Stoke

Propulsion Design Engineer

Kent, Washington, United States

Full Time

a year ago

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Job description

A thriving economy in space is needed to make life on Earth more vibrant, sustainable, and equitable. Space technology will enable global access to information, solutions to climate change, answers to global food security, products that transform healthcare, clean energy production, and more. Today, rocket launch options are slow, expensive, and unreliable. Stoke is building the world’s most efficient fully and rapidly reusable rocket designed to fly daily that will radically increase access to space and open up the space economy to safeguard our precious home, Earth.

*Please note: we will not be actively interviewing for this role until Fall 2023*

Description

Reusable systems are the key to seamlessly connecting Earth and space. As a responsible engineer at an early-stage start-up, you will have extreme ownership over all aspects of a components design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, and validation for an advanced reusable rocket engine (components like thrust chambers, reentry heat shields, injectors, valves, turbomachinery, actuators, ignitors, etc). You will be a key member of engines development team working through all phases of the product lifecycle. You will seek out state-of-the-art design and manufacturing techniques and tools to solve challenging problems, and you will continuously iterate and improve your designs. You must be ready to stay focused, move fast, self-direct, and learn on the fly.

Qualifications

Exceptional command of fundamentals
Experience with detailed mechanical design including machined parts, additive parts, weldments, fasteners, seals, and translating/rotating assemblies.
Experience in designing, analyzing, and testing rocket engine components; thrust chambers, regenerative cooling channels and heatshields, injectors, valves, turbomachinery, actuators, ignitors, etc.
Experience in GD&T, axial/radial tolerance stackups, and material selections
Experience post-processing test data to evaluate component performance and health
Proficiency in heat transfer, compressible and incompressible flow, and cryogenics
Proficiency with CAD tools (Siemens NX preferred)
5+ years of experience in design, build, and testing of rocket engine components
Ability to lead
Ability to follow
Excellent written and verbal communication
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or similar
Willing to relocate to Seattle, WA

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance
401(k)
Paid time off
Flexible scheduling
Meaningful equity

Compensation:

Level 1 Range: $77,400.00 - $116,000
Level 2 Range: $96,700.00 - $145,100
Level 3 Range: $120,900 - $181,300
Level 4 Range: $147,700 - $221,600

Our job posts are intentionally written to attract a wide variety of experience levels, and we make decisions about the right fit on a per-candidate basis.

Your actual level and base salary will be decided based on your specific experience and skill level.