# Fluid System Development Engineer

We are an early-stage, maritime defense technology startup backed by top tier investors. Our team is designing and building autonomous and highly producible ships that can serve multiple missions on the open ocean. Role Summary We’re seeking a Fluid System Development Engineer to support the design, development, and test of fluid systems that enable vehicle operation and reliability (fuel, cooling, hydraulics/pneumatics, lubrication, seawater handling, and related controls-depending on platform needs). You’ll help take systems from concept through requirements, layout, prototyping, and qualification-aligned with how space and aerospace teams develop flight-critical fluid systems (pumps, valves, actuators, controls). What You’ll Do Support architecture and detailed design of fluid systems: schematics (P&IDs), component selection, routing/layout, mounting, and serviceability. Size components and lines using first principles and simple models (pressure drop, flow rates, heat transfer) and validate assumptions with test. Partner with mechanical/electrical/software teams on sensors, controls, and fault detection for fluid subsystems. Create and execute development tests: leak checks, p

- **Id**: 1233267
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/blue-water-autonomy-fluid-system-development-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Lexington, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-03-11T13:07:26Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-03-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T06:41:52Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 243
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3488
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Autonomous Driving, Underwater & Marine Robotics

## Company

- **Id**: 1924694
- **Name**: Blue Water Autonomy
- **Domain**: blw.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/blw-ai>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Rippling

## Salary

- **Min**: 77000
- **Max**: 100000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 100000

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 243

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-25T15:36:06Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 6
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.197
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 243
- **Expected fill days**: 39
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 100000
- **Is top pay**: no

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