Own the material selection and process development of solar arrays for space missions, from concept and development to manufacturing, contributing to sustainable infrastructure for crew and cargo transport to the lunar surface.
Responsibilities
Aid in the design and development of advanced solar array systems for space vehicles
Take lead on solar cell mounting and interconnection design; implement processes from concept to manufacturing
Participate in requirement development and drive design decisions to meet mission objectives
Collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure thorough and accurate design and documentation
Work with suppliers and Blue Origin groups to identify and procure components
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, material science, or electrical engineering or a related technical field
Nice to have: Advanced graduate degree in mechanical, material science, or electrical engineering
Nice to have: Solar array standards (AIAA S-112 or equivalent ESA)
Nice to have: NASA electronics manufacturing standards (NASA-STD-8739.3, NASA-STD-8739.4, NASA-STD-8739.1)
Nice to have: Cell selection, CIC stringing and laydown, panel and wing assembly, and acceptance and qualification testing
Support R&D projects (New Technology and New Product) involving fluid machines such as pressure exchangers, centrifugal and reciprocating pumps, turbines, turbochargers etc.
Locations (3)
India
San Francisco, California, United States
Texas, United States
Responsibilities
Support R&D projects (New Technology and New Product) involving fluid machines such as pressure exchangers, centrifugal and reciprocating pumps, turbines, turbochargers etc.
Develop analytical and CFD models to analyze turbomachinery and fluid machinery designs, suggest ways to optimize designs and predict performance over the full operating envelope.
Leverage commercial CFD tools such as ANSYS CFX/Fluent and/or STAR-CCM+ to generate computational meshes, perform CFD analyses and postprocess results.
Senior Fluid Systems Engineer to support development and flight test of liquid cooling and thermal management systems for our groundbreaking jet-engine VTOL military UAV platform, X-BAT.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Design components and fluid systems
Engage with suppliers
Perform system and component analysis and sizing
Own multiple aspects of X-BAT’s fluid systems
Support flight test operations in the control room out of Shield AI’s Newton, KS test site during flight test campaigns
Requirements
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Nice to have: Environmental and operational robustness (vibration/shock, thermal extremes, contamination, corrosion, sand/dust)
Nice to have: Ground test and flight test campaigns and system checkout
Nice to have: Failure investigations
Nice to have: Reliability and safety methods (DFMEA/FTA, fault containment, safe-state thinking)
Build 1-D steady-state and transient fluid system models using tools such as Simscape, GT-SUITE, Simcenter Flomaster or equivalent to analyze and optimize machine and system performance.
Help develop validation test plans and work closely with testing teams to confirm and validate model predictions.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering (or related discipline)