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Backed by leading investors and led by proven founders, we're assembling a high-performance team to reinvent propulsion and power from the ground up. This is a rare chance to create genuinely new technology and to watch it go from a sketch on your screen to hardware coming off the line and into service. We design it, analyze it, build it, and test it, often in the same week.\nAbout the Role\nAs our combustion and thermal-fluids engineer, you own the reacting-flow and thermal heart of the engine: the combustion system, the full-engine thermal model, and the aerodynamic and heat-transfer studies that set how the compressor, turbine, and hot section perform. You carry that work from first sizing calculations all the way to a running rig.\nResponsibilities\nDesign and develop the combustion system - combustor, fuel injection and atomization, ignition and relight - from concept through test and into production.\n\nBuild and own the full-engine thermal model: secondary and cavity flows, conjugate and convective/radiative heat transfer, and conduction throughout.\n\nRun CFD across the machine - compressor and turbine aerodynamics, combustor reacting flow, ducts and secondary flows - and turn the results into design changes.\n\nSupport cycle- and system-level modeling: performance decks, station analysis, and the thermodynamic trades that size the engine.\n\nTake hardware to the test stand: instrument it, run it, reduce the data, and reconcile predictions against measurement.\n\nMove fluidly across build and test, picking up whatever the program needs.\n\nQualifications\nB.S. or M.S. in mechanical, aerospace, or a related discipline, with roughly 5 - 7+ years of relevant experience.\n\nDeep fundamentals in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, combustion, and heat transfer.\n\nProven ability to build full-engine or full-system thermal models and defend the assumptions behind them.\n\nHands-on CFD in ANSYS (Fluent / CFX) or comparable - ideally on turbomachinery (compressors, turbines) and/or reacting flows.\n\nGenuinely hands-on - comfortable instrumenting and testing real hardware, not just simulating it.\n\nClear technical communication, and the instinct to back claims with data rather than assertion.\n\nFluent with modern AI tools and able to use them to move faster - while staying appropriately skeptical: you verify what they produce, understand where they break down, and never let them substitute for your own engineering judgment.\n\nBonus points for any of:\nGas turbine or jet engine experience.\n\nCycle- and system-modeling experience with station-based performance analysis.\n\nFuel systems, atomization, spray modeling, or chemical kinetics.\n\nConjugate heat transfer and cooling design for hot-section components.\n\nTurbomachinery aeromechanics or rotordynamics familiarity.\n\nTest-stand design, data acquisition, and instrumentation for propulsion rigs.\n\nScripting and automation (e.g., Python) for analysis pipelines and data reduction.\n\nWorking knowledge of high-temperature materials and coatings.\n\nEstimated Salary Range: $160,000 - $220,000 plus equity\nCompensation & Benefits\nCompensation for this role is based on a range of factors including experience, education, critical skills, and business considerations. Actual offers may vary. Where a salary range is displayed, it reflects an estimate only. Highly competitive equity grants are included in most full-time offers.\nWe offer comprehensive benefits for full-time employees, including:\nPremium Healthcare Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your eligible dependents\n\nComplete Protection: Full company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage\n\nFlexible Time Off: Open PTO policy plus 13 paid company holidays\n\nPre-Tax Benefits: Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Health Savings Accounts (HSA), and commuter benefits\n\nRetirement Planning: 401(k) plan with company matching\n\nThe recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.\nYou'll thrive here if you:\nOwn problems the moment you see them and drive them to resolution regardless of whose area they touch\n\nLead by example at every level, and check your ego at the door. The best idea wins, full stop\n\nCan prioritize ruthlessly when the list is longer than the day\n\nBelieve that discipline and rigor are what create the freedom to move fast - not obstacles to it\n\nJoining a company this early is not for everyone. And the people who do their best work here tend to know exactly why they want it.\nWhat makes it exceptional: you won't be maintaining someone else's legacy. You'll help define the architecture from first principles, follow your work all the way to fielded hardware. You will operate with almost no layers between an idea and a decision. Real breadth, real ownership, real stakes.\nWhat's genuinely hard: ambiguity is the default, the intensity is real, and it carries startup risk. You'll often build the process before you can build the thing. Priorities shift as we learn. If that tradeoff sounds like exactly what you've been looking for, we want to hear from you.\nEqual Opportunity Employment\nWe are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We foster a culture of ownership, initiative, inclusion, and mutual respect. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, veterans, and those with disabilities to apply. 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