Turbomachinery Tech Lead

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. Serve as technical authority for turbomachinery products from concept through qualification and production .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $169,624 - $237,473 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in turbomachinery design and analysis, with a strong focus on performance predictions, validation methods, and technical decision-making. Proficient in leading cross-disciplinary teams and mentoring engineers while ensuring compliance with design standards and documentation requirements.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Turbomachinery DesignMeanline Aerodynamic DesignCFD AnalysisANSYS Suite ProficiencyTechnical Decision-Making Authority

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Hard Skills

Fluid MechanicsThermodynamicsStructural AnalysisDynamic Loading AnalysisRotordynamicsDesign Process EstablishmentMargin FrameworksPerformance PredictionsAnalysis Automation ScriptingTurbomachinery Fundamentals

Soft Skills

MentoringCross-Disciplinary CollaborationEngineering Judgment

Tools & Technologies

ANSYS SuitePythonNASA GFSSPSindaFLUINT

Industry Keywords

Aerospace Propulsion SystemsTurbomachinery ProductsDesign GuidelinesValidation RigorHardware Acceptance TestingExport Control RegulationsAdditive ManufacturingRocket PropulsionGas Turbine OEM ExperienceTransient Operability Analysis

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AssemblyPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as technical authority for turbomachinery products from concept through qualification and production
Own the turbomachinery technical development roadmap
Establish design guidelines, key design parameters, margin requirements, analysis methods, validation rigor, and documentation expectations
Adjudicate architecture trades including staging, speed, machine type, rotor support, seal selection, and configuration
Own the interface between turbomachinery design and system performance and operability
Identify turbomachinery-driven system constraints and resolve them with systems engineers
Baseline turbomachinery products at lifecycle gates and define design review success criteria
Own performance predictions, margins, and validated models forming each product’s technical basis
Perform or direct meanline, CFD, secondary flow/seal, structural, dynamic loading/forced response, and rotordynamic analyses
Drive continuous improvement of analysis tools, methods, and automation
Represent the turbomachinery branch in program-level reviews, trade studies, and key decisions
Mentor engineers in turbomachinery fundamentals, engineering judgment, and design standards
Support hardware build, assembly, acceptance testing, and anomaly investigation
Provide engineering dispositions for non-conforming hardware
Maintain design requirements and documentation and contribute artifacts to SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR, and TRR reviews
Travel expected up to 25% of the time

Requirements

What you’ll need

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering, with emphasis on turbomachinery, fluid mechanics, or thermodynamics
10+ years of experience in turbomachinery design and analysis for aerospace propulsion systems
5+ years with technical decision-making authority over multi-discipline turbomachinery development
Ability to perform or critically evaluate meanline aerodynamic design, CFD, secondary flow and seal modeling, structural analysis, dynamic loading and forced response, and rotordynamics
Understanding of margins required for safe turbomachinery designs
Knowledge of turbomachinery/system-level performance interactions
Experience establishing design processes, analysis standards, and margin frameworks
Track record taking turbomachinery products from concept through hardware with personal accountability for the technical baseline
Proficiency with commercial analysis tools (ANSYS suite or equivalent) and scripting for analysis automation (Python preferred)
Familiarity with relevant AIAA/AGMA design practices
Experience working in cross-disciplinary engineering teams
U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted refugee/asylee status required under export control regulations
Background check required
Preferred: 15+ years of relevant industry experience
Preferred: Experience with rocket propulsion turbomachinery, closed-loop cycle designs, additive manufacturing, non-traditional rotor support systems, transient operability analysis, NASA GFSSP/Sinda/FLUINT or equivalent, parametric cost modeling, rocket propulsion or gas turbine OEM experience, and AI-assisted engineering tools

Benefits

Comp & perks

Relocation provided
Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short- and long-term disability
401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
Up to four (4) weeks of Paid Time Off per year based on weekly scheduled hours
Up to 14 company-paid holidays
Potential benefits and bonuses based on role type, job level, individual contributions, and company results (not guaranteed)