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Senior Turbomachinery Engineer

Impulse Space — Aerospace · Aerospace & Defense · Automotive & Transportation

Redondo Beach, California Senior+ $140,000 - $180,000 / year Posted Aug 7, 2026
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About the role

As a Senior Turbomachinery Engineer at Impulse Space, you will design, analyze, build and test high performance turbomachinery while working closely with a fast paced, agile team.

Design turbomachinery components for a high performance liquid rocket engine
Perform 1-D sizing and detailed flowpath design for liquid inducers, stators, and impellers, as well as hot gas turbine rotors and stators
Perform sizing and detailed design of secondary fluid flowpaths for bearings, seals, and coolant paths
Perform detailed structural analysis of turbomachinery components
Work with design and build teams to ensure hardware is highly manufacturable, low cost, and high reliability
Work with build and test teams to ensure success of turbopump manufacturing and testing

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science
5+ years' of relevant turbomachinery experience
Proficiency in basic principles of fluids, thermodynamics, heat transfer, mechanics, and materials
Demonstrated experience with fluids and structural analysis software
Demonstrated experience with CAD to design hardware
Knowledge of turbomachinery design and analysis practices
Knowledge of turbopump assembly procedures, including rotor balancing, interference fits and clearance checks
Demonstrated ability of taking project ownership and working well in small team

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