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Develop and implement vehicle fluid hardware for the Terran R launch vehicle. Responsibilities include creating manufacturing processes and tooling, supporting design-for-manufacturing initiatives, coordinating hardware testing, reviewing test data, investigating failures, implementing corrective actions, and maintaining build and test schedules. The role requires close collaboration with design, analysis, production, and propulsion teams, along with hands-on hardware assembly and integration.

Own vehicle fluid subsystem architecture, schematics, control schemes, component sizing, and fluid and thermal analyses. Lead design and manufacturing reviews, define validation test objectives and campaigns, and support integrated vehicle testing and launch operations. Apply systems engineering, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and modeling tools to develop and validate rocket propellant, pressurant, pneumatic, and related fluid systems.

Own vehicle fluid subsystem architecture, schematics, controls, component selection, and sizing. Perform fluid and thermal analyses using analytical and modeling methods. Lead design and manufacturing reviews, define validation objectives, support test campaigns, and contribute to integrated vehicle testing and launch operations for Terran R.

Manages a fluids analysis engineering team supporting rocket vehicle design and operations. Defines and schedules analyses, oversees thermal-fluid calculations, CFD and fluid-network modeling, validates uncertainty using test data, and develops internal simulation tools. Provides technical guidance on propellant management, compressible and multiphase flow, thermal systems, and hardware requirements while mentoring engineers and coordinating cross-functional delivery across vehicle development milestones.

Leads a vehicle fluids analysis team supporting rocket hardware design, operations, propulsion, and GNC. Defines and schedules analyses, manages resources, ensures appropriate fidelity, and mentors engineers. Performs thermal-fluid calculations and CFD modeling for compressible, incompressible, and multiphase flows, including propellant management, manifolds, feedlines, and thermal stratification. Validates models using test data and literature while advancing internal simulation tools for ascent, in-space, and reentry operations.

Lead quality and reliability for Terran R components by embedding reliability into design and production. Develop processes, controls, inspections, DFM practices, nonconformance and corrective action workflows, and coordinate in-process verification while partnering with engineering, additive, manufacturing, test, and launch teams to scale a robust quality system.

The role involves leading a Supplier Development Engineering team, developing supplier strategies, managing supplier performance, and ensuring quality compliance in manufacturing processes.

The role involves designing and commissioning test systems, authoring test procedures, analyzing data for performance evaluation, and optimizing operational processes to enhance safety and efficiency.

Own hardware from design release through build, test, and delivery for high-volume subassemblies. Develop build flows, work instructions, and test procedures. Support first-article builds, provide hands-on floor support, resolve non-conformances, coordinate cross-functional teams, and contribute to long-term manufacturing systems and tooling strategies to scale production.

Responsible for thermal, structural, dynamic, and durability analysis of turbomachinery products, guiding design decisions, troubleshooting system interactions, and collaborating with teams on engine and vehicle programs.