraft propulsion fluids systems and components.
Responsibilities
- Perform analysis of propulsion related subsystems for liquid rockets – including but not limited to propellant, pressurization, and feed systems
- Develop, validate, and maintain analytical models for performance prediction, trend identification, and requirements verification
- Design tests and process data to validate models and set system requirements
- Create workflows to automate data processing and review
- Interface with propulsion designers, test engineers, GNC, structures, and integration to translate engineering questions into analytical tasks
Minimum Qualifications
- 1+ year of demonstrated experience with fluids network modeling analysis with commercial software (e.g. SINDA/FLUINT, GFSSP)
- Demonstrated analytical capability — coursework, research, internships, or professional experience involving modeling, data analysis, or simulation
- Strong fundamentals in compressible & incompressible fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat-transfer, including hand calculation methods
- Proficiency in scripting languages for analysis and data processing (Python or other)
- Ability to communicate complex results clearly to technical and cross-functional stakeholders
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 3+ years of demonstrated experience performing data analysis, model development, or numerical simulation for liquid rocket systems
- Familiarity with multi-phase fluid modeling and acceleration dominated fluid dynamics
- Familiarity with Thermal Desktop and/or ANSYS Workbench
- Familiarity with ANSYS CFX, ANSYS Fluent, and/or Star-CCM+
- Advanced proficiency with a commercial CFD tool through all stages of the workflow (geometry prep, mesh generation, setup, convergence, post-processing)
- Familiarity with Python libraries (NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Plotly, Jupyter)
- Proficiency building automated data analysis workflows or reporting tools
Additional Requirements:
- Flexible schedule and willing to travel as needed
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
About
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
Impulse Space El Segundo, California, USA Office
El Segundo, CA, United States, 90245
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